The dogs will eat Jezebel in the plot of land at Jezreel #– #no one will bury her.” ’ Then the young prophet opened the door and escaped.
2 Kings 9:35 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But when they went out to bury her, they did not find anything but the skull, the feet, and the hands. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They went to bury her, but they found nothing left of her except the skull, feet, and palms of her hands. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible They went to bury her, but they couldn’t find her body. Only her skull was left, along with her hands and feet. Catholic Public Domain Version But when they had gone, so that they might bury her, they found nothing but the skull, and the feet, and the ends of her hands. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when they went to bury her, they found nothing but the skull, and the feet, and the extremities of her hands. |
The dogs will eat Jezebel in the plot of land at Jezreel #– #no one will bury her.” ’ Then the young prophet opened the door and escaped.
Then he went in, ate and drank, and said, ‘Take care of this cursed woman and bury her, since she’s a king’s daughter.’
So they went back and told him, and he said, ‘This fulfils the Lord’s word that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: “In the plot of land at Jezreel, the dogs will eat Jezebel’s flesh.
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
He will be buried like a donkey, dragged off and thrown outside Jerusalem’s gates.
Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his corpse will be thrown out to be exposed to the heat of day and the frost of night.
At once an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.