King James Version
2 Kings 9:8 in the King James Version says “For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that i...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:”
2 Kings 9:8 · KJV
And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall perish”
H6properly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“For the whole house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“and I will cut off”
H3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt
“and him that is shut up”
H6113to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble
“in Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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