1 Kings 21 God Sends Elijah to Threaten Ahab

 1 Kings 21

God Sends Elijah to Threaten Ahab

17 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria; behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.

19 And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says the Lord: Did you not murder and take possession of the inheritance? Then you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says the Lord: In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs shall lick your blood, even your own.

20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me my enemy? And he said, I have found you, for you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the Lord.

21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will cut off thy seed, and will cut off every male from Ahab, and the shut up and forsaken in Israel:

22 And I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, because of the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me, and hast made Israel to sin.

23 And concerning Jezebel also the LORD spake, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field the birds of the air shall eat.

25 But there was none like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD: for Jezebel his wife stirred him up.

26 And he committed great abominations, following idols, according to all that the Amorites had done, whom the Lord had driven out before the children of Israel.

27 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his body, and fasted; and he lay in sackcloth, and walked quietly.

28 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

29 Have you not seen how Ahab humbles himself before Me? Because he humbles himself before Me, I will not bring this evil in his days; but in the days of his son I will bring this evil on his house.