23 And (A)concerning Jezebel the Lord also spoke, saying, ‘The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the [a]wall of Jezreel.’ 24 The dogs shall eat (B)whoever belongs to Ahab and dies in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the field.”

25 But (C)there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do wickedness in the sight of the Lord, (D)because Jezebel his wife [b]stirred him up.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 21:23 So with MT, LXX; some Heb. mss., Syr., Tg., Vg. plot of ground instead of wall (cf. 2 Kin. 9:36)
  2. 1 Kings 21:25 incited him

23 “And also concerning Jezebel the Lord says: ‘Dogs(A) will devour Jezebel by the wall of[a] Jezreel.’

24 “Dogs(B) will eat those belonging to Ahab who die in the city, and the birds(C) will feed on those who die in the country.”

25 (There was never(D) anyone like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, urged on by Jezebel his wife.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 21:23 Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 9:26) the plot of ground at