KJV King James Version
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:
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2 Kings 9:36
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore they came back, and told him. He said, “This is the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ‘The dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel on the plot of Jezreel,
ASV American Standard Version
Wherefore they came back, and told him. And he said, This is the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they turn back, and declare to him, and he saith, ‘The word of Jehovah it is, that He spake by the hand of this servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel do the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel,
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 9
33 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.
34 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.
35 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.
36 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:
37 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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וַיָּשֻׁבוּ֮H7725 · shuvto return: returnוַיַּגִּ֣ידוּH5046 · na.gadto tellלוֹ֒H9033 · ohimוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙H559 · a.marto sayדְּבַר־H1697 · da.varwordיְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDה֔וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichדִּבֶּ֗רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakבְּיַד־H3027 · yadhandעַבְדּ֛וֹH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveאֵלִיָּ֥הוּH452 · e.liy.yahElijahהַתִּשְׁבִּ֖יH8664 · tish.biTishbiteלֵאמֹ֑רH559 · a.marto sayבְּחֵ֣לֶקH2506 · che.leqportionיִזְרְעֶ֔אלH3157 · yiz.re.elJezreelיֹאכְל֥וּH398 · a.khalto eatהַכְּלָבִ֖יםH3611 · ke.levdogאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּשַׂ֥רH1320 · ba.sarfleshאִיזָֽבֶל׃H348 · i.ze.velJezebel
Cross-references
1 Kings 21:23And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.Leviticus 8:36So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.2 Kings 14:25He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which [was] of Gathhepher.2 Samuel 12:25And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
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