1 Kings 19:2
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!"
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1Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
Cross References
Exodus 10:28Pharaoh said to him, "Get away from me! Be careful to see my face no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die!"
Ruth 1:17where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death part you and me."
1 Kings 2:28The news came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he did not turn after Absalom. Joab fled to the Tent of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
2 Kings 6:31Then he said, "God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stay on him this day."
2 Kings 19:22Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow;for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
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 →