1 Kings 19:1

And Ahab declareth to Jezebel all that Elijah did, and all how he slew all the prophets by the sword,

Young's Literal Translation

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

2and Jezebel sendeth a messenger unto Elijah, saying, 'Thus doth the gods, and thus do they add, surely about this time to-morrow, I make thy life as the life of one of them.'

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Cross References

1 Kings 16:31And it cometh to pass — hath it been light his walking in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat? — then he taketh a wife, Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians, and goeth and serveth Baal, and boweth himself to it,

1 Kings 21:5And Jezebel his wife cometh in unto him, and speaketh unto him, 'What [is] this? — thy spirit sulky, and thou art not eating bread!'

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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