1 Kings 21:21-24

21 He says, ‘I am going to bring disaster on you. I will wipe out your descendants and cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel—slave or free.^[a]

22 I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have aroused my anger and have caused Israel to sin.’

23 “And also concerning Jezebel the LORD says: ‘Dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of^[b] Jezreel.’

24 “Dogs will eat those belonging to Ahab who die in the city, and the birds will feed on those who die in the country.”

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.

Cross References

• 1. Judges 9:5; 2 Kings 10:7; 1 Kings 14:10; 2 Kings 9:8
• 2. S Deuteronomy 32:36
• 3. 1 Kings 15:29; 1 Kings 16:3
• 4. S 1 Kings 12:30
• 5. 2Ki 9:10,34-36
• 6. 1 Kings 14:11; 1 Kings 16:4
• 7. S Genesis 40:19; S Deuteronomy 28:26

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "Israel—every ruler or leader"
• [b]. Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 9:26) "the plot of ground at"