1 Kings 21:24
in 1 Kings 21Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 1 Kings 21
Commentary
3 notes on this verseHim that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat, and him that dieth in the field the fowls of the air shall eat. That is, they shall have no burial, see 1Ki 14:11 hitherto are the words of the Lord by Elijah; next follow the remarks of the historian.
This site's exposition
The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel
on 1 Kings 21:23-24
Jezebel receives her own sentence when the LORD says, “The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel”. At her death in 2 Kings 9:36 it is remembered in nearly the same words. Revelation 2:20 later uses her name for the same lure into idolatry at Thyatira.
This site's exposition
will be eaten by dogs
John Gill reads the dogs and the birds as a denial of burial to the whole house of Ahab. The same words fell on Jeroboam's house at 14:11 and on Baasha's at 16:4. Gill marks this verse as the end of Elijah's message.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַמֵּ֤ת | hamet | the [one who] dies | H4191 → | 839 times |
| לְאַחְאָב֙ | leachav | of Ahab | H256 → | 92 times |
| בָּעִ֔יר | bair | in the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| יֹאכְל֖וּ | yokhelu | they will devour | H398 → | 810 times |
| הַכְּלָבִ֑ים | hakelavim | the dogs | H3611 → | 32 times |
| וְהַמֵּת֙ | vehamet | and the [one who] dies | H4191 → | 839 times |
| בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה | basadeh | in the open country | H7704 → | 334 times |
| יֹאכְל֖וּ | yokhelu | they will devour | H398 → | 810 times |
| ע֥וֹף | of | [the] bird[s] of | H5775 → | 71 times |
| הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ | hashamayim | the heavens | H8064 → | 421 times |
הַמֵּ֤תthe [one who] dies
hametH4191 →839 times
לְאַחְאָב֙of Ahab
leachavH256 →92 times
בָּעִ֔ירin the city
bairH5892 →1090 times
יֹאכְל֖וּthey will devour
yokheluH398 →810 times
הַכְּלָבִ֑יםthe dogs
hakelavimH3611 →32 times
וְהַמֵּת֙and the [one who] dies
vehametH4191 →839 times
בַּשָּׂדֶ֔הin the open country
basadehH7704 →334 times
יֹאכְל֖וּthey will devour
yokheluH398 →810 times
ע֥וֹף[the] bird[s] of
ofH5775 →71 times
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃the heavens
hashamayimH8064 →421 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Revelation 19:18so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”
it leads to
- Ezekiel 39:18–20
You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan.
- Ezekiel 39:18–20
Through
Jeremiah 15:3I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:26
Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.
- Leviticus 26:22
I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.
- Leviticus 26:16
then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed…
- Revelation 6:8
Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword,…
- Ezekiel 14:21
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it…
- Deuteronomy 28:26
Through
1 Kings 14:11Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 16:4
Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”
- 1 Kings 16:4
Through
1 Kings 16:4Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”
it leads to
- 1 Kings 14:11
Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has…
- 1 Kings 14:11
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.