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1 Kings 21:17-24
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17 The Lord’s message came to Elijah the Tishbite: 18 “Get up, go down and meet King Ahab of Israel who lives in Samaria. He is at the vineyard of Naboth; he has gone down there to take possession of it. 19 Say to him, ‘This is what the Lord has said: “Haven’t you committed murder and taken possession of the property of the deceased?”’[a] Then say to him, ‘This is what the Lord has said: “In the spot where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood they will also lick up your blood—yes, yours!”’”

20 When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him,[b] “So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah[c] replied, “I have found you, because you are committed[d] to doing evil in the sight of[e] the Lord. 21 The Lord says,[f] ‘Look, I am ready to bring disaster[g] on you. I will destroy you[h] and cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.[i] 22 I will make your dynasty[j] like those of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah because you angered me and made Israel sin.’[k] 23 The Lord says this about Jezebel, ‘Dogs will devour Jezebel by the outer wall[l] of Jezreel.’ 24 As for Ahab’s family, dogs will eat the ones[m] who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”

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  1. 1 Kings 21:19 tn The words “of the property of the deceased” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  2. 1 Kings 21:20 tn Heb “and Ahab said to Elijah.” The narrative is elliptical and streamlined. The words “when Elijah arrived” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
  3. 1 Kings 21:20 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. 1 Kings 21:20 tn Heb “you have sold yourself.”
  5. 1 Kings 21:20 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
  6. 1 Kings 21:21 tn The introductory formula “the Lord says” is omitted in the Hebrew text, but supplied in the translation for clarification.
  7. 1 Kings 21:21 sn Disaster. There is a wordplay in the Hebrew text. The word translated “disaster” (רָעָה, raʿah) is similar to the word translated “evil” (v. 20, הָרַע, haraʿ). Ahab’s sins would receive an appropriate punishment.
  8. 1 Kings 21:21 tn Heb “I will burn after you.” Some take the verb בָּעַר (baʿar) to mean here “sweep away.” See the discussion of this verb in the notes at 14:10 and 16:3.
  9. 1 Kings 21:21 tn Heb “and I will cut off from Ahab those who urinate against a wall, [including both those who are] restrained and let free [or “abandoned”] in Israel.” The precise meaning of the idiomatic phrase עָצוּר וְעָזוּב (ʿatsur veʿazuv, translated here “weak and incapacitated”) is uncertain. For various options see HALOT 871 s.v. עצר and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 107. The two terms are usually taken as polar opposites (“slaves and freemen” or “minors and adults”), but Cogan and Tadmor, on the basis of contextual considerations (note the usage with אֶפֶס (ʾefes), “nothing but”) in Deut 32:36 and 2 Kgs 14:26, argue convincingly that the terms are synonyms, meaning “restrained and abandoned,” and refer to incapable or incapacitated individuals.
  10. 1 Kings 21:22 tn Heb “house.”
  11. 1 Kings 21:22 tn Heb “because of the provocation by which you angered [me], and you caused Israel to sin.”
  12. 1 Kings 21:23 tc A few Hebrew mss and some ancient versions agree with 2 Kgs 9:10, 36, which reads, “the plot [of ground] at Jezreel.” The Hebrew words translated “outer wall” (חֵל, khel, defectively written here!) and “plot [of ground]” (חֵלֶק, kheleq) are spelled similarly.
  13. 1 Kings 21:24 tn “Dogs will eat the ones who belonging to Ahab who die in the city.”
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1 Kings 21:17-24
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17 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 18 “Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, (A)who is in Samaria; behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it. 19 And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘This is what the Lord says: “(B)Have you murdered and also taken possession?”’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘The Lord says this: “(C)In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, the dogs will lick up your blood, yours as well.”’”

20 Then Ahab said to Elijah, “(D)Have you found me, enemy of mine?” And he [a]answered, “I have found you, (E)because you have given yourself over to do evil in the sight of the Lord. 21 Behold, I am bringing disaster upon you, and I (F)will utterly sweep you away, and will eliminate from Ahab every male, both [b]bond and free in Israel; 22 and (G)I will make your house (H)like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, because of the provocation with which you have provoked Me to anger, and because you (I)have misled Israel into sin. 23 The Lord has also spoken of Jezebel, saying, ‘(J)The dogs will eat Jezebel in the [c]territory of Jezreel.’ 24 (K)The one belonging to Ahab, who dies in the city, the dogs will eat; and the one who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 21:20 Lit said
  2. 1 Kings 21:21 Or child and adult
  3. 1 Kings 21:23 As in some mss and ancient versions; MT rampart
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