New English Translation

2 Kings 9:28-37 New English Translation (NET)

28. His servants took his body back to Jerusalem and buried him in his tomb with his ancestors in the city of David.

29. Ahaziah had become king over Judah in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab.

30. Jehu approached Jezreel. When Jezebel heard the news, she put on some eye liner, fixed up her hair, and leaned out the window.

31. When Jehu came through the gate, she said, “Is everything all right, Zimri, murderer of his master?”

32. He looked up at the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

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.

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.”

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

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.

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.’”