Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
1 Kings 21:22
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 11, page 359, footnote 2 (Image)
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... evil upon thee, and will cut down thy posterity, and will kill of Ahab every male, and him that is shut up and the last in Israel. And I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahiah: for that which thou hast done to provoke Me to anger, and for making Israel to sin. The dogs also shall eat Jezebel in the field of Jezreel. If Ahab die in the city, the dogs shall eat him: but if he die in the field the birds of the air shall eat him,”[1 Kings 21:21-24] and this which is threatened as the greatest threat of all: “Thy dead body shall not be brought to the sepulchre of thy fathers.” It was not that this short and momentary punishment would suffice to purge away the blasphemous inventions of him who ...