1 Kings 21:23

1Ki 21:23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

Ver. 23. The dogs shall eat Jezebel.] So the Donatists that threw the sacramental bread to dogs were themselves afterwards devoured of dogs.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

1Ki 21:23-24. The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall — Or, by the ditch, or fort; or, in the portion, of Jezreel, as the Hebrew word בחל, becheel, often signifies, and as it is explained 2Ki 9:36, a passage which attests the exact accomplishment of this prediction. Him that dieth of Ahab in the city, &c. — Punishments after death are here most insisted on; and these, though lighting on the body only, yet undoubtedly were designed as figures of the soul’s misery in an after state.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Or, fortress, or possession.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Verse 23. The dogs shall eat Jezebel] This was most literally fulfilled; see 2Kg 9:36. The carcasses of poor Hindoos, and of persons who have received public punishment, are thrown into the rivers, and floating to the side, are devoured by dogs, vultures, and crows.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

23. the dogs shall eat Jezebel] For the fulfilment, see 2Ki_9:35-37.

by the wall [R.V. rampart] of Jezreel] The Hebrew word which stands here in the text is found again 2Sa_20:15, where it is translated ‘trench’, with a margin in A.V. ‘outmost wall’. The R.V. gives there also ‘rampart’. In 2Ki_9:10; 2Ki_9:36-37, the body is said to have been devoured ‘in the portion of Jezreel’, and as the words ‘by the rampart’ בחל, want only an additional letter to turn them into ‘in the portion’ בחלק, it has been suggested that the latter ought to be the reading here. But there is no need for any change. Both expressions mean the same thing. The ‘portion’ is the land close to the walls outside. Jezebel must have looked forth from a window of some building that formed part of the city wall. Thus she would be able to shew herself to Jehu as soon as he drew near.

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And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite,.... After he was gone from Ahab, and Ahab had been some time in this humble posture; the Targum calls it the word of prophecy, and so it was, as the next verse shows: saying: as follows.

1 Kings 21:29

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying - These are not the words of Elijah, but of the writer, who notes a special prophecy against Jezebel, whose guilt was at least equal to her husband’s.

Wall - The marginal rendering “ditch,” is preferable. There is always in Oriental towns a space outside the walls which lies uncultivated, and which is naturally used for the deposit of refuse of every kind. Here the dogs prowl, and the kites and vultures find many a feast.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Field. Hebrew, "wall," or "before the wall." This was exactly fulfilled, 4 Kings ix. 32. Jezabel was hurled from a window over the gate or wall of the city. (Calmet)

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Or, by the ditch, or fort; or, in the portion, as it is explained 2Ki 9:36; the Hebrew chel here being put for chelek, used there by an apocope of the last Hebrew letter, which is not unusual in the Hebrew tongue.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

23. Dogs shall eat Jezebel — See the fulfilment of this in 2Ki_9:30-37.

By the wall — The wall of her palace, according to 2 King 9:33.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

And of Jezebel Heb. to Jezebel. LXX th jIezabel. But we cannot be sure that she also received a message of doom Elijah, as l: like la, after verbs of from speaking sometimes has the meaning of, concerning. Cf. Gen_20:13; Psa_3:3; Jud_1:9:54; 2Ki_19:32. Moreover if the denunciation had been direct, it would have run, "The dogs shall eat thee," etc. See also ver. 27 also spake the Lord Probably at the same time. Certainly by the same prophet. (2Ki_9:8) Elijah"s words to Ahab appear to he only partially recorded (ib., ver. 26), saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel see on 1Ki_14:11 by the wall lje same word as lyj is used of the strength and defences of a town, sc. its fortifications, and especially of the ditch or moat before them.cisma 2Sa_20:15. The LXX render by protei or periteicov, the Vulgate by antemurale. "There is always in Oriental towns a space outside the walls which lies uncultivated and which is naturally used for the deposit of refuse of every kind. Here the dogs prowl, and the kites and vultures find many a feast" (Rawlinson). In 2Sa_21:12 we find the bodies of Saul and Jonathan impaled in the open space (A.V "street") of Bethshean. This heap of refuse for such the place soon be-comes is called in the Arabian Nights "the mounds" (Stanley) of Jezreel. Retribution should overtake her near the scene of her latest. (2Ki_9:36) By this the just judgment of God would be made the more conspicuous.

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By the wall - Or, in the portion, as it is explained 2 Kings ix, 36.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

Anyone who belongs to Ahab

"Anyone who belongs to Ahab's family"

translationWords

Jezebel

Jezreel

Ahab

die

heaven

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In the valley of Yizreil. In the valley of Yizreil. “בחיל” is the Aramaic translation of “valley.”

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.