1 Kings 21:17

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.'"

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,

Good News Translation
Then the Lord said to Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe,

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,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹⁷Then 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.'" ²⁰Ahab answered Elijah, "My enemy! So, you've run me down!" "Yes, I've found you out," said Elijah. "And because you've bought into the business of evil, defying God . ‘I will most certainly bring doom upon you, make mincemeat of your descendants, kill off every sorry male wretch who's even remotely connected with the name Ahab. And I'll bring down on you the same fate that fell on Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah—you've made me that angry by making Israel sin.'" ²³As for Jezebel, God said, "Dogs will fight over the flesh of Jezebel all over Jezreel. Anyone tainted by Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by stray dogs; corpses in the country will be eaten by carrion crows." ²⁵Ahab, pushed by his wife Jezebel and in open defiance of God , set an all-time record in making big business of evil. He indulged in outrageous obscenities in the world of idols, copying the Amorites whom God had earlier kicked out of Israelite territory. ²⁷ When Ahab heard what Elijah had to say, he ripped his clothes to shreds, dressed in penitential rough burlap, and fasted. He even slept in coarse burlap pajamas. He tiptoed around, quiet as a mouse. ²⁸Then God spoke to Elijah the Tishbite: "Do you see how penitently submissive Ahab has become to me? Because of his repentance I'll not bring the doom during his lifetime; Ahab's son, though, will get it."

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 all these things, this word of God came to Abram in a vision: "Don't be afraid, Abram. I'm your shield. Your reward will be grand!"

Genesis 16:9
The angel of God said, "Go back to your mistress. Put up with her abuse." He continued, "I'm going to give you a big family, children past counting. From this pregnancy, you'll get a son: Name him Ishmael; for God heard you, God answered you. He'll be a bucking bronco of a man, a real fighter, fighting and being fought, Always stirring up trouble, always at odds with his family."

Genesis 21:1
God visited Sarah exactly as he said he would; God did to Sarah what he promised: Sarah became pregnant and gave Abraham a son in his old age, and at the very time God had set. Abraham named him Isaac. When his son was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded.

Genesis 21:14
Abraham got up early the next morning, got some food together and a canteen of water for Hagar, put them on her back and sent her away with the child. She wandered off into the desert of Beersheba. When the water was gone, she left the child under a shrub and went off, fifty yards or so. She said, "I can't watch my son die." As she sat, she broke into sobs.

Genesis 46:3
God said, "I am the God of your father. Don't be afraid of going down to Egypt. I'm going to make you a great nation there. I'll go with you down to Egypt; I'll also bring you back here. And when you die, Joseph will be with you; with his own hand he'll close your eyes."

Exodus 3:7
God said, "I've taken a good, long look at the affliction of my people in Egypt. I've heard their cries for deliverance from their slave masters; I know all about their pain. And now I have come down to help them, pry them loose from the grip of Egypt, get them out of that country and bring them to a good land with wide-open spaces, a land lush with milk and honey, the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Exodus 14:13
Moses spoke to the people: "Don't be afraid. Stand firm and watch God do his work of salvation for you today. Take a good look at the Egyptians today for you're never going to see them again.

2 Kings 13:4
Then Jehoahaz prayed for a softening of God 's anger, and God listened. He realized how wretched Israel had become under the brutalities of the king of Aram. So God provided a savior for Israel who brought them out from under Aram's oppression. The children of Israel were again able to live at peace in their own homes. But it didn't make any difference: They didn't change their lives, didn't turn away from the Jeroboam-sins that now characterized Israel, including the sex-and-religion shrines of Asherah still flourishing in Samaria.

Isaiah 22:1
A Message concerning the Valley of Vision: What's going on here anyway? All this partying and noisemaking, Shouting and cheering in the streets, the city noisy with celebrations! You have no brave soldiers to honor, no combat heroes to be proud of. Your leaders were all cowards, captured without even lifting a sword, A country of cowards captured escaping the battle.

Matthew 15:32
But Jesus wasn't finished with them. He called his disciples and said, "I hurt for these people. For three days now they've been with me, and now they have nothing to eat. I can't send them away without a meal—they'd probably collapse on the road."

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.