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 Naboth’s blood, the dogs will also lick your blood!’”(C)

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

He replied, “I have caught 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 sweep away your descendants:

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 21:21 LXX; MT omits This is what the Lord says
  2. 1 Kings 21:21 Lit eliminate Ahab’s one who urinates against the wall

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

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 9:8 Lit eliminate Ahab’s one who urinates against a wall

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