The Meaning of 2 Kings 9:37 Explained

2 Kings 9:37

KJV: And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.

YLT: and the carcase of Jezebel hath been as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, that they say not, This is Jezebel.'

Darby: and the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the open field in the plot of Jizreel, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.

ASV: and the body of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 2 Kings 9:37?

MEANING: What does 2 Kings 9:37 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 2 Kings 9:37 mean?

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What is the context of 2 Kings 9:37?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; [so] that they shall not say, This [is] Jezebel.

What does 2 Kings 9:37 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 9:27-37 - "the Word Of The Lord By Elijah"

Let us read again 1 Kings 21:23. How those words came back to the two men, who had heard them from the lips of God's servant years before! God's mills grind slowly, but to powder. In a deep sense Ahab's blood was licked by dogs, as it flowed from the gaping wounds of his son. As a man sows he reaps, and when his children follow his steps, they too reap. But Ezekiel makes it perfectly clear that a godly son may break the entail of his father's iniquities. See Ezekiel 18:1-32, which has a most important bearing on the modern doctrine of heredity.

Jezebel's heart was proud and unbroken. She thought to make the conqueror the slave of her charms. When these failed, she taunted him with the fate of Zimri, so closely associated with the rise of Ahab's family to the throne. His reign of seven days was thrown in Jehu's teeth, 1 Kings 16:15, etc. But Jezebel could not avert her fate. Her very chamberlains turned against her. How often does God's representative ask the same question, "Who is on my side?" Let us heed the challenge and dare to "look out" in answer! There is service appointed for us all, and we must not fail to render it. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 9

¹ Elisha sends a young prophet with instructions to anoint Jehu at Ramoth Gilead
⁴ The prophet having done his message, flees
¹¹ Jehu, being made king by the soldiers, kills Joram in the field of Naboth
²⁷ Ahaziah is slain at Gur, and buried at Jerusalem
³⁰ Proud Jezebel is thrown down out of a window, and eaten by dogs

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 9:37 mean?

- and shall be the corpse of Jezebel as refuse on the surface of the field in the plot at Jezreel so that not they shall say this [is] Jezebel -

[והית] (וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה) נִבְלַ֣ת אִיזֶ֗בֶל כְּדֹ֛מֶן עַל־ פְּנֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה בְּחֵ֣לֶק יִזְרְעֶ֑אל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־ יֹאמְר֖וּ זֹ֥את אִיזָֽבֶל פ

[והית]	-
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular Root: אֲבִיטָל Sense: a wife of David.
(וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה)	and shall be
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
נִבְלַ֣ת	the corpse
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: נְבֵלָה Sense: carcass, corpse.
אִיזֶ֗בֶל	of Jezebel
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: אִיזֶבֶל Sense: queen of Israel, wife of Ahab, daughter of Ethbaal.
כְּדֹ֛מֶן	as refuse
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular Root: דֹּמֶן Sense: dung (always of corpses) (fig.
פְּנֵ֥י	the surface
Parse: Noun, common plural construct Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face.
הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה	of the field
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׂדֶה Sense: field, land.
בְּחֵ֣לֶק	in the plot at
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: חֵלֶק Sense: portion, share, part, territory.
יִזְרְעֶ֑אל	Jezreel
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: יִזְרְעֶאל Sense: a descendant of the father or founder of Etam of Judah.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	so that
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
יֹאמְר֖וּ	they shall say
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
זֹ֥את	this [is]
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular Root: זׄאת Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
אִיזָֽבֶל	Jezebel
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: אִיזֶבֶל Sense: queen of Israel, wife of Ahab, daughter of Ethbaal.
פ	-
Parse: Punctuation

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