1 Kings 19:1

And Ahab told Jezebel, all that Elijah had done,—and withal, how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

In Context

2Then sent Jezebel a messenger unto Elijah, saying,—So, let the gods do, and, so, let them add, if, by this time to-morrow, I make not thy life as the life of one of them.

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Cross References

1 Kings 16:31And it come to pass, as though it had been too light a thing that he should walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and bowed down to him.

1 Kings 21:5Then came unto him Jezebel his wife,—and said unto him—Why is it, that thy spirit is sullen, that thou art, not eating food?

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 →

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