19 Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Have you murdered(A) and also taken possession?’ (B) Then tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: In the place where the dogs licked up Naboth’s blood, the dogs will also lick up your blood!’” (C)

20 Ahab said to Elijah, “So, my enemy, you’ve found me, have you?” (D)

He replied, “I have found you because you devoted(E) yourself to do what is evil in the Lord’s sight. 21 This is what the Lord says:[a] ‘I am about to bring disaster on you and will eradicate your descendants:

I will wipe out all of Ahab’s males,[b]
both slave and free,[c] in Israel;(F)

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  1. 21:21 LXX; MT omits This is what the Lord says
  2. 21:21 Lit eliminate Ahab’s one who urinates against the wall
  3. 21:21 Or males, even the weak and impaired; Hb obscure

19 Say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Have you not murdered a man and seized his property?’(A) Then say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: In the place where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood,(B) dogs(C) will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”

20 Ahab said to Elijah, “So you have found me, my enemy!”(D)

“I have found you,” he answered, “because you have sold(E) yourself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord. 21 He says, ‘I am going to bring disaster on you. I will wipe out your descendants and cut off from Ahab every last male(F) in Israel—slave or free.[a](G)

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  1. 1 Kings 21:21 Or Israel—every ruler or leader

The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will wipe out all of Ahab’s males,[a] both slave and free,[b] in Israel.(A)

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  1. 9:8 Lit wipe out Ahab’s one who urinates against a wall
  2. 9:8 Or males, even the weak and impaired; Hb obscure

The whole house(A) of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab every last male(B) in Israel—slave or free.[a]

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  1. 2 Kings 9:8 Or Israel—every ruler or leader