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1 Kings 16:4

Baasha

2 “Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.

3 So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:

Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”

5 As for the rest of the acts of Baasha, along with his accomplishments and might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

6 And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.

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BSB
Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”
KJV
Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
WEB
The dogs will eat Baasha’s descendants who die in the city; and he who dies of his in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.”
ASV
Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat.
DARBY
Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat, and him that dieth of his in the field shall the fowl of the heavens eat.
BLB
Whoever dies of Baasha in the city the dogs shall eat, and whoever dies of him in the fields the birds of the heavens shall eat.”
ÅB
Den av Baesas slekt som dør i byen, skal hundene fortære, og den av hans slekt som dør på marken, skal himmelens fugler fortære.
OTB
Enhver som tilhører Baesa og dør i byen, skal hundene spise, og enhver som dør på marken, skal fuglene under himmelen spise."
B1930
Den av Baesas ætt som dør i byen, skal hundene fortære, og den av hans ætt som dør på marken, skal himmelens fugler fortære.

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 14:11

    Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken.

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  • 1 Kings 21:24

    Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”

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