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You are to strike down the house of your master Ahab so that I may avenge the blood shed by the hand of Jezebel – the blood of my servants the prophets and of all the servants of the Lord.(A) 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.(B) I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah.(C)

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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

You are to destroy the house of Ahab your master, and I will avenge(A) the blood of my servants(B) the prophets and the blood of all the Lord’s servants shed by Jezebel.(C) The whole house(D) of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab every last male(E) in Israel—slave or free.[a] I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam(F) son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha(G) son of Ahijah.

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