1 Kings 19:17
And it has been, he who has escaped from the sword of Hazael, Jehu puts to death, and he who has escaped from the sword of Jehu, Elisha puts to death;
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2 Kings 2:23And he goes up from there to Beth-El, and he is going up in the way, and little youths have come out from the city, and scoff at him, and say to him, “Go up, bald-head! Go up, bald-head!”
2 Kings 9:14And Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, conspires against Joram. And Joram was keeping in Ramoth-Gilead, he and all Israel, from the presence of Hazael king of Aram,
2 Kings 10:32In those days YHWH has begun to cut off [some] in Israel, and Hazael strikes them in all the border of Israel,
2 Kings 13:22And Hazael king of Aram has oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz,
Isaiah 24:17Fear, and a snare, and a trap, || [Are] on you, O inhabitant of the earth.
Hosea 6:5Therefore I have hewed by prophets, || I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, || And My judgments go forth to the light.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 19:10-19
Elijah's Converse with God. ( b. c. 906.) 9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? 10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord .… Read the whole commentary →