Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 VersionAnd 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 BibleAnd 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 BibleAnd 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 1917And 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… Jump to Previous Body Bones Bury Earth Except Feet Found Hands Head Palms Parts SkullJump to Next Body Bones Bury Earth Except Feet Found Hands Head Palms Parts Skull2 Kings 9 1. Elisha sends a young prophet with instructions to anoint Jehu at Ramoth Gilead4. 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 Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But when they went outוַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (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 Links 2 Kings 9:35 NIV2 Kings 9:35 NLT 2 Kings 9:35 ESV 2 Kings 9:35 NASB 2 Kings 9:35 KJV 2 Kings 9:35 BibleApps.com 2 Kings 9:35 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 9:35 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 9:35 French Bible 2 Kings 9:35 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Kings 9:35 They went to bury her (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) |