When they came back and told him, he said, “This is the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘In the territory of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel,
The greatest delinquent in the house of Ahab was Jezebel: it was she that introduced Baal, slew the Lord's prophets, contrived the murder of Naboth, stirred up her husband first, and then her sons, to do wickedly; a cursed woman she is here called (Kg2 9:34), a curse to the country, and whom all that wished well to their country had a curse for.
Commenting on 2 Kings 9:30-37
JEZEBEL EATEN BY DOGS. (Kg2 9:36-37) This is the word of the Lord--(See Kg1 21:23). Jehu's statement, however, was not a literal but a paraphrased quotation of Elijah's prophecy. Next: 2 Kings Chapter 10
2Ki 9:35-37 But when they went to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, the two feet, and the two hollow hands. The rest had been eaten by the dogs and dragged away. When this was reported to Jehu, he said: “This is the word of the Lord, which He spake by His servant Elijah,” etc.
Commenting on 2 Kings 9:35-37