2 Kings 9:35
New International Version
But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing except her skull, her feet and her hands.

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

English Standard Version
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.

Berean Standard Bible
But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
So they went to bury her, but they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.

New American Standard Bible
So they went to bury her, but they found nothing of her except the skull, the feet, and the palms of her hands.

NASB 1995
They went to bury her, but they found nothing more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.

NASB 1977
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.

Legacy Standard Bible
They went to bury her, but they found nothing more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.

Amplified Bible
They went to bury her, but they found nothing left of her except the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.

Christian Standard Bible
But when they went out to bury her, they did not find anything but the skull, the feet, and the hands.

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

American Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
But when they went out to bury her body, they found only her skull, her hands, and her feet.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But when they went out to bury her, they couldn't find any of her body except her skull, feet, and hands.

Good News Translation
But the men who went out to bury her found nothing except her skull and the bones of her hands and feet.

International Standard Version
But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing left of her except her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.

Majority Standard Bible
But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.

NET Bible
But when they went to bury her, they found nothing left but the skull, feet, and palms of the hands.

New Heart English Bible
They went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
They went to bury her, but they found no more of her than the skull, the feet, and the palms of her hands.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And they go to bury her, and have not found [anything] of her except the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.

Young's Literal Translation
And they go to bury her, and have not found of her except the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.

Smith's Literal Translation
And they will go to bury her: and they found not of her but the skull and the feet, and the palms of the hands.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they went to bury her, they found nothing but the skull, and the feet, and the extremities of her hands.

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.

New American Bible
But when they went to bury her, they found nothing of her but the skull, the feet, and the hands.

New Revised Standard Version
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.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than her skull and her feet and the palms of her hands.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they went to bury her, and they did not find her except only her head and her feet and a portion of her hands.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they went to bury her; but they found nothing of her but the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Murder of Jezebel
34Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.” 35But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands. 36So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.…

Cross References
1 Kings 21:23
And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’

2 Kings 9:10
And on the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour Jezebel, and there will be no one to bury her.’” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.

Revelation 2:20-23
But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols. / Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling. / Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds. ...

Jeremiah 15:3
I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

Psalm 68:23
that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes—the tongues of your dogs in the same.”

1 Kings 14:11
Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken.

1 Kings 16:4
Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”

1 Kings 21:19
Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”

Jeremiah 22:19
He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 39:17-20
And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood. / You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan. / At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk. ...

Matthew 24:28
Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

Luke 17:37
“Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”

Revelation 19:17-18
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, / so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”

Deuteronomy 28:26
Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.

Isaiah 14:19
But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

but they found

Job 31:3
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

Ecclesiastes 6:3
If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.

Isaiah 14:18-20
All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house…

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2 Kings 9
1. Elisha sends a young prophet with instructions to anoint Jehu at Ramoth Gilead
4. The prophet having done his message, flees
11. Jehu, being made king by the soldiers, kills Joram in the field of Naboth
27. Ahaziah is slain at Gur, and buried at Jerusalem
30. Proud Jezebel is thrown down out of a window, and eaten by dogs.














But when they went out to bury her
This phrase indicates the intention to perform a burial, a customary act of respect for the dead in ancient Israelite culture. The act of burial is deeply rooted in the Hebrew tradition, signifying honor and the hope of resurrection. The Hebrew word for "bury" is קָבַר (qabar), which implies a formal and respectful interment. The context here is the aftermath of Jezebel's death, a queen notorious for her idolatry and persecution of God's prophets. Her intended burial contrasts with the ignominious end she meets, fulfilling Elijah's prophecy (1 Kings 21:23).

they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands
This phrase highlights the gruesome fulfillment of divine prophecy. The Hebrew word for "skull" is גֻּלְגֹּלֶת (gulgoleth), which is often associated with identity and thought, symbolizing the complete obliteration of Jezebel's legacy and influence. The "feet" (רַגְלַיִם, raglayim) can symbolize the paths one walks, and in Jezebel's case, the wicked paths she chose. The "palms of her hands" (כַּפַּיִם, kappayim) may represent her deeds and actions, which were marked by manipulation and evil. The absence of the rest of her body signifies the divine judgment and disgrace she faced, as prophesied by Elijah. This partial remains discovery underscores the completeness of God's judgment and serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of turning away from God. The historical context of Jezebel's life, her influence over King Ahab, and her promotion of Baal worship provide a backdrop to this dramatic conclusion, emphasizing the sovereignty and justice of God in the narrative of Israel.

(35) Her hands.--Heb., the hands.

Verse 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. "The harder parts of the human frame" (Stanley); perhaps also the less palatable, since cannibals say that the palm of the human hand is excessively bitter. Dogs in Oriental countries are ever prowling about, especially in the vicinity of towns, on the lookout for food, and will eat flesh or offal of any kind. They have been called "the scavengers of the East," and the phrase well describes them. Dean Stanley saw "the wild dogs of Jezreel prowling about the mounds where the offal is cast outside the gates of the town by the inhabitants."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But when they went out
וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (way·yê·lə·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

to bury her,
לְקָבְרָ֑הּ (lə·qā·ḇə·rāh)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6912: To inter

they found
מָ֣צְאוּ (mā·ṣə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

nothing but
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

her skull,
הַגֻּלְגֹּ֛לֶת (hag·gul·gō·leṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1538: A skull, head, poll (of persons)

her feet,
וְהָרַגְלַ֖יִם (wə·hā·raḡ·la·yim)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - fd
Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda

and the palms
וְכַפּ֥וֹת (wə·ḵap·pō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan

of her hands.
הַיָּדָֽיִם׃ (hay·yā·ḏā·yim)
Article | Noun - fd
Strong's 3027: A hand


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