1 Kings 19:1
וַיַּגֵּד אַחְאָב לְאִיזֶבֶל אֵת כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה אֵלִיָּהוּ וְאֵת כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר הָרַג אֶת ־ כָּל ־ הַנְּבִיאִים בֶּחָֽרֶב ׃
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Cross References
1 Kings 16:31וַיְהִי הֲנָקֵל לֶכְתּוֹ בְּחַטֹּאות יָרָבְעָם בֶּן ־ נְבָט וַיִּקַּח אִשָּׁה אֶת ־ אִיזֶבֶל בַּת ־ אֶתְבַּעַל מֶלֶךְ צִידֹנִים וַיֵּלֶךְ וַֽיַּעֲבֹד אֶת ־ הַבַּעַל וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לֽוֹ ׃
1 Kings 21:5וַתָּבֹא אֵלָיו אִיזֶבֶל אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתְּדַבֵּר אֵלָיו מַה ־ זֶּה רוּחֲךָ סָרָה וְאֵינְךָ אֹכֵל לָֽחֶם ׃
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 19:1
We left Elijah at the entrance of Jezreel, still appearing publicly, and all the people's eyes upon him. In this chapter we have him again absconding, and driven into obscurity, at a time when he could ill be spared; but we are to look upon it as a punishment to Israel for the insincerity and inconstancy of their reformation. When people will not learn it is just with God to remove their teachers into corners. Now observe, I. How he was driven into banishment by the malice of Jezebel his sworn enemy, ver. 1-3 .… Read the whole commentary →