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2 Kings 9:7

And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel.

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ASV

And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah, at the hand of Jezebel.

KJV

And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezebel.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהִ֨כִּיתָ֔הve.Hi.ki.Tahand you will strike downH5221 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
אַחְאָ֖ב'ach.'AvAhabH256 →
אֲדֹנֶ֑יךָ'a.do.Nei.khamaster<s> yourH113 →
וְנִקַּמְתִּ֞יve.ni.kam.Tiand I will avengeH5358 →
דְּמֵ֣י׀de.Mei[the] blood<s> ofH1818 →
עֲבָדַ֣י'a.va.Daiservants myH5650 →
הַנְּבִיאִ֗יםha.ne.vi.'Imthe prophetsH5030 →
וּדְמֵ֛יu.de.Meiand [the] blood<s> ofH1818 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
עַבְדֵ֥י'av.Dei[the] servants ofH5650 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
מִיַּ֥דmi.Yadfrom [the] hand ofH3027 →
אִיזָֽבֶל׃'i.Za.velJezebelH348 →

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Revelation 2:20But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.Deuteronomy 32:43Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.1 Kings 21:15When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”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.)Jeremiah 26:5and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen,2 Kings 9:32–37He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.1 Kings 21:21This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”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.Revelation 19:2For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.Psalms 94:1–7O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.Matthew 23:35And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.Hebrews 10:30For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”Revelation 6:9–10And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.Luke 18:7–8Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?Romans 12:19Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”Romans 13:4For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.

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About 2 Kings

The Death of Jezebel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Jezebel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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