Jezebel’s Violent Death

Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard [of it]. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window. 31 And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked,“Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”[fn]

32 

He looked up at the window and called out,“Who is on my side? Who?”

And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

33 

“Throw her down!” yelled [Jehu].

So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot.

34 

Then [Jehu] went in and ate and drank.“Take care of this cursed [woman],” he said,“and bury her, for she [was] the daughter of a king.”

35 

But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.

36 

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. 37 And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung vvv vvv in the field on the plot [of ground] at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’[fn]” 10