II Kings 9

מלכים ב׳ פרק ט׳

Section: נביאים · נביאים ראשונים | Book: II Kings | Chapter: 9 of 25 | Day: 131 of 742

Date: June 22, 2026

קלאוד על הנ״ך

Chapter 9 is the violent hinge of the book of Kings, the chapter in which the long-deferred judgment on the House of Ahab finally falls. The commission that God first gave Elijah at Horeb — to anoint Hazael over Aram, Jehu over Israel, and Elisha as prophet (I Kings 19:15-17) — has been unfolding piece by piece; chapter 8 saw Hazael seize the throne of Damascus, and now Elisha discharges the second part by sending an unnamed disciple of the prophets to anoint Jehu. The secrecy of the act is striking: the young prophet is to pour the oil, deliver the divine charge, and then fling open the door and flee without delay. The anointing is not a public coronation but a clandestine ignition, and its content is explicitly purgative — Jehu is appointed to strike down the House of Ahab and avenge the blood of the prophets and of all the Lord’s servants whom Jezebel had killed.

The literary engine of the chapter is the repeated, ironic question shalom — is all well? It recurs again and again as Joram’s lookouts and horsemen ride out to meet the approaching chariot, and each time the question of peace is met with Jehu’s deflection or counter-question. The dramatic climax comes when Joram himself, riding out with Ahaziah of Judah, asks Jehu directly, Is it peace, Jehu? — and Jehu answers with the chapter’s thematic dagger: What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her sorceries are so many? There can be no shalom while the house responsible for idolatry and bloodshed still reigns. The encounter takes place, with deliberate narrative justice, at the field of Naboth the Jezreelite, and Jehu’s arrow finds Joram between the shoulders. Jehu then orders the body cast into Naboth’s plot, recalling aloud the prophecy he and Bidkar had heard riding behind Ahab — that God would requite the blood of Naboth and his sons in that very field (I Kings 21).

The chapter pursues its purge relentlessly across both kingdoms. Ahaziah of Judah, grandson of Ahab through Athaliah and thus implicated in the doomed house, flees and is struck down near Ibleam, dying at Megiddo; his servants carry him to Jerusalem for burial in the City of David, a dignity the text grants him for the sake of his Davidic descent even as it records his fall. Then Jehu turns to Jezreel and Jezebel herself. In one of the most memorable scenes in Tanakh, Jezebel — hearing of Jehu’s approach — paints her eyes, dresses her hair, and looks down from the window, greeting him with the taunt, Is it well, Zimri, murderer of your master? The comparison is barbed: Zimri had assassinated his master Elah and reigned only seven days (I Kings 16), and Jezebel casts Jehu as another short-lived usurper. Jehu does not answer her; he calls up to the eunuchs at the window, and at his word they throw her down, her blood spattering the wall and the horses that trample her.

The chapter’s final movement is its grim theological coda. Jehu goes in to eat and drink, then orders that the cursed woman be buried, for she was a king’s daughter — but when they go to bury her, all that remains are her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands. Rashi preserves the midrashic reading that these particular limbs were spared because Jezebel had used them for occasional acts of kindness, dancing and clapping before bridegrooms. The horror is framed not as random savagery but as the precise fulfillment of prophecy: Jehu declares that this is the word the Lord spoke through Elijah the Tishbite, that the dogs would devour Jezebel’s flesh in the field of Jezreel, and that her carcass would be like dung upon the field, so that none could say, This is Jezebel. The woman who had hunted the prophets and engineered Naboth’s death ends as an unrecognizable scattering of bones — the closing image of a chapter wholly devoted to the exactness of divine retribution.

פרק ט׳ · Chapter 9

פסוק א׳ · Verse 1

Hebrew:

וֶֽאֱלִישָׁע֙ הַנָּבִ֔יא קָרָ֕א לְאַחַ֖ד מִבְּנֵ֣י הַנְּבִיאִ֑ים וַיֹּ֨אמֶר ל֜וֹ חֲגֹ֣ר מׇתְנֶ֗יךָ וְ֠קַ֠ח פַּ֣ךְ הַשֶּׁ֤מֶן הַזֶּה֙ בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ וְלֵ֖ךְ רָמֹ֥ת גִּלְעָֽד׃

English:

Then the prophet Elisha summoned one of the disciples of the prophets and said to him, “Tie up your skirts,aTie up your skirts See note at 4.29. and take along this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

פסוק ב׳ · Verse 2

Hebrew:

וּבָ֖אתָ־שָּׁ֑מָּה וּרְאֵה־שָׁ֠ם יֵה֨וּא בֶן־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֜ט בֶּן־נִמְשִׁ֗י וּבָ֙אתָ֙ וַהֲקֵֽמֹתוֹ֙ מִתּ֣וֹךְ אֶחָ֔יו וְהֵבֵיאתָ֥ אֹת֖וֹ חֶ֥דֶר בְּחָֽדֶר׃

English:

When you arrive there, go and see Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi; get him to leave his comrades, and take him into an inner room.

פסוק ג׳ · Verse 3

Hebrew:

וְלָקַחְתָּ֤ פַךְ־הַשֶּׁ֙מֶן֙ וְיָצַקְתָּ֣ עַל־רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה מְשַׁחְתִּ֥יךָ לְמֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּפָתַחְתָּ֥ הַדֶּ֛לֶת וְנַ֖סְתָּה וְלֹ֥א תְחַכֶּֽה׃

English:

Then take the flask of oil and pour some on his head, and say, ‘Thus said GOD: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and flee without delay.”

פסוק ד׳ · Verse 4

Hebrew:

וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ הַנַּ֛עַר הַנַּ֥עַר הַנָּבִ֖יא רָמֹ֥ת גִּלְעָֽד׃

English:

The young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

פסוק ה׳ · Verse 5

Hebrew:

וַיָּבֹ֗א וְהִנֵּ֨ה שָׂרֵ֤י הַחַ֙יִל֙ יֹֽשְׁבִ֔ים וַיֹּ֕אמֶר דָּבָ֥ר לִ֛י אֵלֶ֖יךָ הַשָּׂ֑ר וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יֵהוּא֙ אֶל־מִ֣י מִכֻּלָּ֔נוּ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֵלֶ֥יךָ הַשָּֽׂר׃

English:

When he arrived, the army commanders were sitting together. He said, “Commander, I have a message for you.” “For which one of us?” Jehu asked. He answered, “For you, commander.”

פסוק ו׳ · Verse 6

Hebrew:

וַיָּ֙קׇם֙ וַיָּבֹ֣א הַבַּ֔יְתָה וַיִּצֹ֥ק הַשֶּׁ֖מֶן אֶל־רֹאשׁ֑וֹ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מְשַׁחְתִּ֧יךָ לְמֶ֛לֶךְ אֶל־עַ֥ם יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

English:

So [Jehu] arose and went inside; and [the disciple] poured the oil on his head, and said to him, “Thus said the ETERNAL, the God of Israel: I anoint you king over the people of GOD, over Israel.

פסוק ז׳ · Verse 7

Hebrew:

וְהִ֨כִּיתָ֔ה אֶת־בֵּ֥ית אַחְאָ֖ב אֲדֹנֶ֑יךָ וְנִקַּמְתִּ֞י דְּמֵ֣י ׀ עֲבָדַ֣י הַנְּבִיאִ֗ים וּדְמֵ֛י כׇּל־עַבְדֵ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה מִיַּ֥ד אִיזָֽבֶל׃

English:

You shall strike down the House of Ahab your master; thus will I avenge on Jezebel the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of the other servants of GOD.

פסוק ח׳ · Verse 8

Hebrew:

וְאָבַ֖ד כׇּל־בֵּ֣ית אַחְאָ֑ב וְהִכְרַתִּ֤י לְאַחְאָב֙ מַשְׁתִּ֣ין בְּקִ֔יר וְעָצ֥וּר וְעָז֖וּב בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

English:

The whole House of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off every male belonging to Ahab, bond and freebbond and free See note at 1 Kings 14.10. in Israel.

פסוק ט׳ · Verse 9

Hebrew:

וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ אֶת־בֵּ֣ית אַחְאָ֔ב כְּבֵ֖ית יָרׇבְעָ֣ם בֶּן־נְבָ֑ט וּכְבֵ֖ית בַּעְשָׁ֥א בֶן־אֲחִיָּֽה׃

English:

I will make the House of Ahab like the House of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the House of Baasha son of Ahijah.

פסוק י׳ · Verse 10

Hebrew:

וְאֶת־אִיזֶ֜בֶל יֹאכְל֧וּ הַכְּלָבִ֛ים בְּחֵ֥לֶק יִזְרְעֶ֖אל וְאֵ֣ין קֹבֵ֑ר וַיִּפְתַּ֥ח הַדֶּ֖לֶת וַיָּנֹֽס׃

English:

The dogs shall devour Jezebel in the field of Jezreel, with none to bury her.” Then he opened the door and fled.

פסוק י״א · Verse 11

Hebrew:

וְיֵה֗וּא יָצָא֙ אֶל־עַבְדֵ֣י אֲדֹנָ֔יו וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ הֲשָׁל֔וֹם מַדּ֛וּעַ בָּֽא־הַמְשֻׁגָּ֥ע הַזֶּ֖ה אֵלֶ֑יךָ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם אַתֶּ֛ם יְדַעְתֶּ֥ם אֶת־הָאִ֖ישׁ וְאֶת־שִׂיחֽוֹ׃

English:

Jehu went out to the other officers of his master, and they asked him, “Is all well? What did that madman come to you for?” He said to them, “You know the man and his ranting!”

פסוק י״ב · Verse 12

Hebrew:

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ שֶׁ֔קֶר הַגֶּד־נָ֖א לָ֑נוּ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר כָּזֹ֤את וְכָזֹאת֙ אָמַ֤ר אֵלַי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה מְשַׁחְתִּ֥יךָ לְמֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

English:

“You’re lying,” they said. “Tell us [the truth].” Then he replied, “Thus and thus he said: Thus said GOD: I anoint you king over Israel!”

פסוק י״ג · Verse 13

Hebrew:

וַֽיְמַהֲר֗וּ וַיִּקְחוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ בִּגְד֔וֹ וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ תַחְתָּ֖יו אֶל־גֶּ֣רֶם הַֽמַּעֲל֑וֹת וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֙ בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ מָלַ֥ךְ יֵהֽוּא׃

English:

Quickly each man took his cloak and placed it under him,chim I.e., Jehu. on the top step.dthe top step Meaning of Heb. uncertain. They sounded the horn and proclaimed, “Jehu is king!”

פסוק י״ד · Verse 14

Hebrew:

וַיִּתְקַשֵּׁ֗ר יֵה֛וּא בֶּן־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט בֶּן־נִמְשִׁ֖י אֶל־יוֹרָ֑ם וְיוֹרָם֩ הָיָ֨ה שֹׁמֵ֜ר בְּרָמֹ֣ת גִּלְעָ֗ד ה֚וּא וְכׇל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִפְּנֵ֖י חֲזָאֵ֥ל מֶלֶךְ־אֲרָֽם׃

English:

Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi conspired against Joram.Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against King Hazael of Aram,

פסוק ט״ו · Verse 15

Hebrew:

וַיָּ֩שׇׁב֩ יְהוֹרָ֨ם הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לְהִתְרַפֵּ֣א בְיִזְרְעֶ֗אל מִן־הַמַּכִּים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יַכֻּ֣הוּ אֲרַמִּ֔ים בְּהִלָּ֣חֲמ֔וֹ אֶת־חֲזָאֵ֖ל מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֑ם וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יֵהוּא֙ אִם־יֵ֣שׁ נַפְשְׁכֶ֔ם אַל־יֵצֵ֤א פָלִיט֙ מִן־הָעִ֔יר לָלֶ֖כֶת (לגיד) [לְ��ַגִּ֥יד] בְּיִזְרְעֶֽאל׃

English:

but King Joram had gone back to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him in his battle with King Hazael of Aram.Jehu said, “If such is your wish, allow no one to slip out of the town to go and report this in Jezreel.”

פסוק ט״ז · Verse 16

Hebrew:

וַיִּרְכַּ֤ב יֵהוּא֙ וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ יִזְרְעֶ֔אלָה כִּ֥י יוֹרָ֖ם שֹׁכֵ֣ב שָׁ֑מָּה וַֽאֲחַזְיָה֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה יָרַ֖ד לִרְא֥וֹת אֶת־יוֹרָֽם׃

English:

Then Jehu mounted his chariot and drove to Jezreel; for Joram was lying ill there, and King Ahaziah of Judah had gone down to visit Joram.

פסוק י״ז · Verse 17

Hebrew:

וְהַצֹּפֶה֩ עֹמֵ֨ד עַֽל־הַמִּגְדָּ֜ל בְּיִזְרְעֶ֗אל וַיַּ֞רְא אֶת־שִׁפְעַ֤ת יֵהוּא֙ בְּבֹא֔וֹ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר שִׁפְעַ֖ת אֲנִ֣י רֹאֶ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוֹרָ֗ם קַ֥ח רַכָּ֛ב וּֽשְׁלַ֥ח לִקְרָאתָ֖ם וְיֹאמַ֥ר הֲשָׁלֽוֹם׃

English:

The lookout was stationed on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the troop of Jehu as he approached. He called out, “I see a troop!” Joram said, “Dispatch a horseman to meet them and let him ask: Is all well?”

פסוק י״ח · Verse 18

Hebrew:

וַיֵּ֩לֶךְ֩ רֹכֵ֨ב הַסּ֜וּס לִקְרָאת֗וֹ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ הֲשָׁל֔וֹם וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יֵה֛וּא מַה־לְּךָ֥ וּלְשָׁל֖וֹם סֹ֣ב אֶֽל־אַחֲרָ֑י וַיַּגֵּ֤ד הַצֹּפֶה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בָּא־הַמַּלְאָ֥ךְ עַד־הֵ֖ם וְלֹא־שָֽׁב׃

English:

The horseman went to meet him, and he said, “The king inquires: Is all well?” Jehu replied, “What concern of yours is it whether all is well? Fall in behind me.” The lookout reported: “The messenger has reached them, but has not turned back.”

פסוק י״ט · Verse 19

Hebrew:

וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח רֹכֵ֣ב סוּס֮ שֵׁנִי֒ וַיָּבֹ֣א אֲלֵהֶ֔ם וַיֹּ֛אמֶר כֹּה־אָמַ֥ר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ שָׁל֑וֹם וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יֵה֛וּא מַה־לְּךָ֥ וּלְשָׁל֖וֹם סֹ֥ב אֶֽל־אַחֲרָֽי׃

English:

So he sent out a second horseman. He came to them and said, “Thus says the king: Is all well?” Jehu answered, “What concern of yours is it whether all is well? Fall in behind me.”

פסוק כ׳ · Verse 20

Hebrew:

וַיַּגֵּ֤ד הַצֹּפֶה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בָּ֥א עַד־אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם וְלֹא־שָׁ֑ב וְהַמִּנְהָ֗ג כְּמִנְהַג֙ יֵה֣וּא בֶן־נִמְשִׁ֔י כִּ֥י בְשִׁגָּע֖וֹן יִנְהָֽג׃

English:

And the lookout reported, “The messenger has reached them, but has not turned back. And it looks like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi, who drives wildly.”

פסוק כ״א · Verse 21

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוֹרָם֙ אֱסֹ֔ר וַיֶּאְסֹ֖ר רִכְבּ֑וֹ וַיֵּצֵ֣א יְהוֹרָ֣ם מֶֽלֶךְ־יִ֠שְׂרָאֵ֠ל וַאֲחַזְיָ֨הוּ מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֜ה אִ֣ישׁ בְּרִכְבּ֗וֹ וַיֵּֽצְאוּ֙ לִקְרַ֣את יֵה֔וּא וַיִּ֨מְצָאֻ֔הוּ בְּחֶלְקַ֖ת נָב֥וֹת הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִֽי׃

English:

Joram ordered, “Hitch up [the chariot]!” They hitched up his chariot; and King Joram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah went out, each in his own chariot, to meet Jehu. They met him at the field of Naboth the Jezreelite.

פסוק כ״ב · Verse 22

Hebrew:

וַיְהִ֗י כִּרְא֤וֹת יְהוֹרָם֙ אֶת־יֵה֔וּא וַיֹּ֖אמֶר הֲשָׁל֣וֹם יֵה֑וּא וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ מָ֣ה הַשָּׁל֔וֹם עַד־זְנוּנֵ֞י אִיזֶ֧בֶל אִמְּךָ֛ וּכְשָׁפֶ֖יהָ הָרַבִּֽים׃

English:

When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Is all well, Jehu?” But Jehu replied, “How can all be well as long as your mother Jezebel carries on her countless whoredoms and sorceries?”

פסוק כ״ג · Verse 23

Hebrew:

וַיַּהֲפֹ֧ךְ יְהוֹרָ֛ם יָדָ֖יו וַיָּנֹ֑ס וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֶל־אֲחַזְיָ֖הוּ מִרְמָ֥ה אֲחַזְיָֽה׃

English:

Thereupon Joram turned his horsesehorses Lit. “hands”; see note at 1 Kings 22.34. around and fled, crying out to Ahaziah, “Treason, Ahaziah!”

פסוק כ״ד · Verse 24

Hebrew:

וְיֵה֞וּא מִלֵּ֧א יָד֣וֹ בַקֶּ֗שֶׁת וַיַּ֤ךְ א��ת־יְהוֹרָם֙ בֵּ֣ין זְרֹעָ֔יו וַיֵּצֵ֥א הַחֵ֖צִי מִלִּבּ֑וֹ וַיִּכְרַ֖ע בְּרִכְבּֽוֹ׃

English:

But Jehu drew his bow and hit Joram between the shoulders,fshoulders Lit. “arms.” so that the arrow pierced his heart; and he collapsed in his chariot.

פסוק כ״ה · Verse 25

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֶל־בִּדְקַר֙ שָׁלִשֹׁ֔ה שָׂ֚א הַשְׁלִכֵ֔הוּ בְּחֶלְקַ֕ת שְׂדֵ֖ה נָב֣וֹת הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִ֑י כִּֽי־זְכֹ֞ר אֲנִ֣י וָאַ֗תָּה אֵ֣ת רֹכְבִ֤ים צְמָדִים֙ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ אַחְאָ֣ב אָבִ֔יו וַֽיהֹוָה֙ נָשָׂ֣א עָלָ֔יו אֶת־הַמַּשָּׂ֖א הַזֶּֽה׃

English:

Jehu thereupon ordered his officer Bidkar, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. Remember how you and I were riding side by side behind his father Ahab, when GOD made this pronouncement about him:

פסוק כ״ו · Verse 26

Hebrew:

אִם־לֹ֡א אֶת־דְּמֵ֣י נָבוֹת֩ וְאֶת־דְּמֵ֨י בָנָ֜יו רָאִ֤יתִֽי אֶ֙מֶשׁ֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֥י לְךָ֛ בַּחֶלְקָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֑ה וְעַתָּ֗ה שָׂ֧א הַשְׁלִכֵ֛הוּ בַּחֶלְקָ֖ה כִּדְבַ֥ר יְהֹוָֽה׃

English:

‘I swear, I have taken note of the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday—declares GOD. And I will requite you in this plot—declares GOD.’ So pick him up and throw him unto the plot in accordance with the word of GOD.”

פסוק כ״ז · Verse 27

Hebrew:

וַאֲחַזְיָ֤ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה֙ רָאָ֔ה וַיָּ֕נׇס דֶּ֖רֶךְ בֵּ֣ית הַגָּ֑ן וַיִּרְדֹּ֨ף אַחֲרָ֜יו יֵה֗וּא וַ֠יֹּ֠אמֶר גַּם־אֹת֞וֹ הַכֻּ֣הוּ אֶל־הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֗ה בְּמַֽעֲלֵה־גוּר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶֽת��יִבְלְעָ֔ם וַיָּ֥נׇס מְגִדּ֖וֹ וַיָּ֥מׇת שָֽׁם׃

English:

On seeing this, King Ahaziah of Judah fled along the road to Beth-haggan. Jehu pursued him and said, “Shoot him down too!” [And they shot him] in his chariot at the ascent of Gur, which is near Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo and died there.

פסוק כ״ח · Verse 28

Hebrew:

וַיַּרְכִּ֧בוּ אֹת֛וֹ עֲבָדָ֖יו יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ְמָה וַיִּקְבְּר֨וּ אֹת֧וֹ בִקְבֻרָת֛וֹ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֖יו בְּעִ֥יר דָּוִֽד׃ {פ}

English:

His servants conveyed him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and they buried him in his grave with his ancestors, in the City of David.

פסוק כ״ט · Verse 29

Hebrew:

וּבִשְׁנַת֙ אַחַ֣ת עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה לְיוֹרָ֖ם בֶּן־אַחְאָ֑ב מָלַ֥ךְ אֲחַזְיָ֖ה עַל־יְהוּדָֽה׃

English:

(Ahaziah had become king over Judah in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab.)

פסוק ל׳ · Verse 30

Hebrew:

וַיָּב֥וֹא יֵה֖וּא יִזְרְעֶ֑אלָה וְאִיזֶ֣בֶל שָֽׁמְעָ֗ה וַתָּ֨שֶׂם בַּפּ֤וּךְ עֵינֶ֙יהָ֙ וַתֵּ֣יטֶב אֶת־רֹאשָׁ֔הּ וַתַּשְׁקֵ֖ף בְּעַ֥ד הַחַלּֽוֹן׃

English:

Jehu went on to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard of it, she painted her eyes with kohl and dressed her hair, and she looked out of the window.

פסוק ל״א · Verse 31

Hebrew:

וְיֵה֖וּא בָּ֣א בַשָּׁ֑עַר וַתֹּ֣אמֶר הֲשָׁל֔וֹם זִמְרִ֖י הֹרֵ֥ג אֲדֹנָֽיו׃

English:

As Jehu entered the gate, she called out, “Is all well, Zimri, murderer of your master?“gZimri, murderer of your master See 1 Kings 16.8–20.

פסוק ל״ב · Verse 32

Hebrew:

וַיִּשָּׂ֤א פָנָיו֙ אֶל־הַ֣חַלּ֔וֹן וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מִ֥י אִתִּ֖י מִ֑י וַיַּשְׁקִ֣יפוּ אֵלָ֔יו שְׁנַ֥יִם שְׁלֹשָׁ֖ה סָרִיסִֽים׃

English:

He looked up toward the window and said, “Who is on my side, who?” And two or three eunuchs leaned out toward him.

פסוק ל״ג · Verse 33

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (שמטהו) [שִׁמְט֖וּהָ] וַֽיִּשְׁמְט֑וּהָ וַיִּ֨ז מִדָּמָ֧הּ אֶל־הַקִּ֛יר וְאֶל־הַסּוּסִ֖ים וַֽיִּרְמְסֶֽנָּה׃

English:

“Throw her down,” he said. They threw her down; and her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses, and they trampled her.

פסוק ל״ד · Verse 34

Hebrew:

וַיָּבֹ֖א וַיֹּ֣אכַל וַיֵּ֑שְׁתְּ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר פִּקְדוּ־נָ֞א אֶת־הָאֲרוּרָ֤ה הַזֹּאת֙ וְקִבְר֔וּהָ כִּ֥י בַת־מֶ֖לֶךְ הִֽיא׃

English:

Then he went inside and ate and drank. And he said, “Attend to that cursed woman and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.”

פסוק ל״ה · Verse 35

Hebrew:

וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ לְקׇבְרָ֑הּ וְלֹא־מָ֣צְאוּ בָ֗הּ כִּ֧י אִם־הַגֻּלְגֹּ֛לֶת וְהָרַגְלַ֖יִם וְכַפּ֥וֹת הַיָּדָֽיִם׃

English:

So they went to bury her; but all they found of her were the skull, the feet, and the hands.

פסוק ל״ו · Verse 36

Hebrew:

וַיָּשֻׁבוּ֮ וַיַּגִּ֣ידוּ לוֹ֒ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ דְּבַר־יְהֹוָ֣ה ה֔וּא אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֗ר בְּיַד־עַבְדּ֛וֹ אֵלִיָּ֥הוּ הַתִּשְׁבִּ֖י לֵאמֹ֑ר בְּחֵ֣לֶק יִזְרְעֶ֔אל יֹאכְל֥וּ הַכְּלָבִ֖ים אֶת־בְּשַׂ֥ר אִיזָֽבֶל׃

English:

They came back and reported to him; and he said, “It is just as GOD spoke through Elijah the Tishbite—God’s servant: The dogs shall devour the flesh of Jezebel in the field of Jezreel;

פסוק ל״ז · Verse 37

Hebrew:

(והית) [וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה] נִבְלַ֣ת אִיזֶ֗בֶל כְּדֹ֛מֶן עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה בְּחֵ֣לֶק יִזְרְעֶ֑אל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יֹאמְר֖וּ זֹ֥את אִיזָֽבֶל׃ {ס}        

English:

and the carcass of Jezebel shall be like dung on the ground, in the field of Jezreel, so that none will be able to say: ‘This was Jezebel.’”

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