2 Kings 9:36
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:”
דָּבָר
In Hebrew, dabar is not just a word spoken — it is a word that accomplishes something. God's dabar does not return empty. The psalmist says this word is a lamp to his feet — not a floodlight revealing everything ahead, but enough light for the next step. That is faith.
עֶבֶד
servant/ his
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עֶבֶד
Servant, slave. Ebed. Moses was called the servant of the LORD, the highest honour. The greatest in God's kingdom is the servant of all.
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בָּשָׂר
the flesh of
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בָּשָׂר
Flesh, body, skin. Basar. The physical human body. God became flesh in Jesus. He took on our basar to redeem it from the inside.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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דָבַר
he spoke
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דָבַר
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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יִזְרְעֵאל
Jezreel
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יִזְרְעֵאל
Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites
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