King James Version
2 Kings 9:35 in the King James Version says “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.” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
2 Kings 9:35 · KJV
And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.
And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.
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.
Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: by: Heb. by the hand of
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“her but they found”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“no more of her than”
H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“the skull”
H1538a skull (as round); by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons)
“and the feet”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
“and the palms”
H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-
“of her hands”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
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