1 Kings 21
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1 Kings 21:17-28

17And the word of Yhwh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 18Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it. 19And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Yhwh, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Yhwh, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. 20And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of Yhwh. 21Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, 22And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin. 23And of Jezebel also spake Yhwh, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.1 24Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.

25But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of Yhwh, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.2 26And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom Yhwh cast out before the children of Israel. 27And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. 28And the word of Yhwh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 21:23 wall: or, ditch. ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 21:25 stirred…: or, incited. ↩

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