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1 Kings 18:13 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 18 · verse 13
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?1 Kings 18:13 · King James Version
1 Kings 18:13 in context
11And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
12And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
13Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
14And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
15And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- prophetsnâbîyʼa prophet or inspired manH5030 →
- JezebelʼÎyzebelIzebel, the wife of king AhabH348 →
- hundredmêʼâha hundredH3967 →
- fiftychămishshîymfiftyH2572 →
- toldnâgadproperly, to frontH5046 →
- lordʼâdôwnsovereignH113 →
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In these verses we find, I. The sad state of Israel at this time, upon two accounts: - 1. Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord (Kg1 18:4), slew them, Kg1 18:13. Being an idolater, she was a persecutor, and made Ahab one.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-16