2 Kings 9:37
in 2 Kings 9And 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.’”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 2 Kings 9
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung - As it was not buried under the earth, but was eaten by the dogs, this saying was also literally fulfilled. They shall not say, This is Jezebel - As she could not be buried, she could have no funeral monument. Though so great a woman by her birth, connections, and alliances, she had not the honor of a tomb! There was not even a solitary stone to say, Here lies Jezebel! not even a mound of earth to designate the place of her sepulture!
This site's exposition
by his servant Elijah the Tishbite
on 2 Kings 9:36-37
Jehu names the word and the man who spoke it, this is the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, closing a sentence Elijah first pronounced at Naboth's vineyard and the narrator had already echoed once at Ahab's own death. The formula runs through three condemned houses in this book, Jeroboam's, Baasha's, and now Ahab's, and here alone the text spells out that not even a grave will hold Jezebel's name, so that they shall not say, this is Jezebel. Revelation 2:20 later carries that same name out of Jezreel entirely and gives it to a teacher inside a church at Thyatira, the same seduction under a borrowed title.
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 Awakening2 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה | vehayat | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| נִבְלַ֣ת | nivlat | [the] corpse of | H5038 → | |
| אִיזֶ֗בֶל | ʾizevel | Jezebel | H348 → | 22 times |
| כְּדֹ֛מֶן | kedomen | like dung | H1828 → | |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵ֥י | penei | [the] surface of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה | hasadeh | the field | H7704 → | 334 times |
| בְּחֵ֣לֶק | bechelek | in [the] territory of | H2506 → | 67 times |
| יִזְרְעֶ֑אל | yizreel | Jezreel | H3157 → | 36 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֹאמְר֖וּ | yomeru | people will say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| זֹ֥את | zot | this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| אִיזָֽבֶל׃ פ | ʾizavel | [is] Jezebel | H348 → | 22 times |
וְֽהָיְתָ֞הand it will be
vehayatH1961 →3559 times
נִבְלַ֣ת[the] corpse of
nivlatH5038 →
אִיזֶ֗בֶלJezebel
ʾizevelH348 →22 times
כְּדֹ֛מֶןlike dung
kedomenH1828 →
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵ֥י[the] surface of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
הַשָּׂדֶ֖הthe field
hasadehH7704 →334 times
בְּחֵ֣לֶקin [the] territory of
bechelekH2506 →67 times
יִזְרְעֶ֑אלJezreel
yizreelH3157 →36 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יֹאמְר֖וּpeople will say
yomeruH559 →5305 times
זֹ֥אתthis
zotH2063 →603 times
אִיזָֽבֶל׃ פ[is] Jezebel
ʾizavelH348 →22 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
Jeremiah 16:4“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 9:22
Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 25:33
Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying…
- Psalms 83:10
who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
- Jeremiah 34:20
I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
- Jeremiah 9:22
Through
Jeremiah 36:20So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 36:12
he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son…
- Jeremiah 36:12
Through
Jeremiah 22:19He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 36:30
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…
- Jeremiah 36:30
Through
Jeremiah 8:2They 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,…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:19
When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to…
- 2 Kings 23:5
Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who…
- Deuteronomy 4:19
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Kings
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonDivided kingdomJezebelSidonian princess and Ahab's queen who institutionalized Baal worship in Israel, ordered Elijah's death after Carmel, and engineer…
- PlaceNorthern IsraelJezreelAhab's summer capital beside Naboth's vineyard; the city of the dogs' prophecy, where Jezebel fell and Jehu's wheels rolled.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 9:32; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.