1 Kings 21:23

23 The Lord also speaks of Jezebel: The dogs will eat Jezebel in the plot of land^[a] at Jezreel:^[b]

1 Kings 21:23 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 21:23

And of Jezebel also spake the Lord
To Elijah, and by him:

saying, the dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel
or in the inheritance or portion of Jezreel, as the Targum; Jarchi interprets it, the valley of Jezreel; the fulfilment of this see in ( 2 Kings 9:30 2 Kings 9:33 2 Kings 9:36 ) .

1 Kings 21:23 In-Context

21 This is what the Lord says: 'I am about to bring disaster on you and will sweep away your descendants: I will eliminate all of Ahab's males, both slave and free, in Israel;

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 at Jezreel:

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.' "

25 Still, there was no one like Ahab, who devoted himself to do what was evil in the Lord's sight, because his wife Jezebel incited him.

Footnotes

• [a] Some Hb mss, Syr, Tg, Vg, 2 Kg 9:36; MT, LXX read the rampart
• [b] 2 Kg 9:36