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23 But also the Lord spake of Jezebel, and said, (The) Dogs shall eat (up) Jezebel in the field of Jezreel;

24 if Ahab shall die in the city, dogs shall eat him; soothly if he shall die in the field, birds of the air shall eat him. (and if Ahab shall die in the city, the dogs shall eat him; and if he shall die in the field, the birds of the air shall eat him.)

25 Therefore none other was such as Ahab, that was sold to do evil in the sight of the Lord; for Jezebel his wife excited him thereto; (And there was no one else like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil before the Lord; for Jezebel his wife stirred him to do it;)

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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