King James Version
2 Kings 9:37 in the King James Version says “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...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
2 Kings 9:37 · KJV
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.
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And the carcase”
H5038a flabby thing, i.e., a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon the face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“of Jezreel”
H3157jizreel, the name of two places in palestine and of two israelites
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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