(NIV)
He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him.
And as if it had been a
light thing for him to
walk in the
sins of
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat,
he
took for his
wife Jezebel the
daughter of
Ethbaal king of the
Sidonians,
and
went and
served Baal and
worshiped him.
(NIV)
While Jezebel was killing off the
Lord’s prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied them with food and water.)
and when
Jezebel cut off the
prophets of the
Lord,
Obadiah took a
hundred prophets and
hid them by
fifties in a
cave and
fed them with
bread and
water.)
(NIV)
Haven’t you heard, my lord, what I did while Jezebel was killing the prophets of the
Lord? I hid a hundred of the
Lord’s prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with food and water.
Has it
not been
told my
lord what I
did when
Jezebel killed the
prophets of the
Lord, how I
hid a
hundred men of the
Lord’s prophets by
fifties in a
cave and
fed them with
bread and
water?
(NIV)
Now summon the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel. And bring the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.’
Now therefore
send and
gather all Israel to me at
Mount Carmel, and the
450 prophets of
Baal and the
400 prophets of
Asherah,
who
eat at
Jezebel’s table.”
(NIV)
Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had
done, and how he had
killed all the
prophets with the
sword.
(NIV)
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, ‘May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.’
Then
Jezebel sent a
messenger to Elijah,
saying,
“
So may the
gods do to me and
more also, if I do not
make your
life as the
life of
one of
them by this
time tomorrow.”
(NIV)
His wife Jezebel came in and asked him, ‘Why are you so sullen? Why won’t you eat?’
But
Jezebel his
wife came to him and
said to him, “
Why is your
spirit so
vexed that you
eat no food?”
(NIV)
Jezebel his wife said, ‘Is this how you act as king over Israel? Get up and eat! Cheer up. I’ll get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.’
And
Jezebel his
wife said to him, “Do
you now govern Israel?
Arise and
eat bread and let your
heart be
cheerful;
I will
give you the
vineyard of
Naboth the
Jezreelite.”
(NIV)
So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel directed in the letters she had written to them.
And the
men of his
city,
the
elders and the
leaders who lived in his
city,
did as Jezebel had
sent word to them.
As it was
written in the
letters that she had
sent to them,
(NIV)
Then they sent word to Jezebel: ‘Naboth has been stoned to death.’
Then they
sent to Jezebel,
saying, “
Naboth has been
stoned; he is
dead.”
(NIV)
As soon as 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 that he refused to sell you. He is no longer alive, but dead.’
As soon as
Jezebel heard that Naboth had been
stoned and was
dead,
Jezebel said to Ahab, “
Arise,
take possession of the
vineyard of
Naboth the
Jezreelite,
which he
refused to
give you for
money,
for Naboth is
not alive,
but dead.”
(NIV)
‘And also concerning Jezebel the
Lord says: “Dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.”
And of
Jezebel the
Lord also said,
‘The
dogs shall
eat Jezebel within the
walls of
Jezreel.’
(NIV)
(There was never anyone like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the
Lord, urged on by Jezebel his wife.
( There was
none who
sold himself to
do what was
evil in the
sight of the
Lord like
Ahab,
whom Jezebel his wife incited.
(NIV)
You are to destroy the house of Ahab your master, and I will avenge the blood of my servants the prophets and the blood of all the
Lord’s servants shed by Jezebel.
And you shall
strike down the
house of
Ahab your
master, so that I may
avenge on Jezebel the
blood of my
servants the
prophets, and the
blood of
all the
servants of the
Lord.
(NIV)
As for Jezebel, dogs will devour her on the plot of ground at Jezreel, and no one will bury her.”’ Then he opened the door and ran.
And the
dogs shall
eat Jezebel in the
territory of
Jezreel, and
none shall
bury her.” Then he
opened the
door and
fled.
(NIV)
When Joram saw Jehu he asked, ‘Have you come in peace, Jehu?’
‘How can there be peace,’ Jehu replied, ‘as long as all the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?’
And when
Joram saw Jehu, he
said, “Is it
peace,
Jehu?” He
answered, “
What peace can there be, so long
as the
whorings and the
sorceries of your
mother Jezebel are so
many?”
(NIV)
Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard about it, she put on eye makeup, arranged her hair and looked out of a window.
When
Jehu came to
Jezreel,
Jezebel heard of it. And she
painted her
eyes and
adorned her
head and
looked out of the
window.
(NIV)
They went back and told Jehu, who said, ‘This is the word of the
Lord that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: on the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs will devour Jezebel’s flesh.
When they came
back and
told him, he
said, “This is the
word of the
Lord,
which he
spoke by his
servant Elijah the
Tishbite:
‘
In the
territory of
Jezreel the
dogs shall
eat the
flesh of
Jezebel,
(NIV)
Jezebel’s body will be like dung on the ground in the plot at Jezreel, so that no one will be able to say, “This is Jezebel.”’
and the
corpse of
Jezebel shall be
as dung on the
face of the
field in the
territory of
Jezreel, so
that no one can
say,
This is
Jezebel.’”
(NIV)
Nevertheless, I have this against you: you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.
(ESV)
But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
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