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1 Kings 21:23

And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

KJV

Sed et de Jezabel locutus est Dominus, dicens : Canes comedent Jezabel in agro Jezrahel.

Vulgate

Καὶ οἱ παῖδες βασιλέως Συρίας καὶ εἶπον Θεὸς ὀρέων θεὸς Ἰσραὴλ καὶ οὐ θεὸς κοιλάδος, διὰ τοῦτο ἐκραταίωσεν ὑπὲρ ἡμᾶς· ἐὰν δὲ πολεμήσομεν αὐτοὺς κατ’ εὐθύ, εἰ μὴ κραταιώσομεν ὑπὲρ αὐτούς.

LXX

And of Jezebel also spake Jehovah, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.

ASV

וְ/גַ֨ם לְ/אִיזֶ֔בֶל דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה לֵ/אמֹ֑ר הַ/כְּלָבִ֛ים יֹאכְל֥וּ אֶת אִיזֶ֖בֶל בְּ/חֵ֥ל יִזְרְעֶֽאל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִיזֶ֔בֶל
'yzbl
proper_noun · 22×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
חֵ֣יל
chyl
noun · 18×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִזְרְעֶֽאל
yzr''l
proper_noun · 35×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כְּלָבִ֛ים
klbym
noun · 32×
ם
m
verb · 811×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2538The tenth commandment requires that envy be banished from the human heart. When the prophet Nathan wanted to spur King David to repentance, he told him the story about the poor man who had only one ewe lamb that he treated like his own daughter and the rich man who, despite the great number of his flocks, envied the poor man and ended by stealing his lamb.322 Envy can lead to t…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210225.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 14:11 — Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.
  • 2Kgs 9:10 — And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
  • 2Kgs 9:10 — And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
  • 2Kgs 9:30 — And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
  • 2Kgs 9:36 — Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jez
  • Jer 15:3 — And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
  • Jer 22:19 — He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
  • Prov 28:17 — A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
  • Rev 2:20 — Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat th