2 Kings 9:30-37

Jezebel Loses Her High Position

30 When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard [of it], so she painted her eyes with black eye paint and adorned her head and looked through the window.
31 Now Jehu had come in the gate, so she said, "[Is it] peace, O Zimri, murderer of his master?"
32 When he lifted up his face to the window, he asked, "Who [is] with me?" Two or three eunuchs looked down to him.
33 So he said, "Throw her down." So they threw her down, and her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses, and they trampled her.
34 Then he came and ate and drank, and said, "Please take care of this cursed one and bury her, for she is the daughter of a king."
35 When they went to bury her, they could not find her, except the skull, the feet, and the palms of the hands.
36 They returned and told him, and he said, "This [is] the word of Yahweh which he spoke by the hand of his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 'On the plot of ground of Jezreel, the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel.'"
37 So the dead body of Jezebel became dung on the surface [spread] on the field in the plot of ground of Jezreel, so one cannot say, "This [is] Jezebel."

2 Kings 9:30-37 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 9

In this chapter we are told that one of the sons of the prophets was sent by Elisha to anoint Jehu king of Israel, and to order him to smite and destroy the whole house of Ahab, 2Ki 9:1-10, which being done unto him, and the order received by Jehu, he acquainted his captains with it, 2Ki 9:11-15, who set out with him immediately to Jezreel, 2Ki 9:16-21, where he slew Joram king of Israel, 2Ki 9:22-26, and Ahaziah king of Judah, 2Ki 9:27-29, and Jezebel, the widow of Ahab, and mother of Joram, 2Ki 9:30-37.

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