2 Kings 9 · Verse 35

2 Kings 9:35

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.

2 Kings 9:35, King James Version

2 Kings 9:35 in other translations

BSB	But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.
WEB	They went to bury her, but they found no more of her than the skull, the feet, and the palms of her hands.
ASV	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.
YLT	And they go to bury her, and have not found of her except the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.
DARBY	And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.
BBE	And they went out to put her body into the earth, but nothing of her was to be seen, only the bones of her head, and her feet, and parts of her hands.
Webster	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.

What does 2 Kings 9:35 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

35. found no more of her than the skull, and the palms of her hands, &c.--The dog has a rooted aversion to prey on the human hands and feet. 2Ki 9:36, 37. Jezebel Eaten by Dogs.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 35 The skull - the feet, and the palms of her hands - The dogs did not eat those parts, say Jarchi and Kimchi, because in her festal dances she danced like a dog, on her hands and feet, wantonly moving her head. What other meaning these rabbins had, I do not inquire. She was, no doubt, guilty of the foulest actions, and was almost too bad to be belied. How literally was the prediction delivered in the preceding book, (1Kgs 21:23, The dogs shall eat Jezebel, by the wall of Jezreel), fulfilled! And how dearly did she and her husband Ahab pay for the murder of innocent Naboth!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 9:30-37

Instead of hiding herself, as one afraid of Divine vengeance, Jezebel mocked at fear. See how a heart, hardened against God, will brave it out to the last. There is not a surer presage of ruin, than an unhumbled heart under humbling providences. Let those look at Jezebel's conduct and fate, who use arts to seduce others to commit wickedness, and to draw them aside from the ways of truth and righteousness. Jehu…

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2 Kings 9:35 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּלְכ֖וּvai.ye.le.Khuand they wentH1980

לְקָבְרָ֑הּle.ka.ve.Rahto bury herH6912

וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808

מָ֣צְאוּMa.tze.'uthey foundH4672

בָ֗הּVahin her

כִּ֧יkithatH3588

אִם\־'im-exceptH518

הַגֻּלְגֹּ֛לֶתha.gul.Go.letthe skullH1538

וְהָרַגְלַ֖יִםve.ha.rag.La.yimand the feetH7272

וְכַפּ֥וֹתve.kha.Potand [the] palms ofH3709

הַיָּדָֽיִם\׃hai.ya.Da.yimthe handsH3027

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 9:35

Jeremiah 22:19
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
Job 31:3
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
Isaiah 14:18-20
All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
Acts 12:23
And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
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.
Jeremiah 36:30
Therefore thus saith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

but they found.
Job 31:3; Ec 6:3; Isa 14:18-20; Jer 22:19; 36:30; Ac 12:23

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Context

2 Kings 9:34
And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king’s daughter.
2 Kings 9:35
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.
2 Kings 9:36
Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:

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2 Kings 9:35 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Empero cuando fueron para sepultarla, no hallaron de ella más que la calavera, y los pies, y las palmas de las manos.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et ils s’en allèrent pour l’enterrer, mais ils ne trouvèrent rien d’elle que le crâne, et les pieds, et les paumes des mains.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und sie gingen hin, um sie zu begraben; aber sie fanden nichts mehr von ihr, als nur den Schädel und die Füße und die Hände.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Cumque issent ut sepelirent eam, non invenerunt nisi calvariam, et pedes, et summas manus.