2 Kings 9:8
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New International Version (©2011)
The whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel--slave or free.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The entire family of Ahab must be wiped out. I will destroy every one of his male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel.

English Standard Version (©2001)
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
'For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male person both bond and free in Israel.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will eliminate all of Ahab's males, both slave and free, in Israel.

International Standard Version (©2012)
The entire household of Ahab will die, and I will cut off from Ahab every male person in Israel, whether imprisoned or surviving.

NET Bible (©2006)
Ahab's entire family will die. I will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Ahab's entire family will die. I will destroy every male from Ahab's family, whether slave or freeman in Israel.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond and free that is left in Israel:

American King James Version
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that urinates against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:

American Standard Version
For 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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will destroy all the house of Achab, and I will cut off from Achab him that pisseth against the well, and him that is shut up, and the meanest in Israel.

Darby Bible Translation
And 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.

English Revised Version
For 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
For 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:

World English Bible
For the whole house of Ahab shall 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.

Young's Literal Translation
and 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,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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 right principles, he needed not to regard reproach or opposition. The murder of God's prophets is strongly noticed. Jezebel persisted in idolatry and enmity to Jehovah and his servants, and her iniquity was now full.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 8. - For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that passeth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel (see the comment on 1 Kings 14:10). While the exact force of the phrases used is doubtful, the general intention to embrace in the sentence all Ahab's posterity cannot be doubted.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the whole house of Ahab shall perish,.... Be cut off by death, and that in a violent manner, not one should escape:

and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel; of these phrases; see Gill on 1 Kings 14:10, 1 Kings 21:21

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Jehu Anointed King of Israel
…7And you shall smite the house of Ahab your 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. 8For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that urinates against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel: 9And 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: …

Deuteronomy 32:36 The LORD will vindicate his people and relent concerning his servants when he sees their strength is gone and no one is left, slave or free.
1 Samuel 25:22 May God deal with David, be it ever so severely, if by morning I leave alive one male of all who belong to him!"
1 Kings 14:10 "'Because of this, I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel--slave or free. I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is all gone.
1 Kings 21:21 He says, 'I am going to bring disaster on you. I will wipe out your descendants and cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel--slave or free.
2 Kings 10:17 When Jehu came to Samaria, he killed all who were left there of Ahab's family; he destroyed them, according to the word of the LORD spoken to Elijah.
2 Kings 14:26 The LORD had seen how bitterly everyone in Israel, whether slave or free, was suffering; there was no one to help them.