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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_kings/9.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_kings/9.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing except her skull, her feet and her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But when they went out to bury her, they found only her skull, her feet, and her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But when they went to bury her, they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of <i>her</i> hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So they went to bury her, but they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of <i>her</i> hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they went to bury her, but they found nothing of her except the skull, the feet, and the palms of her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They went to bury her, but they found nothing more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And they went to bury her, but they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They went to bury her, but they found nothing more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They went to bury her, but they found nothing left of her except the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But when they went out to bury her, they did not find anything but the skull, the feet, and the hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But when they went out to bury her, they did not find anything but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But when they went out to bury her body, they found only her skull, her hands, and her feet. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But when they went out to bury her, they couldn't find any of her body except her skull, feet, and hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But the men who went out to bury her found nothing except her skull and the bones of her hands and feet. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing left of her except her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But when they went to bury her, they found nothing left but the skull, feet, and palms of the hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They went to bury her, but they found no more of her than the skull, the feet, and the palms of her hands. <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 they go to bury her, and have not found [anything] of her except the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they go to bury her, and have not found of her except the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will go to bury her: and they found not of her but the skull and the feet, and the palms of the hands.<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 when they went to bury her, they found nothing but the skull, and the feet, and the extremities of her hands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But when they had gone, so that they might bury her, they found nothing but the skull, and the feet, and the ends of her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But when they went to bury her, they found nothing of her but the skull, the feet, and the hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But when they went to bury her, they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.<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 they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than her skull and her feet and the palms of her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they went to bury her, and they did not find her except only her head and her feet and a portion of her hands.<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 they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they went to bury her; but they found nothing of her but the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/9-35.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=3289" 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">34</span>Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.” <span class="reftext">35</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·lə·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">But when they went out</a> <a href="/hebrew/6912.htm" title="6912: lə·qā·ḇə·rāh (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3fs) -- To bury. A primitive root; to intern.">to bury her,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: mā·ṣə·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To attain to, find. ">they found</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">nothing</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">but</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">her</a> <a href="/hebrew/1538.htm" title="1538: hag·gul·gō·leṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- A skull, head, poll (of persons). By reduplication from galal; a skull; by implication, a head.">skull,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: wə·hā·raḡ·la·yim (Conj-w, Art:: N-fd) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">her feet,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3709.htm" title="3709: wə·ḵap·pō·wṯ (Conj-w:: N-fpc) -- Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan. From kaphaph; the hollow hand or palm; figuratively, power.">and the palms</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: hay·yā·ḏā·yim (Art:: N-fd) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">of her hands.</a> </span><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.…<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="/2_kings/9-10.htm">2 Kings 9:10</a></span><br />And on the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour Jezebel, and there will be no one to bury her.’” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Revelation 2:20-23</a></span><br />But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols. / Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling. / Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds. ...<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="/psalms/68-23.htm">Psalm 68:23</a></span><br />that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes—the tongues of your dogs in the same.”<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/21-19.htm">1 Kings 21:19</a></span><br />Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”<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="/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="/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.”<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="/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Deuteronomy 28:26</a></span><br />Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-19.htm">Isaiah 14:19</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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.</p><p class="hdg">but they found</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/31-3.htm">Job 31:3</a></b></br> <i>Is</i> not destruction to the wicked? and a strange <i>punishment</i> to the workers of iniquity?</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/9-34.htm">Body</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-31.htm">Bones</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-34.htm">Bury</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-34.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-24.htm">Except</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-20.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-21.htm">Found</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-23.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-30.htm">Head</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-35.htm">Palms</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-36.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/judges/9-53.htm">Skull</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/9-37.htm">Body</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-21.htm">Bones</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-35.htm">Bury</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-37.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-7.htm">Except</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-21.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-13.htm">Found</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-24.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-21.htm">Head</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-5.htm">Palms</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-32.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-10.htm">Skull</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_kings/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But when they went out to bury her</b><br>This phrase refers to the aftermath of Jezebel's death. Jezebel, the wife of King Ahab, was a notorious queen known for promoting Baal worship in Israel and persecuting the prophets of Yahweh. Her death was prophesied by Elijah (<a href="/1_kings/21-23.htm">1 Kings 21:23</a>), and Jehu, anointed as king, was the instrument of her demise. The act of going out to bury her indicates a customary respect for the dead, even for someone as reviled as Jezebel, reflecting the cultural norms of burial practices in ancient Israel.<p><b>they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands</b><br>This gruesome discovery fulfills Elijah's prophecy that dogs would devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel (<a href="/1_kings/21-23.htm">1 Kings 21:23</a>). The specific mention of the skull, feet, and palms suggests a divine judgment, leaving only the parts of her body that symbolize her thoughts, actions, and deeds. The dogs consuming her body can be seen as a sign of ultimate disgrace and divine retribution, as dogs were considered unclean animals. This event underscores the theme of divine justice and the fulfillment of prophetic words, serving as a warning against idolatry and wickedness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jezebel.htm">Jezebel</a></b><br>The queen and wife of King Ahab, known for her idolatry and persecution of the prophets of Yahweh. Her death fulfills the prophecy of her demise.<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>The location where Jezebel met her end, a place significant for its association with the house of Ahab and the fulfillment of prophecy.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophecy_of_elijah.htm">Prophecy of Elijah</a></b><br>The event of Jezebel's death is a direct fulfillment of the prophecy given by Elijah concerning her end.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/dogs.htm">Dogs</a></b><br>Symbolic in this context as agents of divine judgment, fulfilling the prophecy that dogs would devour Jezebel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_word.htm">The Certainty of God's Word</a></b><br>God's prophecies are sure and will come to pass. The fulfillment of Elijah's prophecy concerning Jezebel serves as a reminder of the reliability of God's word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice.htm">Divine Justice</a></b><br>God's justice may seem delayed, but it is inevitable. Jezebel's end illustrates that no one can escape divine judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry_and_wickedness.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry and Wickedness</a></b><br>Jezebel's life and death serve as a warning against idolatry and leading others away from God. Her fate is a stark reminder of the consequences of turning away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_god's_instruments.htm">The Role of God's Instruments</a></b><br>Jehu was used as an instrument of God's judgment. This highlights that God can use individuals to fulfill His purposes, even in executing judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>Jezebel's account underscores the importance of repentance. Her refusal to turn from her ways led to her downfall, emphasizing the need for humility and repentance before God.<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/what_defines_jezebel's_life_and_legacy.htm">What events define Jezebel's life and legacy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_dogs_literally_eat_jezebel's_body.htm">Could dogs literally devour Jezebel's body as described in 2 Kings 9:33-35, or might this be symbolic hyperbole?</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/jehoiachin's_reign_duration.htm">How long did Jehoiachin reign? (2 Kings 24:8 vs. 2 Chronicles 36:9)</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>(35) <span class= "bld">Her hands.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">the hands.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 35.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.</span> "The harder parts of the human frame" (Stanley); perhaps also the less palatable, since cannibals say that the palm of the human hand is excessively bitter. Dogs in Oriental countries are ever prowling about, especially in the vicinity of towns, on the lookout for food, and will eat flesh or offal of any kind. They have been called "the scavengers of the East," and the phrase well describes them. Dean Stanley saw "the wild dogs of Jezreel prowling about the mounds where the offal is cast outside the gates of the town by the inhabitants." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/9-35.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">But when they went out</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·lə·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to bury her,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְקָבְרָ֑הּ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·qā·ḇə·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6912.htm">Strong's 6912: </a> </span><span class="str2">To inter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they found</span><br /><span class="heb">מָ֣צְאוּ</span> <span class="translit">(mā·ṣə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nothing but</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | 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">her skull,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגֻּלְגֹּ֛לֶת</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gul·gō·leṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1538.htm">Strong's 1538: </a> </span><span class="str2">A skull, head, poll (of persons)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her feet,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָרַגְלַ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·raḡ·la·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - fd<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foot, a step, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the palms</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכַפּ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵap·pō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of her hands.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיָּדָֽיִם׃</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yā·ḏā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - fd<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/9-35.htm">2 Kings 9:35 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/9-35.htm">2 Kings 9:35 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/9-35.htm">2 Kings 9:35 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/9-35.htm">2 Kings 9:35 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/9-35.htm">2 Kings 9:35 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/9-35.htm">2 Kings 9:35 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/9-35.htm">2 Kings 9:35 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/9-35.htm">2 Kings 9:35 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/9-35.htm">2 Kings 9:35 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/9-35.htm">2 Kings 9:35 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/9-35.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 9:35 They went to bury her (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/9-34.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 9:34"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 9:34" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 9:36"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 9:36" /></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>