1 Kings 21:5 BSB — MannaFest

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13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתָּבֹ֥א	va.ta.Vo'	and she came	H935 →
אֵלָ֖יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
אִיזֶ֣בֶל	'i.Ze.vel	Jezebel	H348 →
אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ	'ish.To	wife his	H802 →
וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר	va.te.da.Ber	and she spoke	H1696 →
אֵלָ֗יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
מַה־	mah-	why?	H4100 →
זֶּה֙	zeh	this	H2088 →
רוּחֲךָ֣	ru.cha.Kha	[is] spirit your	H7307 →
סָרָ֔ה	sa.Rah	sullen	H5620 →
וְאֵינְךָ֖	ve.'ei.ne.Kha	and not you	H369 →
אֹכֵ֥ל	'o.Khel	[are] eating	H398 →
לָֽחֶם׃	La.chem	food	H3899 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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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.
- 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…
Through
1 Kings 19:2
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those…
leads to
- 1 Kings 20:10
  Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
- 2 Kings 6:31
  He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”
- Ruth 1:17
  Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
- Daniel 3:15
  Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I…
Through
1 Kings 16:31
And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then…
leads to
- 2 Kings 17:16
  They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served…
- 2 Kings 10:18
  Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

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.1 Kings 19:2So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”1 Kings 16:31And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.Esther 4:5Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why.1 Kings 18:4for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)Genesis 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.2 Samuel 13:4so he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”Nehemiah 2:2so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear

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