1 Kings 21:25

21:25 (There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed to doing evil in the sight of the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel.

Proverbs 10:7

10:7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing,

but the reputation of the wicked will rot.

Isaiah 65:15

65:15 Your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones.

The sovereign Lord will kill you,

but he will give his servants another name.

Matthew 25:41

25:41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!


tn Heb “who sold himself.”

tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

tn Heb “like Ahab…whom his wife Jezebel incited.”

sn “Memory” (זֵכֶר, zekher) and “name” are often paired as synonyms. “Memory” in this sense has to do with reputation, fame. One’s reputation will be good or bad by righteousness or wickedness respectively.

tn Heb “name.” The term “name” often functions as a metonymy of association for reputation (BDB 1028 s.v. שֵׁם 2.b).

tn The editors of BHS suggest a reading “will be cursed” to make a better parallelism, but the reading of the MT is more striking as a metaphor.

tn Heb “you will leave your name for an oath to my chosen ones.”

tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.