1 Kings 21:21

“Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,”

"Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel," - 1 Kings 21:21
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What does 1 Kings 21:21 mean?

The verse 1 Kings 21:21, from the King James Version of the Bible, reads as follows: "Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel." This verse is…

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1 Kings 21:21 - "Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,"
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1 Kings 21:14 - "Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead."
1 Kings 21:28 - "And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,"
1 Kings 21:17 - "¶ And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,"
1 Kings 21:12 - "They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people."
1 Kings 20:21 - "And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter."
1 Kings 22:21 - "And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him."
1 Kings 2:21 - "And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife."
1 Kings 21:1 - "And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria."
1 Chronicles 16:21 - "He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,"
1 Kings 21:9 - "And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:"
1 Kings 21:23 - "And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel."
1 Kings 15:21 - "And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah."
1 Kings 2:1 - "Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,"
2 Kings 21:21 - "And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:"
1 Kings 21:24 - "Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat."
1 Kings 21:3 - "And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee."
1 Kings 1:21 - "Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders."
2 Kings 2:21
"And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying," - 1 Kings 21:28
"¶ And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying," - 1 Kings 21:17
"Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead." - 1 Kings 21:14
1 Kings 21:5 - "¶ But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?"
1 Kings 16:21 - "¶ Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri."
1 Kings 21:18 - "Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it."