So I am about to wipe out Baasha(A) and his house,(B) and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

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10 “‘Because of this, I am going to bring disaster(A) on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel—slave or free.[a](B) I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is all gone.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 14:10 Or Israel—every ruler or leader

19 He will have the burial(A) of a donkey—
    dragged away and thrown(B)
    outside the gates of Jerusalem.”

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24 “And they will go out and look on the dead bodies(A) of those who rebelled(B) against me; the worms(C) that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched,(D) and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”

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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(A) in Israel—slave or free.[a](B) 22 I will make your house(C) like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have aroused my anger and have caused Israel to sin.’(D)

23 “And also concerning Jezebel the Lord says: ‘Dogs(E) will devour Jezebel by the wall of[b] Jezreel.’

24 “Dogs(F) will eat those belonging to Ahab who die in the city, and the birds(G) will feed on those who die in the country.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 21:21 Or Israel—every ruler or leader
  2. 1 Kings 21:23 Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 9:26) the plot of ground at

11 As soon as he began to reign and was seated on the throne, he killed off Baasha’s whole family.(A) He did not spare a single male, whether relative or friend. 12 So Zimri destroyed the whole family of Baasha, in accordance with the word of the Lord spoken against Baasha through the prophet Jehu—

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29 As soon as he began to reign, he killed Jeroboam’s whole family.(A) He did not leave Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all, according to the word of the Lord given through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite. 30 This happened because of the sins(B) Jeroboam had committed and had caused(C) Israel to commit, and because he aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel.

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