Berean Standard Bible

1 Kings 21:20-26

20When ElijahH452 arrived, AhabH256 saidH559 to himH413, “So you have found me outH4672, my enemyH341.”

He repliedH559, “I have found you outH4672 becauseH3282 you have sold yourselfH4376 to doH6213 evilH7451 in the sightH5869 of the LORDH3068. 21This is what the LORD says:1

‘I will bringH935 calamityH7451 on youH413and consumeH1197 your descendantsH310;I will cut offH3772 from AhabH256 every maleH8366 in IsraelH3478,both slaveH6113 and freeH5800.22I will makeH5414 your houseH1004 like thatH1004 of JeroboamH3379 sonH1121 of NebatH5028and like thatH1004 of BaashaH1201 sonH1121 of AhijahH281,becauseH413 you have provokedH3707 My angerH3708 and caused IsraelH3478 to sinH2398 .’

23And the LORDH3068 H559 alsoH1571 speaksH1696 concerning JezebelH348:

‘The dogsH3611 will devourH398 JezebelH348by the wallH2426 of JezreelH3157.’2

24Anyone belonging to AhabH256 who diesH4191 in the cityH5892will be eatenH398 by dogsH3611,and anyone who diesH4191 in the fieldH7704will be eatenH398 by the birdsH5775 of the airH8064.”

25(SurelyH7535 there wasH1961 neverH3808 one like AhabH256, whoH834 sold himselfH4376 to doH6213 evilH7451 in the sightH5869 of the LORDH3068, incitedH834 H5496 by his wifeH802 JezebelH348. 26He committed the mostH3966 detestable actsH8581 by goingH1980 afterH310 idolsH1544, just likeH3605 the AmoritesH567 whomH834 the LORDH3068 had driven outH3423 beforeH6440 the IsraelitesH1121 H3478.)

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Notes

1. 1 Kings 21:21 See LXX; the source of the quotation is clarified in verses 17 and 23; Hebrew Behold. ↩
2. 1 Kings 21:23 Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 9:36) ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel at the plot of ground at Jezreel.’ ↩

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