1 Kings 21:24
Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
KJV
Si mortuus fuerit Achab in civitate, comedent eum canes : si autem mortuus fuerit in agro, comedent eum volucres cæli.
Vulgate
καὶ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο ποίησον· ἀπόστησον τοὺς βασιλεῖς ἕκαστον εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτῶν καὶ θοῦ ἀντ’ αὐτῶν σατράπας,
LXX
Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat.
ASV
הַ/מֵּ֤ת לְ/אַחְאָב֙ בָּ/עִ֔יר יֹאכְל֖וּ הַ/כְּלָבִ֑ים וְ/הַ/מֵּת֙ בַּ/שָּׂדֶ֔ה יֹאכְל֖וּ ע֥וֹף הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם
Hebrew
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Ahab
In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַחְאָ֖ב
'ch'b
proper_noun · 93×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
כְּלָבִ֛ים
klbym
noun · 32×
ם
m
verb · 811×
ע֣וֹף
'vp
noun · 71×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage 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…
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.
- 1Kgs 16:4 — Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
- 2Kgs 9:25 — Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD l
- 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.