1 Kings 21:20 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 21:20

When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.

BSB

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ASV

And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee, because thou hast sold thyself to do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah.

KJV

And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Thou hast sold thyself to work evil - See a similar form of speech, Rom 7:14 (note). Thou hast totally abandoned thyself to the service of sin. Satan is become thy absolute master, and thou his undivided slave.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Sold thyself - Thou hast wholly resigned up thyself to be the bondslave of the devil, as a man that sells himself to another is totally in his master's power. To work evil, &c. - Impudently and contemptuously. Those who give themselves up to sin will certainly be found out, sooner or later, to their unspeakable amazement.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Ahab, having sold himself to sin, was resolved to stand to his bargain, and could not endure him that would have helped him to recover himself, [2.] That he feared him: Hast thou found me? intimating that he shunned him all he could, and it was now a terror to him to see him.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אַחְאָב֙	'ach.'Av	Ahab	H256 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ	'e.li.Ya.hu	Elijah	H452 →
הַֽמְצָאתַ֖נִי	ham.tza.Ta.ni	¿ have you found me	H4672 →
אֹיְבִ֑י	'o.ye.Vi	O enemy my	H341 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
מָצָ֔אתִי	ma.Tza.ti	I have found [you]	H4672 →
יַ֚עַן	Ya.'an	because	H3282 →
הִתְמַכֶּרְךָ֔	hit.ma.ker.Kha	you having sold yourself	H4376 →
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת	la.'a.Sot	to do	H6213 →
הָרַ֖ע	ha.Ra'	the evil	H7451 →
בְּעֵינֵ֥י	be.'ei.Nei	in [the] eyes of	H5869 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Kings 17:17
They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
leads to
- 2 Kings 21:6
  He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
- 2 Kings 16:3
  Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the…
- Deuteronomy 18:10–12
  Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
- Ezekiel 23:37
  For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food…
Through
1 Kings 21:25
(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
leads to
- Proverbs 22:14
  The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
Through
1 Kings 18:17
When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
leads to
- Joshua 7:25
  “Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.
Through
Romans 7:14
We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
leads to
- 2 Kings 17:17
  They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
- 1 Kings 21:25
  (Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Kings