The Meaning of 2 Kings 9:10 Explained

2 Kings 9:10

KJV: 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.

YLT: and Jezebel do the dogs eat in the portion of Jezreel, and there is none burying;' and he openeth the door and fleeth.

Darby: And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the plot of Jizreel, and none shall bury her. And he opened the door and fled.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does 2 Kings 9:10 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 9:1-13 - The Avenger Of Blood Anointed
Youth is always being called upon to gird up its loins, and dare to fulfill its commissions without fear of man. We are not to tarry to hear what men say of us. The King's business requires haste. Do your work and flee, before the world can scare you by its threats or cajole you by its blandishments. You have one Master, one errand: do it, and get back into His presence!
God has His appointed instruments to carry out His plans, 1 Kings 19:17. The King will avenge His own elect, though He bear long with their oppressors. Sooner or later His sentence will be executed. His servants are often accounted mad, but whether we are beside ourselves, it is to God! 2 Corinthians 5:13. Naturally his fellow-officers were astonished that Jehu should have dealings with one whose garb and bearing indicated his religious character. It is not usual for God's servants to penetrate a camp with such a message; and yet how striking would be the effect if only we could announce to the strong, swift-acting, vehement-hearted leaders of the age, that a higher vocation awaited them than they had ever conceived, and that God's anointing was within their reach. "I have anointed thee to be a king." [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 9

1  Elisha sends a young prophet with instructions to anoint Jehu at Ramoth Gilead
4  The prophet having done his message, flees
11  Jehu, being made king by the soldiers, kills Joram in the field of Naboth
27  Ahaziah is slain at Gur, and buried at Jerusalem
30  Proud Jezebel is thrown down out of a window, and eaten by dogs

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 9:10 mean?

And Jezebel shall eat the dogs on the plot [of ground] at Jezreel and [there shall be] none to bury [her] and he opened the door and fled
וְאֶת־ אִיזֶ֜בֶל יֹאכְל֧וּ הַכְּלָבִ֛ים בְּחֵ֥לֶק יִזְרְעֶ֖אל וְאֵ֣ין קֹבֵ֑ר וַיִּפְתַּ֥ח הַדֶּ֖לֶת וַיָּנֹֽס

אִיזֶ֜בֶל  Jezebel 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִיזֶבֶל  
Sense: queen of Israel, wife of Ahab, daughter of Ethbaal.
יֹאכְל֧וּ  shall  eat 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
הַכְּלָבִ֛ים  the  dogs 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֶּלֶב  
Sense: dog.
בְּחֵ֥לֶק  on  the  plot  [of  ground]  at 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חֵלֶק 
Sense: portion, share, part, territory.
יִזְרְעֶ֖אל  Jezreel 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יִזְרְעֶאל 
Sense: a descendant of the father or founder of Etam of Judah.
וְאֵ֣ין  and  [there  shall  be]  none 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
קֹבֵ֑ר  to  bury  [her] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: קָבַר  
Sense: to bury.
וַיִּפְתַּ֥ח  and  he  opened 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּתַח 
Sense: to open.
הַדֶּ֖לֶת  the  door 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: דַּל 
Sense: door, gate.
וַיָּנֹֽס  and  fled 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נוּס  
Sense: to flee, escape.

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