2 Kings 9 · Verse 8

2 Kings 9:8

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, King James Version

2 Kings 9:8 in other translations

BSBThe whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel.
WEBFor the whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, both him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.
ASVFor the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel.
YLTand perished hath all the house of Ahab, and I have cut off to Ahab those sitting on the wall, and restrained, and left, in Israel,
DARBYAnd the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, and him that is shut up and left in Israel.
BBEFor the family of Ahab will come to an end; every male of Ahab's family will be cut off, he who is shut up and he who goes free in Israel.
WebsterFor the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab the males, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:

What does 2 Kings 9:8 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 9:1-10

In these and the like events, we must acknowledge the secret working of God, disposing men to fulfil his purposes respecting them. Jehu was anointed king over Israel, by the Lord's special choice. The Lord still had a remnant of his people, and would yet preserve his worship among them. Of this Jehu was reminded. He was commanded to destroy the house of Ahab, and, as far as he acted in obedience to God, and upon…

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2 Kings 9:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאָבַ֖דve.'a.Vadand it will perishH6
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
אַחְאָ֑ב'ach.'AvAhabH256
וְהִכְרַתִּ֤יve.hikh.ra.Tiand I will cut offH3772
לְאַחְאָב֙le.'ach.'Avto AhabH256
מַשְׁתִּ֣יןmash.Tin[one who] urinatesH8366
בְּקִ֔ירbe.Kiron a wallH7023
וְעָצ֥וּרve.'a.Tzurand shut upH6113
וְעָז֖וּבve.'a.Zuvand freedH5800
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃be.Yis.ra.'Elin IsraelH3478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 9:8

  • Deuteronomy 32:36

    For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

  • 1 Samuel 25:22

    So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

  • 2 Kings 14:26

    For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.

  • 2 Kings 10:17

    And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the Lord, which he spake to Elijah.

  • 1 Kings 21:21-22

    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, And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.

  • 1 Kings 14:10-11

    Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the Lord hath spoken it.

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I will cut off.
1Ki 14:10,11; 21:21,22
him that pisseth.
1Sa 25:22
him that is shut up.
14:26; De 32:36

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Context

  • 2 Kings 9:7

    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.

  • 2 Kings 9:8

    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 9:9

    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:

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2 Kings 9:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y perecerá toda la casa de Achâb, y talaré de Achâb todo meante á la pared, así al guardado como al desamparado en Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et toute la maison d’Achab périra; et je retrancherai à Achab tous les mâles, l’homme lié et l’homme libre en Israël;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ja, das ganze Haus Ahabs soll umkommen; und ich werde von Ahab ausrotten, was männlich ist, sowohl den Gebundenen als auch den Freien in Israel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Perdamque omnem domum Achab: et interficiam de Achab mingentem ad parietem, et clausum et novissimum in Israël.