King James Version
2 Kings 9:10 in the King James Version says “And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, a...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.”
2 Kings 9:10 · KJV
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
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properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“of Jezreel”
H3157jizreel, the name of two places in palestine and of two israelites
“her And he opened”
H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
“and fled”
H5127to flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
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