2 Kings 9:30-37

Evangelical Heritage Version

Jehu Kills Jezebel

³⁰ Jehu went to Jezre’el. When Jezebel heard it, she put on eye make-up and arranged her hair. Then she looked down through a window. ³¹ When Jehu came into the gate, she said, “Do you come in peace, Zimri, the killer of your master?”

³² He looked up to the window and said, “Who is with me? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down to him. ³³ Then he said, “Throw her down!” So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses, and they trampled her. ³⁴ Then he went inside and ate and drank. Then Jehu said, “See to that cursed woman and bury her, because she was a king’s daughter.”

³⁵ But when they went to bury her, they did not find her, except for her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands. ³⁶ So they came back and told him. Then Jehu said, “This is the word of the Lord which he spoke through his servant Elijah from Tishbe: On the plot of ground at Jezre’el, the dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel. ³⁷ Jezebel’s corpse will be like manure spread on the surface of the field at the plot of ground at Jezre’el, so they won’t be able to say, ‘This is Jezebel.’”