
1 Kings 21:16-22:53 (Episode 320)
40 Minutes In The Old Testament
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Elijah's Confrontation of Ahab
Elijah is to confront Ahab and tell him basically he's going to suffer the penalty for what he along with Jezebel have done. The word translated there as male is the one we've seen multiple times beginning already in 1 Samuel. So it's not just kind of an idiom that's thrown out there instead of saying, man, you say he who pisseth against the wall. It's a purposely pejorative in these judgment context to talk about what is going to befall all those who are part of the male descendants of whoever is being condemned.
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