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Good News Translation

1 Kings 21:17

Then the Lord said to Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Elijah;   Homicide;   Naboth;   Prophecy;   Repentance;   Usurpation;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Elijah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jezebel;   Jezreel;   Naboth;   Vine;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Lie;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Naboth;   Tishbite;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Festivals;   King, Kingship;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Naboth;   Oracles;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Justice;   Tishbite;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jezebel ;   Naboth ;   Tishbite ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Naboth;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elijah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Tish'bite, the,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Urim and Thummim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jezreel;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite:
Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came to Eliyah the Tishbi, saying,
King James Version
And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
English Standard Version
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
New Century Version
At this time the Lord spoke his word to the prophet Elijah the Tishbite. The Lord said,
New English Translation
The Lord told Elijah the Tishbite:
Amplified Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the word of the Lord came vnto Eliiah the Tishbite, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said to Elijah the prophet,
Complete Jewish Bible
But the word of Adonai came to Eliyahu from Tishbe:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord spoke to Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe:
George Lamsa Translation
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Lexham English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the worde of the LORDE came to Elias the The?bite, and sayde:
American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the worde of the Lorde came vnto Elias the Thesbite, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And the word of the Lord came to Eliiah the Tishbite, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the young men the heads of the districts went forth first; and they send and report to the king of Syria, saying, There are men come forth out of Samaria.
English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the word of the Lord was maad to Elie of Thesbi,
Young's Literal Translation
And the word of Jehovah is unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Update Bible Version
And the word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
New Living Translation
But the Lord said to Elijah,
New Life Bible
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
New Revised Standard
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to Elias, the Thesbite, saying:
Revised Standard Version
Then the word of the LORD came to Eli'jah the Tishbite, saying,
THE MESSAGE
Then God stepped in and spoke to Elijah the Tishbite, "On your feet; go down and confront Ahab of Samaria, king of Israel. You'll find him in the vineyard of Naboth; he's gone there to claim it as his own. Say this to him: ‘ God 's word: What's going on here? First murder, then theft?' Then tell him, ‘ God 's verdict: The very spot where the dogs lapped up Naboth's blood, they'll lap up your blood—that's right, your blood.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Contextual Overview

17 Then the Lord said to Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe, 18 "Go to King Ahab of Samaria. You will find him in Naboth's vineyard, about to take possession of it. 19 Tell him that I, the Lord , say to him, ‘After murdering the man, are you taking over his property as well?' Tell him that this is what I say: ‘In the very place that the dogs licked up Naboth's blood they will lick up your blood!'" 20 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said, "Have you caught up with me, my enemy?" "Yes, I have," Elijah answered. "You have devoted yourself completely to doing what is wrong in the Lord 's sight. 21 So the Lord says to you, ‘I will bring disaster on you. I will do away with you and get rid of every male in your family, young and old alike. 22 Your family will become like the family of King Jeroboam son of Nebat and like the family of King Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have stirred up my anger by leading Israel into sin.' 23 And concerning Jezebel, the Lord says that dogs will eat her body in the city of Jezreel. 24 Any of your relatives who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and any who die in the open country will be eaten by vultures." 25 (There was no one else who had devoted himself so completely to doing wrong in the Lord 's sight as Ahab—all at the urging of his wife Jezebel. 26 He committed the most shameful sins by worshiping idols, as the Amorites had done, whom the Lord had driven out of the land as the people of Israel advanced.)

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

2 Kings 1:15, 2 Kings 1:16, 2 Kings 5:26, Psalms 9:12, Isaiah 26:21

Reciprocal: Matthew 18:12 - into Mark 12:12 - knew

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After this, Abram had a vision and heard the Lord say to him, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I will shield you from danger and give you a great reward."
Genesis 16:9
He said, "Go back to her and be her slave."
Genesis 16:11
You are going to have a son, and you will name him Ishmael, because the Lord has heard your cry of distress.
Genesis 21:1
The Lord blessed Sarah, as he had promised,
Genesis 21:2
and she became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham when he was old. The boy was born at the time God had said he would be born.
Genesis 21:4
and when Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded.
Genesis 21:6
Sarah said, "God has brought me joy and laughter. Everyone who hears about it will laugh with me."
Genesis 21:13
I will also give many children to the son of the slave woman, so that they will become a nation. He too is your son."
Genesis 21:14
Early the next morning Abraham gave Hagar some food and a leather bag full of water. He put the child on her back and sent her away. She left and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Genesis 46:3
"I am God, the God of your father," he said. "Do not be afraid to go to Egypt; I will make your descendants a great nation there.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the prophet,.... Where he now was, when this word came to him, is not certain; nor what he had been employed in for some time past, since we hear nothing of him since the unction of Elisha, other prophets of lesser note being employed in messages to Ahab from time to time; perhaps Elijah, while Ahab was engaged in war with the king of Syria, spent his time in founding or reviving the schools of the prophets, and instructing and training up those that were in them for public usefulness, since we afterwards hear of them; the word that came to him is, by the Targum, called the word of prophecy, as indeed it was, foretelling the destruction of Ahab and his house: saying; as follows.


 
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