2 Kings 9:30-37
1599 Geneva Bible
30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and painted her face, and tired her head, and [a]looked out at a window.
31 And as Jehu entered at the gate, she said, Had [b]Zimri peace, which slew his master?
32 And he lift up his eyes to the window, and said, Who is on my side, who? Then two or three of her [c]Eunuchs looked unto him.
33 And he said, Cast her down: and they cast her down, [d]and he sprinkled of her blood upon the wall, and upon the horses, and he trode her under foot.
34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Visit now yonder cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a [e]King’s daughter.
35 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.
36 Wherefore they came again and told him. And he said, This is the word of the Lord, which he spake [f]by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, (A)In the field of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel.
37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the ground in the field of Jezreel, so that none shall say, [g]This is Jezebel.
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- 2 Kings 9:30 Being of an harsh and cruel nature she would still retain her princely state and dignity.
- 2 Kings 9:31 As though she would say, Can any traitor, or any that riseth against his superior, have good success? read 1 Kings 16:10.
- 2 Kings 9:32 Or, chief servants.
- 2 Kings 9:33 This he did by the motion of the Spirit of God, that her blood should be shed, that had shed the blood of innocents, to be a spectacle and example of God’s judgments to all tyrants.
- 2 Kings 9:34 To wit, of the king of Sidon, 1 Kings 16:31.
- 2 Kings 9:36 Hebrew, by the hand of.
- 2 Kings 9:37 Thus God’s judgments appear even in this world against them that suppress his word and persecute his servants.
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