2-Kings - 9:36



36 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,

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Kings 9:36.

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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:
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;
And coming back they told him. And Jehu said: It is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by his servant Elias the Thesbite, saying: In the field of Jezrahel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezabel,
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,
Why they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
So they came back and gave him word of it. And he said, This is what the Lord said by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the heritage of Jezreel the flesh of Jezebel will become food for dogs;
And returning, they reported to him. And Jehu said: "It is the word of the Lord, which he spoke through his servant, Elijah the Tishbite, saying: 'In the field of Jezreel, the dogs will consume the flesh of Jezebel.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Wherefore they came again, and told him,.... How things were, and what only could be found of Jezebel:
and he said, this is the word of the Lord; or the fulfilment of it:
which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying; as in 1-Kings 21:23.

JEZEBEL EATEN BY DOGS. (2-Kings 9:36-37)
This is the word of the Lord--(See 1-Kings 21:23). Jehu's statement, however, was not a literal but a paraphrased quotation of Elijah's prophecy.

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