1 Kings 21:21-24

21 This is what the Lord says:[a] 'I am about to bring disaster on you and will sweep away your descendants: I will eliminate all of Ahab's males,[b] both slave and free, in Israel;[c]
22 I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked [My] anger and caused Israel to sin.
23 The Lord also speaks of Jezebel: The dogs will eat Jezebel in the plot of land[d] at Jezreel:[e]
24 He who belongs to Ahab and dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and he who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.' "[f]

1 Kings 21:21-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 21

In this chapter we have an account of Ahab's design to have Naboth's vineyard, for which he offered him another, or the value of that, but Naboth refusing to part with it, Ahab fell sick, 1Ki 21:1-4, the reason of which being found out by Jezebel, she devised means to get Naboth put to death under the colour of justice for blasphemy, 1Ki 21:5-14, and then bid Ahab go and take possession of the vineyard, where he was met by Elijah, who denounced the judgments of God upon him, and Jezebel, and all his family, for his injustice, 1Ki 21:15-26, but he humbling himself, the evil threatened was deferred to the days of his son, 1Ki 21:27-29.

Footnotes 6

  • [a]. LXX; Hb omits This is what the Lord says
  • [b]. Lit eliminate Ahab's one who urinates against the wall
  • [c]. 1 Kg 14:10
  • [d]. Some Hb mss, Syr, Tg, Vg, 2 Kg 9:36; MT, LXX read the rampart
  • [e]. 2 Kg 9:36
  • [f]. 1 Kg 14:11; 16:4
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