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"You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thussays the LORD, "1Have you murdered and alsotakenpossession ?"' And you shall speak to him, saying, 'Thussays the LORD, "2In the placewhere the dogslicked up the blood of Naboth the dogs will lick up your blood, evenyours.""'
20Ahabsaid to Elijah, "3Have you found me, O my enemy ?" And he aanswered, "I have found you, 4because you have sold yourself to doevil in the sight of the LORD.
21"Behold, I will bringevil upon you, and 5will utterlysweep you away, and will cutoff from Ahabeverymale , both bond and free in Israel ;
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and 6I will make your house7like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, because of the provocation with which you have provoked Me to anger, and because you 8have made Israelsin.
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"Of Jezebelalso has the LORDspoken, saying, '9The dogs will eatJezebel in the bdistrict of Jezreel.'
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"10The one belonging to Ahab, who dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and the one who dies in the field the birds of heaven will eat."
2511Surely there was no one like Ahabwhosold himself to doevil in the sight of the LORD, cbecauseJezebel his wifeincited him.
2612He actedveryabominably in followingidols, 13according to all that the Amorites had done, whom the LORDcast out before the sons of Israel.
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