2 Kings 9:25

9:25 Jehu ordered ¹  his officer Bidkar, “Pick him up and throw him into the part of the field that once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. Remember, you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, when the Lord pronounced this judgment on him,

2 Kings 9:30

9:30 Jehu approached Jezreel. When Jezebel heard the news, she put on some eye liner, ²  fixed up her hair, and leaned out the window.

2 Kings 9:33

9:33 He said, “Throw her down!” So they threw her down, and when she hit the ground, ³  her blood splattered against the wall and the horses, and Jehu drove his chariot over her. ⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “said to.”

² tn Heb “she fixed her eyes with antimony.” Antimony (פּוּךְ, pukh) was used as a cosmetic. The narrator portrays her as a prostitute (see Jer 4:30), a role she has played in the spiritual realm (see the note at v. 22).

³ tn The words “when she hit the ground” are added for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Heb “and he trampled her.”