1 Kings 21:19

And thou shalt speak unto him;. saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed [ הֲרָצַחְתָּ , a rare and expressive word. We might render, slaughtered ] , and also [this word suggests that Jezebel's programme, which he had accepted, was fast being accomplished. But in the very hour of its completion it should be interrupted] taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord [For the repetition, see on 1 Kings 20:13 , 1 Kings 20:14 ], In the place where dogs [ LXX . αἱ ὗες καὶ οἱ κύνες ] licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood [according to the lex talionis, as in 1 Kings 20:42 ], even thine. [Heb. even thou . The LXX . adds, "And the harlots shall bathe in thy blood." For the construction see Gesen; Gram. § 119. 3; and cf. Genesis 27:34 ; Proverbs 23:15 ; Psalms 9:7 . Thenius contends that there is a contradiction between this ver. and 1 Kings 22:38 (together with 2 Kings 9:25 ) which is absolutely insuperable. But as Bähr observes, "How thoughtless our author must have been if in two consecutive chapters— i.e; on the same leaf, as it were—he had inadvertently inserted direct contradictions." And the following considerations will show that the discrepancy is only apparent.