1Ki 21:19-29 | NASB2020 | STEP | And you shall speak to him, saying , ‘ This is what the Lord says : “ Have you murdered and also taken possession ?”’ And you shall speak to him, saying , ‘The Lord says this : “ In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth , the dogs will lick up your blood , yours as well .”’”

1 Kings 21:19-29

19 And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘This is what the Lord says: “ ^aHave you murdered and also taken possession?”’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘The Lord says this: “ ^bIn the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, the dogs will lick up your blood, yours as well.”’”

20 Then Ahab said to Elijah, “ ^cHave you found me, enemy of mine?” And he ^{▼▼Lit said}answered, “I have found you, ^ebecause you have given yourself over to do evil in the sight of the Lord. 21 Behold, I am bringing disaster upon you, and I ^fwill utterly sweep you away, and will eliminate from Ahab every male, both ^{▼▼Or child and adult}bond and free in Israel; 22 and ^hI will make your house ⁱlike the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, because of the provocation with which you have provoked Me to anger, and because you ^jhave misled Israel into sin. 23 The Lord has also spoken of Jezebel, saying, ‘ ^kThe dogs will eat Jezebel in the ^{▼▼As in some mss and ancient versions; MT rampart}territory of Jezreel.’ 24 ^mThe one belonging to Ahab, who dies in the city, the dogs will eat; and the one who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.”

25 ⁿThere certainly was no one like Ahab who gave himself over to do evil in the sight of the Lord, ^{▼▼Or whom Jezebel his wife}because Jezebel his wife incited him. 26 ^pHe also acted very despicably in following idols, ^qconforming to everything that the Amorites had done, whom the Lord drove out from the sons of Israel.

27 Yet it came about, when Ahab heard these words, that ^rhe tore his clothes and put ^{▼▼Lit sackcloth on his flesh}on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently. 28 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 “Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; I will bring the disaster upon his house ^tin his son’s days.”