For the whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, both him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.
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For the whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, both him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.
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For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
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For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel.
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Passages linked to 2 Kings 9:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 32:36 For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone; that there is no one remaining, shut up or left at large.
- 1 Samuel 25:22 God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”
- 2 Kings 14:26 For Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for all, slave and free, and there was no helper for Israel.
- 2 Kings 10:17 When he came to Samaria, he struck all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to Yahweh’s word, which he spoke to Elijah.
- 1 Kings 14:10-11 therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam everyone who urinates on a wall, he who is shut up and he who is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweeps away dung, until it is all gone. The dogs will eat he who belongs to Jeroboam who dies in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat he who dies in the field: for Yahweh has spoken it.” ’
- 1 Kings 21:21-22 Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel. I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 9:8 For the whole house of Ahab shall…
2Ki 9:8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
Ver. 8. And him that is shut up and left in Israel,] i.e., Not only him who is laid hold on by thee, but him also that shall escape thee, or be let go by thee.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And I will make the house of Ahab, The…
And I will make the house of Ahab, The same is threatened; see Gill on Kg1 21:22.
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kg2 9:10And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel,.... Or in the field of Jezreel; the Targum is, the inheritance of Jezreel; this is also threatened, Kg1 21:23.
and there shall be none to bury her; or nothing of her to bury, as Kimchi, all being eaten up but her skull, feet, and the palms of her hands, see Kg2 9:35.
and he opened the door, and fled; that is, the young man of the sons of the prophets, as soon as he had said the above words, as he was ordered, lest he should be taken up for a traitor.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ki 9:8. For the whole house of Ahab shall…
2Ki 9:8. For the whole house of Ahab shall perish — That is, all his posterity and all his kindred. Jehu, therefore, having received such a charge, is to be considered, in what he afterward did to the house of Ahab, as acting not out of a spirit of revenge, for he had no quarrel with the house of Ahab; but, as the minister of God, who, by his prophet, authorized and enjoined him to do what follows.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Israel. See Deuteronomy xxxii. 36., and 3 Kings xiv.…
Israel. See Deuteronomy xxxii. 36., and 3 Kings xiv. 10., for an explanation of these expressions. (Calmet)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. On this verse see the notes on 1Ki_14:10.…
8. On this verse see the notes on 1Ki_14:10. The entire family is doomed. God will cut off from Ahab every man child. (R.V.)
and him that is shut up and left in Israel] R.V. him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel. The phrase is intended to embrace every one, young or old, bond or free.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) For.—And.
(8) For.—And.
Shall perish.—Syriac, Arabic, Vulg., “I will cause to perish” (different Hebrew points). The LXX. has, “and at the hand of all the house of Ahab,” a difference of reading which favours the ordinary Hebrew text.
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Him that is shut up and left (and him that is left).—Reuss imitates the alliteration of the original, “qu’il soit caché ou lâché en Israel.”
For the rest of the verse see 1Ki_21:21, and comp. 1Ki_14:10.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and…
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that passeth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel. (see the comment on 1Ki_14:10) While the exact force of the phrases used is doubtful, the general intention to embrace in the sentence all Ahab"s posterity cannot be doubted.
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