2 Kings 9:10
Good News Translation
Jezebel will not be buried; her body will be eaten by dogs in the territory of Jezreel.'" After saying this, the young prophet left the room and fled.

New Revised Standard Version
The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and no one shall bury her.” Then he opened the door and fled.

Contemporary English Version
As for Jezebel, her body will be eaten by dogs in the town of Jezreel. There won't be enough left of her to bury." Then the young prophet opened the door and ran out.

New American Bible
In the confines of Jezreel, the dogs shall devour Jezebel so that no one can bury her.” Then he opened the door and fled.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the dogs shall eat Jezabel, in the field of Jezrahel, and there shall be no one to bury her. And he opened the door and fled.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the dogs shall eat Jezabel, in the field of Jezrahel, and there shall be no one to bury her. And he opened the door and fled.

the dogs

2 Kings 9:35,36 And when they went to bury her, they found nothing but the skull, and the feet, and the extremities of her hands. . . .

1 Kings 21:23 And of Jezabel also, the Lord spoke, saying: The dogs shall eat Jezabel in the field of Jezrahel.

Jeremiah 22:19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, rotten and cast forth without the gates of Jerusalem.

he opened

2 Kings 9:3 Then taking the little bottle of oil, thou shalt pour it on his head, and shalt say: Thus saith the Lord: I have anointed thee king over Israel. And thou shalt open the door and flee, and shalt not stay there.

Judges 3:26 But Aod, while they were in confusion, escaped, and passed by the place of the idols from whence he had returned. And he came to Seirath:

Context
Jehu Anointed King of Israel
9And I will make the house of Achab, like the house of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, and like the house of Baasa, the son of Ahias. 10And the dogs shall eat Jezabel, in the field of Jezrahel, and there shall be no one to bury her. And he opened the door and fled.11Then Jehu went forth to the servants of his Lord: and they said to him: Are all things well? why came this madman to thee? And he said to them: You know the man, and what he said.…
Cross References
Joshua 15:56
Jezrael and Jucadam and Zanoe,

1 Kings 21:23
And of Jezabel also, the Lord spoke, saying: The dogs shall eat Jezabel in the field of Jezrahel.

2 Kings 9:35
And when they went to bury her, they found nothing but the skull, and the feet, and the extremities of her hands.

2 Kings 9:36
And coming back they told him. And Jehu said: It is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by his servant Elias, the Thesbite, saying: In the field of Jezrahel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezabel.

2 Kings 9:9
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