2 Kings 9:35

35 But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing except her skull, her feet and her hands.

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2 Kings 9:35 in Other Translations

KJV

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.

ESV

35 But when they went to bury her, they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.

NLT

35 But when they went out to bury her, they found only her skull, her feet, and her hands.

MSG

35 They went out to bury her, but there was nothing left of her but skull, feet, and hands.

CSB

35 But when they went out to bury her, they did not find anything but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.

2 Kings 9:35 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 9:35

And they went to bury her
The servants of Jehu, according to his orders and instructions;

but they found no more of her than the scull, and the feet, and the
palms of her hands;
the flesh, and even all the rest of her bones, being devoured by dogs, so that there was scarce anything of her to be buried, as in ( 2 Kings 9:10 ) , something similar to this happened to Ascletarion, a mathematician, as related by Suetonius ^F15.

FOOTNOTES:

F15 In Vita Domitian. c. 15.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

2 Kings 9:35 In-Context

33 “Throw her down!” Jehu said. So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered the wall and the horses as they trampled her underfoot.

34 Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of that cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.”

35 But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing except her skull, her feet and her hands.

36 They went back and told Jehu, who said, “This is the word of the LORD that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: On the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs will devour Jezebel’s flesh.

37 Jezebel’s body will be like dung on the ground in the plot at Jezreel, so that no one will be able to say, ‘This is Jezebel.’ ”

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