1 Kings 21:19-29

19And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘This is what the Lord says: “1Have you murdered and also taken possession?”’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘The Lord says this: “2In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, the dogs will lick up your blood, yours as well.”’”

20Then Ahab said to Elijah, “3Have you found me, enemy of mine?” And he 4answered, “I have found you, 5because you have given yourself over to do evil in the sight of the Lord. 21Behold, I am bringing disaster upon you, and I 6will utterly sweep you away, and will eliminate from Ahab every male, both 7bond and free in Israel; 22and 8I will make your house 9like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, because of the provocation with which you have provoked Me to anger, and because you 10have misled Israel into sin. 23The Lord has also spoken of Jezebel, saying, ‘11The dogs will eat Jezebel in the 12territory of Jezreel.’ 2413The one belonging to Ahab, who dies in the city, the dogs will eat; and the one who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.”

2514There certainly was no one like Ahab who gave himself over to do evil in the sight of the Lord, 15because Jezebel his wife incited him. 2616He also acted very despicably in following idols, 17conforming to everything that the Amorites had done, whom the Lord drove out from the sons of Israel.

27Yet it came about, when Ahab heard these words, that 18he tore his clothes and put 19on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently. 28Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29“Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; I will bring the disaster upon his house 20in his son’s days.”