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1 Kings 19:2

Then Jezebel sent a servant to Elijah, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

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Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

In Context

1Ahab gave Jezebel news of all Elijah had done, and how he had put all the prophets to death with the sword.

3And he got up, fearing for his life, and went in flight, and came to Beer-sheba in Judah, parting there from his servant;

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Cross References

Exodus 10:28And Pharaoh said to him, Go away from me, take care that you come not again before me; for the day when you see my face again will be your last.

Ruth 1:17Wherever death comes to you, death will come to me, and there will be my last resting-place; the Lord do so to me and more if we are parted by anything but death.

1 Kings 2:28And news of this came to Joab; for Joab had been one of Adonijah's supporters, though he had not been on Absalom's side. Then Joab went in flight to the Tent of the Lord, and put his hands on the horns of the altar.

2 Kings 6:31Then he said, May God's punishment come on me if Elisha, the son of Shaphat, keeps his head on his body after this day.

2 Kings 19:22Against whom have you said evil and bitter things? against whom has your voice been loud and your eyes lifted up? even against the Holy One of Israel.

Proverbs 27:1Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 19:2-9

Elijah's Flight from Jezebel. ( b. c. 906.) 1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. 3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the… Read the whole commentary →

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