2 Kings 9:7-8

9:7 You will destroy the family of your master Ahab. ¹  I will get revenge against Jezebel for the shed blood of my servants the prophets and for the shed blood of all the Lord’s servants. ²  9:8 Ahab’s entire family will die. I ³  will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated. ⁴ 

2 Kings 21:3

21:3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole just like King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky ⁵  and worshiped ⁶  them.

2 Kings 21:13

21:13 I will destroy Jerusalem the same way I did Samaria ⁷  and the dynasty of Ahab. ⁸  I will wipe Jerusalem clean, just as one wipes a plate on both sides. ⁹ 

2 Kings 21:2

21:2 He did evil in the sight of ¹⁰  the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations ¹¹  whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.

2 Kings 21:13

21:13 I will destroy Jerusalem the same way I did Samaria ¹²  and the dynasty of Ahab. ¹³  I will wipe Jerusalem clean, just as one wipes a plate on both sides. ¹⁴ 

Micah 6:16

6:16 You implement the regulations of Omri,

and all the practices of Ahab’s dynasty; ¹⁵ 

you follow their policies. ¹⁶ 

Therefore I will make you an appalling sight, ¹⁷ 

the city’s ¹⁸  inhabitants will be taunted derisively, ¹⁹ 

and nations will mock all of you.” ²⁰ 

¹ tn Or “strike down the house of Ahab your master.”

² tn Heb “I will avenge the shed blood of my servants the prophets and the shed blood of all the servants of the Lord from the hand of Jezebel.”

³ tc The LXX has the second person, “you.”

⁴ tn Heb “and I will cut off from Ahab those who urinate against a wall, [including both those who are] restrained and let free [or, ‘abandoned’] in Israel.” On the phrase וְעָצוּר וְעָזוּב (vÿ’atsur vÿ’azur, translated here “weak and incapacitated”) see the note at 1 Kgs 14:10.

⁵ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 17:16.

⁶ tn Or “served.”

⁷ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

⁸ tn Heb “I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria, and the plumb line of the house of Ahab.” The measuring line and plumb line are normally used in building a structure, not tearing it down. But here they are used ironically as metaphors of judgment, emphasizing that he will give careful attention to the task of judgment.

⁹ tn Heb “just as one wipes a plate, wiping and turning [it] on its face.” The word picture emphasizes how thoroughly the Lord will judge the city.

¹⁰ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹¹ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

¹² map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹³ tn Heb “I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria, and the plumb line of the house of Ahab.” The measuring line and plumb line are normally used in building a structure, not tearing it down. But here they are used ironically as metaphors of judgment, emphasizing that he will give careful attention to the task of judgment.

¹⁴ tn Heb “just as one wipes a plate, wiping and turning [it] on its face.” The word picture emphasizes how thoroughly the Lord will judge the city.

¹⁵ tn Heb “the edicts of Omri are kept, and all the deeds of the house of Ahab.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “and you walk in their plans.”

¹⁷ tn The Hebrew term שַׁמָּה (shammah) can refer to “destruction; ruin,” or to the reaction it produces in those who witness the destruction.

¹⁸ tn Heb “her”; the referent (the city) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁹ tn Heb “[an object] of hissing,” which was a way of taunting someone.

²⁰ tc The translation assumes an emendation of the MT’s עַמִּי (’ammi, “my people”) to עַמִּים (’ammim, “nations”).