1 Kings 16:31 Cross References - Rotherham

³¹ And it come to pass, as though it had been too light a thing that he should walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and bowed down to him.

² that, the sons of God, saw, the daughters of men, that they were, fair,––so they took to themselves wives of whomsoever they chose.

¹⁵ And she said unto her, Is it, a small thing, that thou hast taken away my husband? And wouldst thou take away, even the mandrakes of my son? Then said Rachel, Therefore, shall he lie with thee to–night, for the mandrakes of thy son.

⁹ Is it too small a thing for you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the assembly of Israel, to bring you near unto himself,––to do the laborious work of the habitation of Yahweh, and to stand before the assembly, to wait upon them?

³ neither shalt thou intermarry with them,––thy daughter, shalt thou not give unto his son, nor, his daughter, shalt thou take for thy son; ⁴ for he will turn aside thy son from following me, and they will serve other gods,––so shall the anger of Yahweh kindle upon you, and he will destroy thee, speedily.

¹² But, if ye, do in any wise turn back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, these which remain with you,––and intermarry with them, and go in with them, and, they, with you; ¹³ know, that Yahweh your God will no further drive out these nations from before you,––but they will become unto you a snare and a hook, and a goad in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye have perished from off this goodly soil, which Yahweh your God hath given unto you.

¹¹ So the sons of Israel did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh,––and served the Baals;

⁷ Thus did the sons of Israel the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh, and forgat Yahweh their God,––and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

⁶ And the sons of Israel again did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh, and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines,––and forsook Yahweh, and served him not.

¹² The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, oppressed you,––and ye made outcry unto me, and I saved you out of their hand.

⁷ So the five men went their way, and entered Laish,––and saw the people who were therein, dwelling securely, after the manner of the Zidonians, quietly and securely, and there was no one to reproach them with anything in the land, none to possess himself of dominion, they being, far away, from the Zidonians, and having no dealings with any one.

¹ But, King Solomon, loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh,––women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, Hittites: ² out of the nations concerning whom Yahweh had said unto the sons of Israel––Ye shall not go in unto them, and, they, shall not come in unto you, surely they will turn aside your heart after their gods. Unto these, did Solomon cleave in love.

⁴ Yea it came to pass, in the old age of Solomon, that, his wives, turned aside his heart after other gods,––his heart therefore was not sound with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father. ⁵ And Solomon went after Ashtoreth, goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites. ⁶ Thus Solomon did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,––and went not fully after Yahweh, as did David his father. ⁷ Then, did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem,––and for Molech, the abomination of the sons of Ammon; ⁸ and, thus, did he for all his foreign wives,––who burned incense and offered sacrifices unto their gods.

⁴ And so it came to pass, when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of Yahweh, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifties in caves, and sustained them, with bread and water.

¹⁹ Now, therefore, send, gather unto me all Israel, unto Mount Carmel,––and the prophets of Baal, four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the Sacred Stem, four hundred, who do eat at the table of Jezebel.

¹ And Ahab told Jezebel, all that Elijah had done,––and withal, how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. ² Then sent Jezebel a messenger unto Elijah, saying,––So, let the gods do, and, so, let them add, if, by this time tomorrow, I make not thy life as the life of one of them.

⁵ Then came unto him Jezebel his wife,––and said unto him––Why is it, that thy spirit is sullen, that thou art, not eating food? ⁶ And he said unto her––Because I spake unto Naboth, the Jezreelite, and said unto him––Come! give me thy vineyard for silver, or, if thou wouldst prefer, I will give thee a vineyard, in its stead; and he said––I will not give thee my vineyard. ⁷ Then Jezebel his wife said unto him: Art, thou, still, going to carry on the kingdom over Israel? Rise! eat food, and let thy heart be merry, I, will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite! ⁸ So she wrote letters, in the name of Ahab, and sealed them with his signet–ring,––and sent the letters unto the elders, and unto the nobles who were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. ⁹ Now she wrote in the letters, saying,––Proclaim ye a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people; ¹⁰ then let two reckless men take their seats before him, that they may bear witness against him, saying, Thou hast reviled God and king! then shall ye carry him forth and stone him, that he die. ¹¹ So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did just as Jezebel had sent unto them,––as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them: ¹² they proclaimed a fast,––and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people. ¹³ Then came in the two reckless men, and sat before him, and the men bare witness against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, Naboth hath reviled God and king! So they carried him forth, outside the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. ¹⁴ Then sent they unto Jezebel, saying,––Naboth is stoned and is dead.

²⁵ But indeed, there was none like Ahab, who sold himself to do the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,––whom Jezebel his wife goaded on; ²⁶ so that he did very abominably, in going after the manufactured gods,––according to all which the Amorites had done, whom Yahweh dispossessed from before the sons of Israel.

³⁰ Now, when Jehu entered Jezreel and, Jezebel, heard of it, she set her eyes in stibium, and ornamented her head, and looked forth through the lattice. ³¹ So, when, Jehu, had entered in at the gate, she said, Was it peace, when Zimri slew his lord? ³² And he lifted up his face unto the lattice, and said––Who, is with me? Who? And there looked out unto him, two or three eunuchs. ³³ And he said––Hurl her down. And they hurled her down,––and there was sprinkled of her blood––upon the wall, and upon the horses, and they trode upon her. ³⁴ And, when he had entered and eaten and drunk, he said––Look, I pray you, after this accursed woman, and bury her, for the daughter of a king, she is. ³⁵ So they went to bury her,––but found not of her––save the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands. ³⁶ Then came they back, and told him, and he said––The word of Yahweh, it is, which he spake by the hand of his servant, Elijah the Tishbite, saying––In the town–land of Jezreel, shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel! ³⁷ So shall the carcass of Jezebel become like heaps of dung on the face of the field, in the town–land of Jezreel: So that they cannot say, This, is Jezebel!

¹⁸ Then Jehu gathered together all the people, and said unto them,––Ahab, served Baal, a little,––Jehu, will serve him, much.

¹⁶ But they forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made for themselves something molten––two calves, and made a Sacred Stem, and bowed themselves down to all the army of the heavens, and served Baal;

²³ Moreover, in these days, saw I the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, of Moab; ²⁴ and, their children, were one–half speaking the language of Ashdod, and understood not how to speak the language of the Jews,––but after the tongue of both people. ²⁵ So I contended with them, and laid a curse upon them, and I smote, from among them, certain men, and pulled out their hair,––and I put them on oath by God, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take of their daughters, for your sons nor for yourselves. ²⁶ Was it not, over these things, that Solomon king of Israel sinned––though, among many nations, there was no king such as he, and he was, beloved by his God, and so God gave him to be king over all Israel,––even him, did foreign women, cause to sin. ²⁷ Unto you, then, shall we hearken, to do all this great wickedness, to act unfaithfully with our God,––by marrying foreign wives? ²⁸ And, one of the sons of Joiada, son of Eliashib the high priest, was son–in–law to Sanballat the Horonite,––therefore I chased him from me. ²⁹ Remember them, O my God,––on account of the Defilings of the Priesthood, and the Covenant of the Priesthood, and of the Levites.

¹³ Then said he––Hear, I pray you, O house of David! Is it, too little, for you to weary, men, that ye must weary, even my God?

¹⁷ Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen, O son of man? Is it too small a thing for the house of Judah, to be committing the abominations which they have committed here,––that they have filled the land with violence, and have again, provoked me to anger, and there they are! putting the branch to my nose.

²⁰ And thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters, Whom thou hadst borne unto me, And didst sacrifice them unto them, to be devoured,––Is this, of thine unchastity, a light thing?

⁴⁷ Yet, not in their ways, didst thou walk, nor, according to their abominations, didst thou do,––As though that were quite too little, thou didst corrupt thyself beyond them, in all thy ways.

¹⁸ Is it too small a thing for you that, on the good pasture, ye feed, But, the remainder of your pastures, ye must needs trample down with your feet? Or that, of the pure waters, ye drink, But, the waters left remaining––with your feet, ye must needs foul?

²⁰ Nevertheless, I have against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, she who calleth herself a prophetess, and is teaching and leading astray my own servants to commit lewdness and to eat idol–sacrifices;