1 Kings 21:21 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Kings 21:21

19 You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Have you murdered and also taken possession?” ’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: ^a“In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs shall lick your blood, even yours.” ’ ”

20 So Ahab said to Elijah, ^a“Have you found me, O my enemy?” And he answered, “I have found you, because ^byou have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the Lord:

21 ‘Behold, ^aI will bring calamity on you. I will take away your ^bposterity, and will cut off from Ahab ^cevery male in Israel, both ^dbond and free.

22 I will make your house like the house of ^aJeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of ^bBaasha the son of Ahijah, because of the provocation with which you have provoked Me to anger, and made Israel sin.’

23 And ^aconcerning Jezebel the Lord also spoke, saying, ‘The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’

24 The dogs shall eat ^awhoever belongs to Ahab and dies in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the field.”

25 But ^athere was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do wickedness in the sight of the Lord, ^bbecause Jezebel his wife stirred him up.

26 And he behaved very abominably in following idols, according to all ^athat the Amorites had done, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 21:21

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American Standard Version
Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will utterly sweep thee away and will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel:

Amplified® Bible
See [says the Lord], I will bring evil on you and utterly sweep away and cut off from Ahab every male, bond and free,

Contemporary English Version
Now you will be punished. You and every man and boy in your family will die, whether slave or free.

Darby English Version
Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab every male, and him that is shut up and left in Israel;

Good News Bible
So the LORD says to you, 'I will bring disaster on you. I will do away with you and get rid of every male in your family, young and old alike.

King James Version
Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, I will bring evil upon you, and will utterly sweep you away, and will cut off from Ahab every male, both bond and free in Israel;

New International Version
'I am going to bring disaster on you. I will consume your descendants and cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel—slave or free.

New King James Version
‘Behold, I will bring calamity on you. I will take away your posterity, and will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both bond and free.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Behold, I will bring evil upon you, and will utterly sweep you away, and will cut off from Ahab every male, both bond and free in Israel;

Revised Standard Version
Behold, I will bring evil upon you; I will utterly sweep you away, and will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel;

Young's Literal Translation
lo, I am bringing in unto thee evil, and have taken away thy posterity, and cut off to Ahab those sitting on the wall, and restrained, and left, in Israel,

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