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I Kings 21:19

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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 the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 19

Ahab is still the unhappy subject of the sacred history; from the great affairs of his camp and kingdom this chapter leads us into his garden, and gives us an account of some ill things (and ill indeed they proved to him) relating to his domestic affairs. I. Ahab is sick for Naboth's vineyard (Kg1 21:1-4). II. Naboth dies by Jezebel's plot, that the vineyard may escheat to Ahab (Kg1 21:5-14). III. Ahab goes to take possession (Kg1 21:15-16). IV. Elijah meets him, and denounces the judgments of God against him for his injustice (Kg1 21:17-24). V. Upon his humiliation a reprieve is granted (Kg1 21:25-29).

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Strong's Concordancev. 19

דָבַר (dâbar, H1696) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a… אָמַר (ʼâmar, H559) — to say (used with great latitude) יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, H3068) — Jehovah, Jewish national name of God רָצַח (râtsach, H7523) — properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder יָרַשׁ (yârash, H3423) — to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by… מָקוֹם (mâqôwm, H4725) — properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific);… כֶּלֶב (keleb, H3611) — a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute לָקַק (lâqaq, H3952) — to lick or lap דָּם (dâm, H1818) — blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice… נָבוֹת (Nâbôwth, H5022) — Naboth, an Israelite

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I Kings 22:38rank 5

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.

II Samuel 12:9rank 3

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 slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.

Habakkuk 2:9rank 2

Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

Judges 1:7rank 2

Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.

Genesis 3:11rank 2

“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”

Psalms 9:16rank 2

The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

Matthew 7:2rank 2

For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

II Samuel 12:11rank 2

This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.

Habakkuk 2:12rank 2

Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!

Esther 7:10rank 2

So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

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