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2 Kings 9:35
“They went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.”
Verse in context — 2 Kings 9
He said, "Throw her down!" So they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses. Then he trampled her under foot.
When he was come in, he ate and drink; and he said, "See now to this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king's daughter.
They went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
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,
and the body of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall not say, "This is Jezebel.
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The decline of both kingdoms, leading to exile in Assyria and Babylon.
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