2 Kings 9:34
in 2 Kings 9Then 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.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when he was come in, he did eat and drink; and he said, See now to this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king’s daughter.
KJV
And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king’s daughter.
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This verse in 2 Kings 9
Commentary
8 notes on this verseShe is a king’s daughter - Jezebel was certainly a woman of a very high lineage. She was daughter of the king of Tyre; wife of Ahab, king of Israel; mother of Joram, king of Israel; mother-in-law of Joram, king of Judah; and grandmother of Ahaziah, king of Judah.
This site's exposition
for she is a king’s daughter
on 2 Kings 9:34-35
Jehu eats and drinks first, then orders Jezebel's body buried, calling her a king's daughter, since she came to Israel as the daughter of the king of Tyre before she was ever Ahab's queen. The men sent to bury her find only the skull, the feet, and the palms of her hands, the dogs of Jezreel having already done what royal blood could not prevent. Clarke calls the fulfillment literal down to the detail, the same dogs named against her by name in the earlier chapter.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Jehu, who had seen the woman who had spoken to him and had recognized her to be Jezebel, ordered the eunuchs who were beside her to throw her out of the window, and they immediately threw her with force and spattered the wall with her …
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the L ORD , at the hand of Jezebel.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:95%@v7
), a curse to the country, and whom all that wished well to their country had a curse for. Three reigns her reign had lasted, but now, at length, her day had come to fall. We read of a false prophetess in the church of Thyatira that is compared to Jezebel, and called by her name ( Rev. ii.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation
And said - It seems he had forgot the charge given him above, ver. 10. A king's daughter - He doth not say, because she was a king's wife, lest he should seem to shew any respect to that wicked house of Ahab, which God had devoted to utter destruction.
quarantine:anchor (2026-07-29) — cites-ver-10-anchored-34-34
And when he was come in,....
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Leaving the mangled body on the bare earth, Jehu went to the banquet. It was, no doubt, important that he should at once show himself to the court as king. In calling Jezebel “this cursed one,” Jehu means to remind his hearers that the curse of God had been pronounced upon her by Elijah 2Ki 9:36, and so to justify his own conduct. A king’s daughter - Merely as the widow of Ahab and mother of Jehoram, Jehu would not have considered Jezebel entitled to buriah. But she was the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians (marginal reference), and so a princess born. This would entitle her to greater respect. Wilfully to have denied her burial would have been regarded as an unpardonable insult by the reigning Sidonian monarch.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹ֖א | vaiyavo' | and he went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וַיֹּ֣אכַל | vaiyokhal | and he ate | H398 → | 810 times |
| וַיֵּ֑שְׁתְּ | vaiyeshet | and he drank | H8354 → | 217 times |
| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| פִּקְדוּ־ | pikdu- | attend to | H6485 → | 303 times |
| נָ֞א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאֲרוּרָ֤ה | haarurah | the accursed [woman] | H779 → | |
| הַזֹּאת֙ | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| וְקִבְר֔וּהָ | vekivruha | and bury her | H6912 → | 133 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בַת־ | vat- | [was] a daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| מֶ֖לֶךְ | melekh | a king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הִֽיא׃ | hi' | she | H1931 → | 1879 times |
וַיָּבֹ֖אand he went
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
וַיֹּ֣אכַלand he ate
vaiyokhalH398 →810 times
וַיֵּ֑שְׁתְּand he drank
vaiyeshetH8354 →217 times
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
פִּקְדוּ־attend to
pikdu-H6485 →303 times
נָ֞אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאֲרוּרָ֤הthe accursed [woman]
haarurahH779 →
הַזֹּאת֙<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
וְקִבְר֔וּהָand bury her
vekivruhaH6912 →133 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
בַת־[was] a daughter of
vat-H1323 →588 times
מֶ֖לֶךְa king
melekhH4428 →2525 times
הִֽיא׃she
hi'H1931 →1879 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
it leads to
- 2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
- Jude 1:6–7
And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
- Matthew 13:42
And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:9
They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
- Galatians 3:10–13
All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
- 2 Peter 2:4
Through
Isaiah 65:15You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.
it leads to
- Isaiah 62:2
Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
- Isaiah 62:2
Through
1 Kings 21:25(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
it leads to
- Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
- 1 Kings 21:20
When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of…
- Proverbs 22:14
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 9:32; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.