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English Standard Version

1 Kings 21:17

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Elijah;   Homicide;   Naboth;   Prophecy;   Repentance;   Usurpation;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Elijah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jezebel;   Jezreel;   Naboth;   Vine;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Lie;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Naboth;   Tishbite;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Festivals;   King, Kingship;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Naboth;   Oracles;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Justice;   Tishbite;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jezebel ;   Naboth ;   Tishbite ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Naboth;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elijah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Tish'bite, the,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Urim and Thummim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jezreel;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite:
Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came to Eliyah the Tishbi, saying,
King James Version
And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
New Century Version
At this time the Lord spoke his word to the prophet Elijah the Tishbite. The Lord said,
New English Translation
The Lord told Elijah the Tishbite:
Amplified Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the word of the Lord came vnto Eliiah the Tishbite, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said to Elijah the prophet,
Complete Jewish Bible
But the word of Adonai came to Eliyahu from Tishbe:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord spoke to Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe:
George Lamsa Translation
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Good News Translation
Then the Lord said to Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe,
Lexham English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the worde of the LORDE came to Elias the The?bite, and sayde:
American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the worde of the Lorde came vnto Elias the Thesbite, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And the word of the Lord came to Eliiah the Tishbite, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the young men the heads of the districts went forth first; and they send and report to the king of Syria, saying, There are men come forth out of Samaria.
English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the word of the Lord was maad to Elie of Thesbi,
Young's Literal Translation
And the word of Jehovah is unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Update Bible Version
And the word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
New Living Translation
But the Lord said to Elijah,
New Life Bible
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
New Revised Standard
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to Elias, the Thesbite, saying:
Revised Standard Version
Then the word of the LORD came to Eli'jah the Tishbite, saying,
THE MESSAGE
Then God stepped in and spoke to Elijah the Tishbite, "On your feet; go down and confront Ahab of Samaria, king of Israel. You'll find him in the vineyard of Naboth; he's gone there to claim it as his own. Say this to him: ‘ God 's word: What's going on here? First murder, then theft?' Then tell him, ‘ God 's verdict: The very spot where the dogs lapped up Naboth's blood, they'll lap up your blood—that's right, your blood.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Contextual Overview

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, where he has gone to take possession. 19 And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord , "Have you killed and also taken possession?"' And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord : "In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your own blood."'" 20 Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, O my enemy?" He answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord . 21 Behold, I will bring disaster upon you. I will utterly burn you up, and will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel. 22 And I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the anger to which you have provoked me, and because you have made Israel to sin. 23 And of Jezebel the Lord also said, ‘The dogs shall eat Jezebel within the walls of Jezreel.' 24 Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone of his who dies in the open country the birds of the heavens shall eat." 25 (There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited. 26 He acted very abominably in going after idols, as the Amorites had done, whom the Lord cast out before the people of Israel.)

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

2 Kings 1:15, 2 Kings 1:16, 2 Kings 5:26, Psalms 9:12, Isaiah 26:21

Reciprocal: Matthew 18:12 - into Mark 12:12 - knew

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: "Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great."
Genesis 16:9
The angel of the Lord said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her."
Genesis 16:11
And the angel of the Lord said to her, "Behold, you are pregnant and shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the Lord has listened to your affliction.
Genesis 21:1
The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah as he had promised.
Genesis 21:2
And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.
Genesis 21:4
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, "God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me."
Genesis 21:13
And I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring."
Genesis 21:14
So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Genesis 46:3
Then he said, "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the prophet,.... Where he now was, when this word came to him, is not certain; nor what he had been employed in for some time past, since we hear nothing of him since the unction of Elisha, other prophets of lesser note being employed in messages to Ahab from time to time; perhaps Elijah, while Ahab was engaged in war with the king of Syria, spent his time in founding or reviving the schools of the prophets, and instructing and training up those that were in them for public usefulness, since we afterwards hear of them; the word that came to him is, by the Targum, called the word of prophecy, as indeed it was, foretelling the destruction of Ahab and his house: saying; as follows.


 
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