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23 The Lord says this about Jezebel, ‘Dogs will devour Jezebel by the outer wall[a] of Jezreel.’ 24 As for Ahab’s family, dogs will eat the ones[b] who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.” 25 (There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed[c] to doing evil in the sight of[d] the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. 1 Kings 21:24 tn “Dogs will eat the ones who belonging to Ahab who die in the city.”
  3. 1 Kings 21:25 tn Heb “who sold himself.”
  4. 1 Kings 21:25 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
  5. 1 Kings 21:25 tn Heb “like Ahab…whom his wife Jezebel incited.”