2 Kings 9:30-37

International Children’s Bible

Death of Jezebel

³⁰ When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard about it. She put paint on her eyes and fixed her hair. Then she looked out the window. ³¹ Jehu entered the city gate. And Jezebel said, “Have you come in peace, you Zimri,^[a] you who killed your master?”

³² Jehu looked up at the window. He said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked out from the window at Jehu. ³³ Jehu said to them, “Throw her down!” So they threw Jezebel down. And the horses ran over her body. Some of her blood splashed on the wall and on the horses.

³⁴ Jehu went into the house and ate and drank. Then he said, “Now see about this cursed woman. Bury her, because she is a king’s daughter.”

³⁵ The men went to bury Jezebel. But they could not find her body. They could only find the skull, feet and palms of her hands. ³⁶ So they came back and told Jehu. Then Jehu said, “The Lord said this through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘The dogs will eat the body of Jezebel in the portion of land at Jezreel. ³⁷ Her body will be like manure on the field in the land at Jezreel. Then people cannot say that the body is Jezebel.’”