Text -- 2 Kings 9:32-37 (NET)

9:32 He looked up at the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him. 9:33 He said, “Throw her down!” So they threw her down, and when she hit the ground, her blood splattered against the wall and the horses, and Jehu drove his chariot over her. 9:34 He went inside and had a meal. Then he said, “Dispose of this accursed woman’s corpse. Bury her, for after all, she was a king’s daughter.” 9:35 But when they went to bury her, they found nothing left but the skull, feet, and palms of the hands. 9:36 When they went back and told him, he said, “The Lord’s word through his servant, Elijah the Tishbite, has come to pass. He warned, ‘In the plot of land at Jezreel, dogs will devour Jezebel’s flesh. 9:37 Jezebel’s corpse will be like manure on the surface of the ground in the plot of land at Jezreel. People will not be able to even recognize her.’”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Ki 9:32

¹ tn Heb “two, three.” The narrator may be intentionally vague or uncertain here, or the two numbers may represent alternate traditions.

NET Notes: 2Ki 9:33

¹ tn The words “when she hit the ground” are added for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “and he trampled her.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 9:34

¹ tn Heb “and he went and ate and drank.”

² tn Heb “Attend to this accursed woman and bury her for she was the daughter of a king.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 9:35

¹ tn Heb “they did not find her, except for.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 9:36

¹ tn Heb “It is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand of his servant, Elijah the Tishbite, saying.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 9:37

¹ tn Heb “so that they will not say, ‘This is Jezebel.’”