Bible in Basic English
"Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,"
— 1 Kings 21:28, Bible in Basic English
“And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,”
“And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ”
“The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,”
“The LORD’s message came to Elijah the Tishbite,”
“And the word of the Lord came to Elias, the Thesbite, saying:”
“And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,”
(There was no one like Ahab, who gave himself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, moved to it by Jezebel his wife.
He did a very disgusting thing in going after false gods, doing all the things the Amorites did, whom the Lord sent out before the children of Israel.)
Hearing these words, Ahab, in great grief, put haircloth on his flesh and went without food, sleeping in haircloth, and going about quietly.
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Do you see how Ahab has made himself low before me? because he has made himself low before me, I will not send the evil in his life-time, but in his son's time I will send the evil on his family.