1 Kings

1 Kings 21:23–25

²³And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel:

‘The dogs will devour Jezebel

by the wall of Jezreel.’^c

²⁴Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city

will be eaten by dogs,

and anyone who dies in the field

will be eaten by the birds of the air.”

²⁵(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.

Footnotes

c 21:23 Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 9:36|2KI 9:36) ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel at the plot of ground at Jezreel.’

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
also	וְגַ֨ם־	wə·ḡam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
speaks	דִּבֶּ֥ר	dib·ber	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1696 speak
concerning Jezebel	לְאִיזֶ֔בֶל	lə·’î·ze·ḇel	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H348 Izebel
The dogs	הַכְּלָבִ֛ים	hak·kə·lā·ḇîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3611 dog
will devour	יֹאכְל֥וּ	yō·ḵə·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H398 eat
Jezebel	אִיזֶ֖בֶל	’î·ze·ḇel	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H348 Izebel
by the wall	בְּחֵ֥ל	bə·ḥêl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2426 rampart, fortress
of Jezreel	יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃	yiz·rə·‘el	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3157 Jizreel

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Anyone belonging to Ahab	לְאַחְאָב֙	lə·’aḥ·’āḇ	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H256 Ahab
who dies	הַמֵּ֤ת	ham·mêṯ	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H4191 die
in the city	בָּעִ֔יר	bā·‘îr	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
will be eaten	יֹאכְל֖וּ	yō·ḵə·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H398 eat
by dogs	הַכְּלָבִ֑ים	hak·kə·lā·ḇîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3611 dog
and anyone who dies	וְהַמֵּת֙	wə·ham·mêṯ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H4191 die
in the field	בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה	baś·śā·ḏeh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7704 id.
will be eaten	יֹאכְל֖וּ	yō·ḵə·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H398 eat
by the birds	ע֥וֹף	‘ō·wp̄	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5775 flying creatures, fowl, insects
of the air	הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃	haš·šā·mā·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Surely	רַ֚ק	raq	Adverb	H7535 thin
there was	הָיָ֣ה	hā·yāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
never	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
one like Ahab	כְאַחְאָ֔ב	ḵə·’aḥ·’āḇ	Preposition-k; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H256 Ahab
who	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
sold himself	הִתְמַכֵּ֔ר	hiṯ·mak·kêr	Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H4376 sell
to do	לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת	la·‘ă·śō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H6213 do, make
evil	הָרַ֖ע	hā·ra‘	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H7451 bad, evil
in the sight	בְּעֵינֵ֣י	bə·‘ê·nê	Preposition-b; Noun - cdc	H5869 eye
of the LORD	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
incited	הֵסַ֥תָּה	hê·sat·tāh	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H5496 incite, allure, instigate
by his wife	אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃	’iš·tōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
Jezebel	אִיזֶ֥בֶל	’î·ze·ḇel	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H348 Izebel

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

1 Kings 21:23 2 Kings 9:10 · 2 Kings 9:30–37

1 Kings 21:24 1 Kings 16:4 · 1 Kings 14:11 · Jeremiah 15:3

1 Kings 21:25 Proverbs 22:14 · 1 Kings 21:20 · 1 Kings 16:30–33 · Ecclesiastes 7:26 · Acts 14:2 · Romans 6:19 · 1 Kings 21:7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.