Verse 20
1 Kings 21:20
Free Bible Version
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He says, “Watch out! I'm going to bring disaster on you and destroy your descendants. I will kill every male of Ahab's line, both slave and free, throughout the whole of Israel.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אַחְאָב֙ אֶל אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ הַֽ/מְצָאתַ֖/נִי אֹיְבִ֑/י וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר מָצָ֔אתִי יַ֚עַן הִתְמַכֶּרְ/ךָ֔ לַ/עֲשׂ֥וֹת הָ/רַ֖ע בְּ/עֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה
English Translation
And Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, my enemy?" And he answered, "I have found you because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the Lord."
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Chapter 21 Context
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Sometime later this happened: There was a man named Naboth from Jezreel, who owned a vineyard in Jez...
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Ahab went to Naboth and said, “Give me your vineyard so I can turn it into a vegetable garden, becau...
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But Naboth replied, “The Lord curse me if I should give you my forefathers' inheritance.”
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Ahab went home sulking and infuriated because Naboth from Jezreel had said, “I will not give you my...
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His wife Jezebel came in and asked him, “What are you so upset about that you don't want to eat?”
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Ahab replied, “It's because I talked with Naboth from Jezreel and I asked him, ‘Give me your vineyar...
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“Aren't you the king of Israel?” his wife Jezebel replied. “Get up, have something to eat, and cheer...
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So she wrote some letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal. She sent the letters to the...
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In the letters she wrote to tell them, “Announce a religious fast, and give Naboth a seat of honor.
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But seat two bad men opposite him and have them accuse him, saying, ‘You have cursed God (Elohim) an...
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They announced a religious fast, and gave Naboth a seat of honor.
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Two bad men came and sat opposite him, and accused him in front of the people, saying, “Naboth has c...
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Then they sent a message to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned. He's dead.”
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As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and he was dead, Jezebel told Ahab, “Get up, go...
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When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went to claim ownership of Naboth's vineyard.
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Then the Lord sent a message to Elijah the Tishbite:
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“Go and meet Ahab, king of Israel, in Samaria. He is right now in Naboth's vineyard, where he has go...
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Tell him: This is what the Lord says: Have you murdered a man and robbed him? Then tell him: This is...
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“So have you come to find me, my enemy?” Ahab asked Elijah. “I have found you, because you have sold...
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20
He says, “Watch out! I'm going to bring disaster on you and destroy your descendants. I will kill ev...
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I will make your house like that of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, and like that of Baasha, son of Ahijah,...
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And as far as Jezebel is concerned, the Lord says, ‘Dogs will eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’
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Those of Ahab's family who die in the town will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the countrysi...
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(No one else was so bad as Ahab, who sold himself to do what is evil in the Lord's sight, because hi...
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He did the most despicable things, worshiping idols like the Amorites the Lord had driven out before...
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As soon as Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He even went...
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Then the Lord sent a message to Elijah the Tishbite:
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“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I w...
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