1 Kings 22:38
in 1 Kings 22And 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 1 Kings 22
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd 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.
This site's exposition
Every man to his own city
on 1 Kings 22:36-38
At sunset the army breaks up, and Ahab is carried to Samaria and buried. His chariot is washed at the pool of Samaria, and “the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken”. The word is Elijah's, spoken in the vineyard at 21:19.
This site's exposition
where the prostitutes bathed
Matthew Henry hears Psalm 68:23 in the scene, where the tongues of dogs share in the blood of the enemy. John Gill notes that the Greek Septuagint adds swine to the dogs, a detail he judges unlikely in Israel. Samaria was where Ahab built the temple of Baal at 16:32.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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 Century3 voices
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).
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The corpse was conveyed to Samaria; and, as the chariot which brought it was being washed, in a pool near the city, from the blood that had profusely oozed from the wound, the dogs, in conformity with Elijah's prophecy, came and licked it [1Ki 21:19]. Ahab was succeeded by his son Ahaziah [1Ki 22:40].
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
They washed his armour - Rather, “the harlots bathed in it.” The “pool of Samaria,” which was stained with Ahab’s blood by the washing of his chariot in it, was, according to Josephus, the usual bathing-place of the Samaritan harlots. A large tank or reservoir, probably identical with this pool, still remains on the slope of the hill of Samaria, immediately outside the walls.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁטֹ֨ף | vaiyishtof | and someone washed off | H7857 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָרֶ֜כֶב | harekhev | the chariot | H7393 → | 119 times |
| עַ֣ל׀ | ʾal | at | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| בְּרֵכַ֣ת | berekhat | [the] pool of | H1295 → | |
| שֹׁמְר֗וֹן | shomeron | Samaria | H8111 → | 109 times |
| וַיָּלֹ֤קּוּ | vaiyaloku | and they licked up | H3952 → | 7 times |
| הַכְּלָבִים֙ | hakelavim | the dogs | H3611 → | 32 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דָּמ֔וֹ | damo | blood his | H1818 → | 360 times |
| וְהַזֹּנ֖וֹת | vehazonot | and the prostitutes | H2181 → | |
| רָחָ֑צוּ | rachatzu | they bathed | H7364 → | |
| כִּדְבַ֥ר | kidvar | according to [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבֵּֽר׃ | diber | he had spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
וַיִּשְׁטֹ֨ףand someone washed off
vaiyishtofH7857 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָרֶ֜כֶבthe chariot
harekhevH7393 →119 times
עַ֣ל׀at
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
בְּרֵכַ֣ת[the] pool of
berekhatH1295 →
שֹׁמְר֗וֹןSamaria
shomeronH8111 →109 times
וַיָּלֹ֤קּוּand they licked up
vaiyalokuH3952 →7 times
הַכְּלָבִים֙the dogs
hakelavimH3611 →32 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דָּמ֔וֹblood his
damoH1818 →360 times
וְהַזֹּנ֖וֹתand the prostitutes
vehazonotH2181 →
רָחָ֑צוּthey bathed
rachatzuH7364 →
כִּדְבַ֥רaccording to [the] word of
kidvarH1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבֵּֽר׃he had spoken
diberH1696 →1141 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
Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
it 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.
- Isaiah 40:8
Through
1 Kings 21:19Tell 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…
it 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!
- 2 Samuel 12:9
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); F. W. Farrar, The First Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.