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<i>so</i> that they shall not say, This <i>is</i> Jezebel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />and the corpse of Jezebel shall be as refuse on the surface of the field, in the plot at Jezreel, so that they shall not say, “Here <i>lies</i> Jezebel.” ’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and the corpse of Jezebel will be like dung on the face of the field in the property of Jezreel, so they cannot say, “This is Jezebel.”’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and the corpse of Jezebel will be as dung on the face of the field in the property of Jezreel, so they cannot say, &#8220This is Jezebel."&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and the corpse of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the property of Jezreel, so they cannot say, “This is Jezebel.”’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and the corpse of Jezebel will be as dung on the face of the field in the property of Jezreel, so they cannot say, “This is Jezebel.”’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The corpse of Jezebel will be like dung on the surface of the field in the property of Jezreel, so they cannot say, “This is Jezebel.”’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jezebel’s corpse will be like manure on the surface of the ground in the plot of land at Jezreel so that no one will be able to say: This is Jezebel.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jezebel&#8217s corpse will be like manure on the surface of the field in the plot of land at Jezreel so that no one will be able to say: This is Jezebel.&#8217&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and the body of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And he warned that her bones would be spread all over the ground like manure, so that no one could tell who it was." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Jezebel's corpse will be like manure on the ground in the fields surrounding Jezreel so that no one will be able to say that this is Jezebel.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Her remains will be scattered there like dung, so that no one will be able to identify them.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />and her corpse will lie like dung on the surface of the field on the property in Jezreel, but no one will say, "This is Jezebel."'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Jezebel?s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Jezebel's corpse will be like manure on the surface of the ground in the plot of land at Jezreel. People will not be able to even recognize her.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and the body of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall not say, "This is Jezebel."'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and the body of Jezebel will be as dung on the surface of the field on Jezreel’s land, so that they won’t say, “This is Jezebel.”’” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the carcass of Jezebel has been as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, that they do not say, This [is] Jezebel.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the carcase of Jezebel hath been as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, that they say not, This is Jezebel.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the carcass of Jezebel was as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; that they shall not say this is Jezebel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the flesh of Jezabel shall be as dung upon the face of the earth in the field of Jezrahel, so that they who pass by shall say: Is this that same Jezabel? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the flesh of Jezebel will be like dung upon the face of the earth, in the field of Jezreel, so that those who pass by may say: Is this that same Jezebel?’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The corpse of Jezebel shall be like dung in the field in the confines of Jezreel, so that no one can say: This was Jezebel.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />the corpse of Jezebel shall be like dung on the field in the territory of Jezreel, so that no one can say, This is Jezebel.’”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the corpse of Jezebel shall be as refuse upon the face of the field of Jezreel; and there will be none to bury her, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the corpse of Izabeil shall be as dung on the face of the Earth in the inheritance of Yizreil, and there is no burier, so that they will not say, “This is Jezebel.”’ <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say: This is Jezebel.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the carcass of Jezabel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezrael, so that they shall not say, <i>This is</i> Jezabel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/9-37.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=3312" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/9.htm">The Murder of Jezebel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">36</span>So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel. <span class="reftext">37</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/348.htm" title="348: ’î·ze·ḇel (N-proper-fs) -- Queen of Isr. with King Ahab. From 'iy and Zbul; Izebel, the wife of king Ahab.">And Jezebel’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/5038.htm" title="5038: niḇ·laṯ (N-fsc) -- A carcass, corpse. From nabel; a flabby thing, i.e. A carcase or carrion; figuratively, an idol.">body</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hå̄·yå̄ṯ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will lie</a> <a href="/hebrew/1828.htm" title="1828: kə·ḏō·men (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- Dung. Of uncertain derivation; manure.">like dung</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê (N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: haś·śā·ḏeh (Art:: N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">in the field</a> <a href="/hebrew/2506.htm" title="2506: bə·ḥê·leq (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Portion, tract, territory. From chalaq; properly, smoothness; also an allotment.">on the plot of ground</a> <a href="/hebrew/3157.htm" title="3157: yiz·rə·‘el (N-proper-fs) -- From zara' and 'el; God will sow; Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites.">at Jezreel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">so that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">no one</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: yō·mə·rū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">can say:</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">This</a> <a href="/hebrew/348.htm" title="348: ’î·zā·ḇel (N-proper-fs) -- Queen of Isr. with King Ahab. From 'iy and Zbul; Izebel, the wife of king Ahab.">is Jezebel.’”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/21-23.htm">1 Kings 21:23</a></span><br />And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-1.htm">Jeremiah 8:1-2</a></span><br />“At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves. / They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/83-10.htm">Psalm 83:10</a></span><br />who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-19.htm">Isaiah 14:19-20</a></span><br />But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot. / You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/22-19.htm">Jeremiah 22:19</a></span><br />He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-11.htm">1 Kings 14:11</a></span><br />Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/16-4.htm">1 Kings 16:4</a></span><br />Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/21-24.htm">1 Kings 21:24</a></span><br />Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17-18</a></span><br />Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, / so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/39-17.htm">Ezekiel 39:17-20</a></span><br />And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood. / You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan. / At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/36-30.htm">Jeremiah 36:30</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-25.htm">Isaiah 5:25</a></span><br />Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Jeremiah 15:3</a></span><br />I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-28.htm">Matthew 24:28</a></span><br />Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-37.htm">Luke 17:37</a></span><br />“Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.</p><p class="hdg">the carcase</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/83-10.htm">Psalm 83:10</a></b></br> <i>Which</i> perished at Endor: they became <i>as</i> dung for the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/6-3.htm">Ecclesiastes 6:3</a></b></br> If a man beget an hundred <i>children</i>, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also <i>that</i> he have no burial; I say, <i>that</i> an untimely birth <i>is</i> better than he.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/14-18.htm">Isaiah 14:18-20</a></b></br> All the kings of the nations, <i>even</i> all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/4-40.htm">Able</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-35.htm">Body</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-29.htm">Carcase</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-30.htm">Carcass</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-30.htm">Corpse</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-5.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-15.htm">Dropped</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-25.htm">Dung</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-35.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-32.htm">Face</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-25.htm">Field</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm">Jezebel</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm">Jez'ebel</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm">Jezebel's</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm">Jezreel</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-17.htm">Jizreel</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-3.htm">Open</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm">Plot</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm">Property</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-17.htm">Refuse</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm">Territory</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-8.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/16-5.htm">Able</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-20.htm">Body</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-19.htm">Carcase</a> <a href="/esther/1-10.htm">Carcass</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-23.htm">Corpse</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-1.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-10.htm">Dropped</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-27.htm">Dung</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-10.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-17.htm">Face</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-17.htm">Field</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-18.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-14.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Jezebel</a> <a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Jez'ebel</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-4.htm">Jezebel's</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-1.htm">Jezreel</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-1.htm">Jizreel</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-17.htm">Open</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-13.htm">Plot</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-30.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-14.htm">Property</a> <a href="/ezra/6-11.htm">Refuse</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-32.htm">Territory</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-25.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-1.htm">Elisha sends a young prophet with instructions to anoint Jehu at Ramoth Gilead</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-4.htm">The prophet having done his message, flees</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-11.htm">Jehu, being made king by the soldiers, kills Joram in the field of Naboth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-27.htm">Ahaziah is slain at Gur, and buried at Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-30.htm">Proud Jezebel is thrown down out of a window, and eaten by dogs.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In ancient Israel, a proper burial was a sign of honor, while being left unburied was a curse and a sign of divine judgment. The comparison to dung emphasizes the contempt and worthlessness attributed to her due to her actions. This fulfills the prophecy given by Elijah in <a href="/1_kings/21-23.htm">1 Kings 21:23</a>, where it was foretold that dogs would devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.<p><b>on the plot of ground at Jezreel</b><br>Jezreel was a significant location in Israel, serving as a royal city and a site of many pivotal events. It was here that Naboth's vineyard was unjustly taken by Ahab and Jezebel, leading to their downfall. The mention of Jezreel ties back to the injustices committed by Jezebel and Ahab, highlighting the theme of divine retribution. The plot of ground is a reminder of the specific prophecy against Jezebel and the fulfillment of God's word.<p><b>so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”</b><br>This phrase underscores the complete erasure of Jezebel's legacy and identity. In the cultural context of the time, a person's name and memory were crucial to their honor and legacy. By ensuring that no one could identify her remains, the prophecy indicates that Jezebel's influence and memory would be obliterated. This serves as a stark warning against idolatry and rebellion against God, illustrating the severe consequences of such actions. The anonymity of her remains contrasts with the eternal remembrance of the righteous, as seen in scriptures like <a href="/proverbs/10-7.htm">Proverbs 10:7</a>, which states, "The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot."<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jezebel.htm">Jezebel</a></b><br>A queen of Israel, wife of King Ahab, known for her idolatry and persecution of the prophets of Yahweh. Her death and the desecration of her body fulfill the prophecy against her due to her wickedness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jehu.htm">Jehu</a></b><br>Anointed king of Israel, tasked with eradicating the house of Ahab and executing divine judgment on Jezebel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jezreel.htm">Jezreel</a></b><br>A city in the northern kingdom of Israel, significant as the location of Jezebel's death and the fulfillment of Elijah's prophecy.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophecy_of_elijah.htm">Prophecy of Elijah</a></b><br>Elijah prophesied the downfall of Ahab's house and specifically the gruesome end of Jezebel, which is fulfilled in this passage.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment.htm">Divine Judgment</a></b><br>The event of Jezebel's death and the treatment of her body serve as a stark representation of God's judgment against idolatry and wickedness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Certainty of God's Judgment</a></b><br>God's promises and prophecies are sure and will come to pass. Jezebel's fate is a reminder that God will not be mocked, and His justice will prevail.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a></b><br>Jezebel's life and death illustrate the severe consequences of leading others into idolatry and opposing God's truth. Believers are called to remain faithful and avoid the snares of false worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets_and_prophecy.htm">The Role of Prophets and Prophecy</a></b><br>Prophets like Elijah play a crucial role in declaring God's truth and warning against sin. We should heed the warnings and teachings found in Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>Jezebel's refusal to repent led to her downfall. This serves as a warning to us to turn from sin and seek God's forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_history.htm">God's Sovereignty in History</a></b><br>The events surrounding Jezebel's death demonstrate God's control over history and His ability to use individuals and events to accomplish His purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_naboth_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Naboth in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_events_are_described_in_2_kings.htm">What events are described in 2 Kings?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_jehu's_overthrow_of_joram.htm">Is there archaeological evidence supporting Jehu's violent overthrow of Joram and the circumstances of Jezebel's death (2 Kings 9:21-37)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_2_kings_9_7-10_repeat_elijah's_prophecy.htm">Why is Elijah's prophecy (2 Kings 9:7-10) repeated and attributed to Elisha's messenger, and does this create inconsistencies with earlier chapters?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(37) <span class= "bld">And the carcase of Jezebel.</span>--This continuation of the prophecy is not given in <a href="/1_kings/21-23.htm" title="And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.">1Kings 21:23</a>. It is probably original; not "a free expansion" by Jehu, as Keil asserts.<p><span class= "bld">Shall be.</span>--It is questionable whether the Hebrew text is to be read as a rare ancient form <span class= "ital">weh?y?th</span>); or simply as an instance of <span class= "ital">defective</span> writing (<span class= "ital">weh?yeth?</span>). We prefer the second view.<p><span class= "bld">As dung.</span>--Comp. <a href="/psalms/83-10.htm" title="Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.">Psalm 83:10</a>.<p><span class= "bld">So that they shall not say.</span>--Comp. <a href="/genesis/11-7.htm" title="Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.">Genesis 11:7</a> for the construction. The sense is, So that men will no longer be able to recognise her mangled remains.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 37.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field</span> (comp. <a href="/psalms/83-10.htm">Psalm 83:10</a>; <a href="/zephaniah/1-17.htm">Zephaniah 1:17</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/9-22.htm">Jeremiah 9:22</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Jeremiah 16:4</a>, etc.). The expression was proverbial. <span class="cmt_word">In the portion of Jezreel</span> (see the comment on the preceding verse); <span class="cmt_word">so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.</span> The fragments of the body were so scattered that there could be no collective tomb, no place whereat admirers could congregate and say, "Here lies the great queen - here lies Jezebel." To rest in no tomb was viewed as a shame and a disgrace. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/9-37.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And Jezebel’s</span><br /><span class="heb">אִיזֶ֗בֶל</span> <span class="translit">(’î·ze·ḇel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_348.htm">Strong's 348: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jezebel -- queen of Israel with King Ahab</span><br /><br /><span class="word">body</span><br /><span class="heb">נִבְלַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(niḇ·laṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5038.htm">Strong's 5038: </a> </span><span class="str2">A flabby thing, a carcase, carrion, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will lie</span><br /><span class="heb">וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like dung</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּדֹ֛מֶן</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḏō·men)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1828.htm">Strong's 1828: </a> </span><span class="str2">Manure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the field</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(haś·śā·ḏeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> </span><span class="str2">Field, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the plot</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּחֵ֣לֶק</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḥê·leq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2506.htm">Strong's 2506: </a> </span><span class="str2">Portion, tract, territory</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at Jezreel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִזְרְעֶ֑אל</span> <span class="translit">(yiz·rə·‘el)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3157.htm">Strong's 3157: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jezreel -- 'God sows', two Israelites, also two cities in Israel, also a valley in Northern Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">no one</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">can say:</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹאמְר֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yō·mə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">This</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֥את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">is Jezebel.’”</span><br /><span class="heb">אִיזָֽבֶל׃</span> <span class="translit">(’î·zā·ḇel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_348.htm">Strong's 348: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jezebel -- queen of Israel with King Ahab</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/9-37.htm">2 Kings 9:37 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/9-37.htm">2 Kings 9:37 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/9-37.htm">2 Kings 9:37 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/9-37.htm">2 Kings 9:37 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/9-37.htm">2 Kings 9:37 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/9-37.htm">2 Kings 9:37 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/9-37.htm">2 Kings 9:37 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/9-37.htm">2 Kings 9:37 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/9-37.htm">2 Kings 9:37 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/9-37.htm">2 Kings 9:37 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/9-37.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 9:37 And the body of Jezebel shall be (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 9:36"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 9:36" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/10-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 10:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 10:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>