1 Kings 21:23

New Living Translation

"And regarding Jezebel, the Lord says, ‘Dogs will eat Jezebel's body at the plot of land in Jezreel.'

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord also speaks of Jezebel: ‘The dogs will eat Jezebel in the plot of land at Jezreel:

Hebrew Names Version
Of Izevel also spoke the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Izevel by the rampart of Yizre`el.

King James Version
And of Jezebel also spake the Lord , saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

English Standard Version
And of Jezebel the Lord also said, ‘The dogs shall eat Jezebel within the walls of Jezreel.'

New Century Version
"And the Lord also says, ‘Dogs will eat the body of Jezebel in the city of Jezreel.'

New English Translation
The Lord says this about Jezebel, ‘Dogs will devour Jezebel by the outer wall of Jezreel.'

Amplified Bible
"The LORD also spoke in regard to Jezebel, saying, 'The dogs will eat [the body of] Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.'

New American Standard Bible
"The LORD has also spoken of Jezebel, saying, 'The dogs will eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
And also of Iezebel spake the Lorde, saying, The dogs shall eate Iezebel, by the wall of Izreel.

Legacy Standard Bible
Of Jezebel also has Yahweh spoken, saying, ‘The dogs will eat Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.'

Contemporary English Version
And as for Jezebel, dogs will eat her body there in Jezreel.

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai also said this about Izevel: ‘The dogs will eat Izevel by the wall around Yizre‘el.

Darby Translation
And of Jezebel also spoke Jehovah saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the moat of Jizreel.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord also says this about your wife Jezebel: ‘Dogs will eat the body of Jezebel by the wall of the city of Jezreel.

George Lamsa Translation
And of Jezebel also the LORD spoke, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the inheritance which is in Jezreel.

Good News Translation
And concerning Jezebel, the Lord says that dogs will eat her body in the city of Jezreel.

Lexham English Bible
Moreover, concerning Jezebel, Yahweh has said, ‘The dogs will eat Jezebel in the outer rampart of Jezreel.'

Literal Translation
And also Jehovah has spoken of Jezebel, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ouer Iesabel spake the LORDE also and sayde: The dogges shal deuoure Iesabel in ye felde of Iesrael.

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

Bible in Basic English
And of Jezebel the Lord said, Jezebel will become food for dogs in the heritage of Jezreel.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And of Iezabel spake the Lord, saying: The dogges shall eate Iezabel by the wall of Iezrahel,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying: The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the moat of Jezreel.

King James Version (1611)
And of Iezebel also spake the Lord, saying, The dogs shall eate Iezebel by the wall of Iezreel.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the servants of the king of Syria, even they said, The God of Israel is a God of mountains, and not a God of valleys; therefore has he prevailed against us: but if we should fight against them in the plain, verily we shall prevail against them.

English Revised Version
And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.

Berean Standard Bible
And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: 'The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But also the Lord spak of Jezabel, and seide, Doggis schulen ete Jezabel in the feeld of Jesrael;

Young's Literal Translation
`And also of Jezebel hath Jehovah spoken, saying, The dogs do eat Jezebel in the bulwark of Jezreel;

Update Bible Version
And of Jezebel, Yahweh also spoke, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying, the dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

World English Bible
Of Jezebel also spoke Yahweh, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.

New King James Version
And concerning Jezebel the Lord also spoke, saying, 'The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall 2 Kings 9:36).">[fn] of Jezreel.'

New Life Bible
And the Lord has spoken about Jezebel, saying, ‘The dogs will eat Jezebel in the land of Jezreel.'

New Revised Standard
Also concerning Jezebel the Lord said, ‘The dogs shall eat Jezebel within the bounds of Jezreel.'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Moreover also, concerning Jezebel, hath Yahweh spoken, saying, - The dogs, shall eat Jezebel, in the town-land of Jezreel:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And of Jezabel also, the Lord spoke, saying: The dogs shall eat Jezabel in the field of Jezrahel.

Revised Standard Version
And of Jez'ebel the LORD also said, 'The dogs shall eat Jez'ebel within the bounds of Jezreel.'

THE MESSAGE
As 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."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Of Jezebel also has the LORD spoken, saying, 'The dogs will eat Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.'

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ But the Lord said to Elijah, ¹⁸ "Go down to meet King Ahab of Israel, who rules in Samaria. He will be at Naboth's vineyard in Jezreel, claiming it for himself. ¹⁹ Give him this message: ‘This is what the Lord says: Wasn't it enough that you killed Naboth? Must you rob him, too? Because you have done this, dogs will lick your blood at the very place where they licked the blood of Naboth!'" ²⁰ "So, my enemy, you have found me!" Ahab exclaimed to Elijah. "Yes," Elijah answered, "I have come because you have sold yourself to what is evil in the Lord 's sight. ²¹ So now the Lord says, ‘I will bring disaster on you and consume you. I will destroy every one of your male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel! ²² I am going to destroy your family as I did the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat and the family of Baasha son of Ahijah, for you have made me very angry and have led Israel into sin.' ²³ "And regarding Jezebel, the Lord says, ‘Dogs will eat Jezebel's body at the plot of land in Jezreel.' ²⁴ "The members of Ahab's family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the field will be eaten by vultures." ²⁵ (No one else so completely sold himself to what was evil in the Lord 's sight as Ahab did under the influence of his wife Jezebel. ²⁶ His worst outrage was worshiping idols just as the Amorites had done—the people whom the Lord had driven out from the land ahead of the Israelites.)

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jezebel: 1 Kings 21:25, 2 Kings 9:10, 2 Kings 9:30-37

the dogs: Shocking as this must appear to minds that have been humanized by the kindly influence of Christianity, we still find similar instances in the accounts of modern travellers. Mr. Bruce says, that when at Gondar, "the bodies of those killed by the sword were hewn to pieces and scattered about the streets, being denied burial. I was miserable, and almost driven to despair, at seeing my hunting dogs, twice let loose by the carelessness of my servants, bringing into the court-yard the heads and arms of slaughtered men, and which I could no way prevent, but by the destruction of the dogs themselves."

wall: or, ditch.

Reciprocal: Joshua 17:16 - Jezreel 1 Samuel 29:1 - Jezreel 1 Kings 14:11 - that dieth 1 Kings 18:45 - Ahab 2 Kings 9:36 - This is Job 12:21 - poureth Proverbs 28:17 - General Jeremiah 15:3 - I will Jeremiah 16:4 - as dung Jeremiah 22:19 - General Jeremiah 34:20 - and their Revelation 2:20 - that woman

Cross-References

Genesis 20:14
Then Abimelech took some of his sheep and goats, cattle, and male and female servants, and he presented them to Abraham. He also returned his wife, Sarah, to him.

Genesis 21:21
and he settled in the wilderness of Paran. His mother arranged for him to marry a woman from the land of Egypt.

Genesis 21:22
About this time, Abimelech came with Phicol, his army commander, to visit Abraham. "God is obviously with you, helping you in everything you do," Abimelech said.

Genesis 21:23
"Swear to me in God's name that you will never deceive me, my children, or any of my descendants. I have been loyal to you, so now swear that you will be loyal to me and to this country where you are living as a foreigner."

Genesis 24:3
Swear by the Lord , the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.

Genesis 26:28
They replied, "We can plainly see that the Lord is with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let's make a covenant.

Genesis 31:44
So come, let's make a covenant, you and I, and it will be a witness to our commitment."

Genesis 31:53
I call on the God of our ancestors—the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of my grandfather Nahor—to serve as a judge between us." So Jacob took an oath before the fearsome God of his father, Isaac, to respect the boundary line.

Deuteronomy 6:13
You must fear the Lord your God and serve him. When you take an oath, you must use only his name.

Joshua 2:12
"Now swear to me by the Lord that you will be kind to me and my family since I have helped you. Give me some guarantee that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And of Jezebel also spake the Lord,.... To Elijah, and by him:

saying, the dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel or in the inheritance or portion of Jezreel, as the Targum; Jarchi interprets it, the valley of Jezreel; the fulfilment of this see in 2 Kings 9:30.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying - These are not the words of Elijah, but of the writer, who notes a special prophecy against Jezebel, whose guilt was at least equal to her husband’s.

Wall - The marginal rendering “ditch,” is preferable. There is always in Oriental towns a space outside the walls which lies uncultivated, and which is naturally used for the deposit of refuse of every kind. Here the dogs prowl, and the kites and vultures find many a feast.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 23. The dogs shall eat Jezebel — This was most literally fulfilled; see 2 Kings 9:36. The carcasses of poor Hindoos, and of persons who have received public punishment, are thrown into the rivers, and floating to the side, are devoured by dogs, vultures, and crows.