Then he arose and went into the house. And he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, (A)“Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘I have anointed you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel. You shall strike down the house of Ahab your master, that I may (B)avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, (C)at the hand of Jezebel. For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and (D)I will cut off from Ahab all (E)the males in Israel, both (F)bond and free. So I will make the house of Ahab like the house of (G)Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of (H)Baasha the son of Ahijah. 10 (I)The dogs shall eat Jezebel on the plot of ground at Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.’ ” And he opened the door and fled.

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