1 Kings 21:23

And of Jezebel [Heb. to Jezebel . LXX . τῇ ̓ιεζάβελ . But we cannot be sure that she also received a message of doom Elijah, as לְ : like אֶל after verbs of from speaking sometimes has the meaning of, concerning . Cf. Genesis 20:13 ; Psalms 3:3 ; 9:54 ; 2 Kings 19:32 . Moreover if the denunciation had been direct, it would have run, "The dogs shall eat thee, " etc. See also 2 Kings 19:27 ] also spake the Lord [Probably at the same time. Certainly by the same prophet ( 2 Kings 9:1-37 :86). Elijah's words to Ahab appear to he only partially recorded ( ib ; 2 Kings 19:26 )], saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel [see on 1 Kings 14:11 ] by the wall [ חֵל . same word as חַיל , is used of the strength and defences of a town, sc . its fortifications, and especially of the ditch or moat before them. Cf. 2 Samuel 20:15 . The LXX . render by προτείχισμα or περίτειχος , the Vulgate by antemurale . "There is always in Oriental towns a space outside the walls which lies uncultivated and which is naturally used for the deposit of refuse of every kind. Here the dogs prowl, and the kites and vultures find many a feast" (Rawlinson). In 2 Samuel 21:12 we find the bodies of Saul and Jonathan impaled in the open space (A.V. "street") of Bethshean. This heap of refuse—for such the place soon be-comes—is called in the Arabian Nights "the mounds" (Stanley)] of Jezreel. [Retribution should overtake her near the scene of her latest crime ( 2 Kings 9:36 ). By this the just judgment of God would be made the more conspicuous.