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2 Kings 9:10

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And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
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  1. 1 Kings 21:23Rank 1 from verse 10
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    23And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

  2. 2 Kings 9:35–36Rank 2 from verse 10
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    35And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

    36Wherefore 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:

  3. 2 Kings 9:3Rank 3 from verse 10
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    3Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.

  4. Jeremiah 22:19Rank 4 from verse 10
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    19He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

  5. Judges 3:26Rank 5 from verse 10
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    26And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.

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2 Kings 9:10

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dogs

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Sense 1: Domesticated canine animals. Sense 2: A figurative term of contempt for shameless, unclean, or hostile persons.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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portion

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A part, share, allotment, inheritance, assigned duty, reward, or outcome belonging or given to someone.

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bury

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Sense 1: To place a dead body in a grave or tomb. Sense 2: To cover or conceal beneath earth or another substance.

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opened

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of open, meaning to uncover, reveal, or explain.

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fled

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Past-tense or past-participial form of flee (to run or hasten away, especially from danger or expected evil).

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9And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:

10And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

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11¶ Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.

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