1 Kings 21
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1 Kings 21:19-29

19And you shall speakH1696 to him, sayingH559, ‘ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 saysH559: “1Have you murderedH7523 and alsoH1571 takenH3423 possessionH3423?”’ And you shall speakH1696 to him, sayingH559, ‘The LordH3068 saysH559 thisH3541: “2In the placeH4725 whereH834 the dogsH3611 lickedH3952 upH3952 the bloodH1818 of NabothH5022, the dogsH3611 will lickH3952 upH3952 your bloodH1818, yoursH859 asH1571 wellH1571.”’”

20Then AhabH256 saidH559 to ElijahH452, “3Have you foundH4672 me, enemyH340 of mine?” And he 4answeredH559, “I have foundH4672 you, 5becauseH3282 you have givenH4376 yourself overH4376 to doH6213 evilH7451 in the sightH5869 of the LordH3068. 21BeholdH2009, I am bringingH935 disasterH7463 upon you, and I 6will utterlyH1197 sweepH1197 you awayH1197, and will eliminateH3772 from AhabH256 everyH8366 maleH8366H7023, both 7bondH6113 and freeH5800 in IsraelH3478; 22and 8I will makeH5414 your houseH1004 9like the houseH1004 of JeroboamH3379 the sonH1121 of NebatH5028, and like the houseH1004 of BaashaH1201 the sonH1121 of AhijahH281, becauseH413 of the provocationH3708 with whichH834 you have provokedH3707 Me toH3707 angerH3707, and because you 10have misledH2398 IsraelH3478 intoH2398 sinH2398. 23The LordH3068 has alsoH1571 spokenH1696 of JezebelH348, sayingH559, ‘11The dogsH3611 will eatH398 JezebelH348 in the 12territoryH2426 of JezreelH3157.’ 2413The one belonging to AhabH256, who diesH4191 in the cityH5892, the dogsH3611 will eatH398; and the one who diesH4191 in the fieldH7704, the birdsH5775 of the skyH8064 will eatH398.”

2514There certainlyH7534 was noH3808 one like AhabH256 whoH834 gaveH4376 himself overH4376 to doH6213 evilH7451 in the sightH5869 of the LordH3068, 15becauseH834 JezebelH348 his wifeH802 incitedH5496 him. 2616He also actedH8581 veryH3966 despicablyH8581 in followingH1980H310 idolsH1544, 17conforming to everythingH3605 that the AmoritesH567 had doneH6213, whomH834 the LordH3068 droveH3423 outH3423 from the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478.

27Yet it cameH1961 aboutH1961, when AhabH256 heardH8085 theseH428 wordsH1697, that 18he toreH7167 his clothesH899 and putH7760 19on sackclothH8242 and fastedH6684, and he layH7901 in sackclothH8242 and wentH1980 aboutH1980 despondentlyH328. 28Then the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 cameH1961 to ElijahH452 the TishbiteH8664, sayingH559, 29“Do you seeH7200 howH3588 AhabH256 has humbledH3665 himself beforeH4480H6440 Me? BecauseH3282H3588 he has humbledH3665 himself beforeH6440 Me, I will not bringH935 the disasterH7463 in his daysH3117; I will bringH935 the disasterH7463 upon his houseH1004 20in his son’sH1121 daysH3117.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 21:19 2 Sam 12:9 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 21:19 1 Kin 22:38; 2 Kin 9:26 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 21:20 1 Kin 18:17 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 21:20 Lit said ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 21:20 1 Kin 21:25; 2 Kin 17:17; Rom 7:14 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 21:21 1 Kin 14:10; 2 Kin 9:8 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Kings 21:21 Or child and adult ↩
  8. 8. 1 Kings 21:22 1 Kin 15:29 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Kings 21:22 1 Kin 16:3, 11 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Kings 21:22 1 Kin 12:30; 13:34; 14:16 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Kings 21:23 2 Kin 9:10, 30-37 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Kings 21:23 As in some mss and ancient versions; MT rampart ↩
  13. 13. 1 Kings 21:24 1 Kin 14:11; 16:4 ↩
  14. 14. 1 Kings 21:25 1 Kin 16:30-33; 21:20 ↩
  15. 15. 1 Kings 21:25 Or whom Jezebel his wife ↩
  16. 16. 1 Kings 21:26 1 Kin 15:12; 2 Kin 17:12 ↩
  17. 17. 1 Kings 21:26 Gen 15:16; Lev 18:25-30; 2 Kin 21:11 ↩
  18. 18. 1 Kings 21:27 Gen 37:34; 2 Sam 3:31; 2 Kin 6:30 ↩
  19. 19. 1 Kings 21:27 Lit sackcloth on his flesh ↩
  20. 20. 1 Kings 21:29 2 Kin 9:25-37 ↩

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