1 Kings 22:38 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 22:38

And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.

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ASV

And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood (now the harlots washed themselves there); according unto the word of Jehovah which he spake.

KJV

And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the Lord which he spake.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria,.... After the body was taken out, very likely the chariot driver, who drove it into the pool, and plunged it into it, as the word signifies, to cleanse it from the blood of his master: and the dogs licked up his blood; mixed with the water of the pool; the Septuagint adds, "the swine", which is not probable, such creatures not being bred in the land of Israel: and they washed his armour; his coat of mail, through the joints of which the blood issued, and ran upon it.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Now Naboth's blood was avenged ( ch. xxi. 19 ), and that word of David, as well as Elijah's word, was fulfilled ( Ps. lxviii. 23 ), That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The dogs licked up his blood - Some of the rabbins think that this was in the very place where Naboth was stoned; see on 1Ki 21:19 (note).

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁטֹ֨ף	vai.yish.Tof	and someone washed off	H7857 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָרֶ֜כֶב	ha.Re.khev	the chariot	H7393 →
עַ֣ל׀	'al	at	H5921 →
בְּרֵכַ֣ת	be.re.Khat	[the] pool of	H1295 →
שֹׁמְר֗וֹן	sho.me.Ron	Samaria	H8111 →
וַיָּלֹ֤קּוּ	vai.ya.Lo.ku	and they licked up	H3952 →
הַכְּלָבִים֙	ha.ke.la.Vim	the dogs	H3611 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
דָּמ֔וֹ	da.Mo	blood his	H1818 →
וְהַזֹּנ֖וֹת	ve.ha.zo.Not	and the prostitutes	H2181 →
רָחָ֑צוּ	ra.Cha.tzu	they bathed	H7364 →
כִּדְבַ֥ר	kid.Var	according to [the] word of	H1697 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
דִּבֵּֽר׃	di.Ber	he had spoken	H1696 →

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Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
leads to
- Isaiah 40:8
  The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
- 1 Peter 1:25
  but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
- Numbers 23:19
  God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Isaiah 55:11
  so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
- Matthew 5:18
  For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
Through
1 Kings 21:19
Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 12:9
  Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have…
- Micah 3:1–4
  Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
- Habakkuk 2:12
  Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!

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Where the connections lead

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Kings