Yahweh also spoke of Jezebel, saying, “The dogs will eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.
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Yahweh also spoke of Jezebel, saying, “The dogs will eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.
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And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
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And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying: The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the moat of Jezreel.
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 21:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Kings 9:10 The dogs will eat Jezebel on the plot of ground of Jezreel, and there shall be no one to bury her.’ ” Then he opened the door and fled.
- 2 Kings 9:30-37 When Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked out at the window. As Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, “Do you come in peace, Zimri, you murderer of your master?” He lifted up his face to the window, and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked out at him. He said, “Throw her down!” So they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses. Then he trampled her under foot. When he had come in, he ate and drank. Then he said, “See now to this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king’s daughter.” They went to bury her, but they found no more of her than the skull, the feet, and the palms of her hands. Therefore they came back, and told him. He said, “This is Yahweh’s word, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ‘The dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel on the plot of Jezreel, and the body of Jezebel will be as dung on the face of the field on Jezreel’s land, so that they won’t say, “This is Jezebel.” ’ ”
- 1 Kings 21:25 But there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, fortress, or possession.
Or, fortress, or possession.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 21:23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD,…
1Ki 21:23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
Ver. 23. The dogs shall eat Jezebel.] So the Donatists that threw the sacramental bread to dogs were themselves afterwards devoured of dogs.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Or, by the ditch, or fort; or, in the…
Or, by the ditch, or fort; or, in the portion, as it is explained 2Ki 9:36; the Hebrew chel here being put for chelek, used there by an apocope of the last Hebrew letter, which is not unusual in the Hebrew tongue.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the word of the Lord came to Elijah…
And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite,.... After he was gone from Ahab, and Ahab had been some time in this humble posture; the Targum calls it the word of prophecy, and so it was, as the next verse shows: saying: as follows.
1 Kings 21:29
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain By the wall - Or, in the portion, as…
By the wall - Or, in the portion, as it is explained 2 Kings ix, 36.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 23. The dogs shall eat Jezebel] This was…
Verse 23. The dogs shall eat Jezebel] This was most literally fulfilled; see 2Kg 9:36. The carcasses of poor Hindoos, and of persons who have received public punishment, are thrown into the rivers, and floating to the side, are devoured by dogs, vultures, and crows.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ki 21:23-24. The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the…
1Ki 21:23-24. The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall — Or, by the ditch, or fort; or, in the portion, of Jezreel, as the Hebrew word בחל, becheel, often signifies, and as it is explained 2Ki 9:36, a passage which attests the exact accomplishment of this prediction. Him that dieth of Ahab in the city, &c. — Punishments after death are here most insisted on; and these, though lighting on the body only, yet undoubtedly were designed as figures of the soul’s misery in an after state.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying -…
And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying - These are not the words of Elijah, but of the writer, who notes a special prophecy against Jezebel, whose guilt was at least equal to her husband’s.
Wall - The marginal rendering “ditch,” is preferable. There is always in Oriental towns a space outside the walls which lies uncultivated, and which is naturally used for the deposit of refuse of every kind. Here the dogs prowl, and the kites and vultures find many a feast.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Field. Hebrew, "wall," or "before the wall." This was…
Field. Hebrew, "wall," or "before the wall." This was exactly fulfilled, 4 Kings ix. 32. Jezabel was hurled from a window over the gate or wall of the city. (Calmet)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 23. Dogs shall eat Jezebel — See the fulfilment…
23. Dogs shall eat Jezebel — See the fulfilment of this in 2Ki_9:30-37.
By the wall — The wall of her palace, according to 2 King 9:33.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. the dogs shall eat Jezebel] For the fulfilment,…
23. the dogs shall eat Jezebel] For the fulfilment, see 2Ki_9:35-37.
by the wall [R.V. rampart] of Jezreel] The Hebrew word which stands here in the text is found again 2Sa_20:15, where it is translated ‘trench’, with a margin in A.V. ‘outmost wall’. The R.V. gives there also ‘rampart’. In 2Ki_9:10; 2Ki_9:36-37, the body is said to have been devoured ‘in the portion of Jezreel’, and as the words ‘by the rampart’ בחל, want only an additional letter to turn them into ‘in the portion’ בחלק, it has been suggested that the latter ought to be the reading here. But there is no need for any change. Both expressions mean the same thing. The ‘portion’ is the land close to the walls outside. Jezebel must have looked forth from a window of some building that formed part of the city wall. Thus she would be able to shew herself to Jehu as soon as he drew near.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And of Jezebel Heb. to Jezebel. LXX th jIezabel.…
And of Jezebel Heb. to Jezebel. LXX th jIezabel. But we cannot be sure that she also received a message of doom Elijah, as l: like la, after verbs of from speaking sometimes has the meaning of, concerning. Cf. Gen_20:13; Psa_3:3; Jud_1:9:54; 2Ki_19:32. Moreover if the denunciation had been direct, it would have run, "The dogs shall eat thee," etc. See also ver. 27 also spake the Lord Probably at the same time. Certainly by the same prophet. (2Ki_9:8) Elijah"s words to Ahab appear to he only partially recorded (ib., ver. 26), saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel see on 1Ki_14:11 by the wall lje same word as lyj is used of the strength and defences of a town, sc. its fortifications, and especially of the ditch or moat before them.cisma 2Sa_20:15. The LXX render by protei or periteicov, the Vulgate by antemurale. "There is always in Oriental towns a space outside the walls which lies uncultivated and which is naturally used for the deposit of refuse of every kind. Here the dogs prowl, and the kites and vultures find many a feast" (Rawlinson). In 2Sa_21:12 we find the bodies of Saul and Jonathan impaled in the open space (A.V "street") of Bethshean. This heap of refuse for such the place soon be-comes is called in the Arabian Nights "the mounds" (Stanley) of Jezreel. Retribution should overtake her near the scene of her latest. (2Ki_9:36) By this the just judgment of God would be made the more conspicuous.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Anyone who belongs to Ahab
Anyone who belongs to Ahab
"Anyone who belongs to Ahab's family"
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