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2 Kings 9:35

33 “Throw her down!” yelled Jehu. So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot.

34 Then 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.”

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

36 So 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.

37 And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”

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BSB
But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.
KJV
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.
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.
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.
BLB
And they went to bury her, and no more they found of her but if the skull and the feet and the palms of the hands.
ÅB
Men da de gikk avsted for å begrave henne, fant de ikke annet av henne enn hjerneskallen og føttene og hendene.
OTB
Så gikk de for å begrave henne, men de fant ikke mer av henne enn hodeskallen og føttene og håndflatene.
B1930
Men da de gikk avsted for å begrave henne, fant de ikke annet av henne enn hjerneskallen og føttene og hendene.

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 22:19

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

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  • Job 31:3

    Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

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  • Isaiah 14:18–20

    All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.

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  • Acts 12:23

    Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

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  • Ecclesiastes 6:3

    A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

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  • Jeremiah 36:30

    Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.

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