1 Kings 19:2

Elijah Flees from Jezebel · 1 Kings 19:1–8
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Translations

Modern
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”
Traditional
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.
Literal
And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “Thus may do the gods, and thus may they add, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life as the life of one of them.”
Latin
Misitque Jezabel nuntium ad Eliam, dicens: Hæc mihi faciant dii, et hæc addant, nisi hac hora cras posuero animam tuam sicut animam unius ex illis.

Original

Hebrew
English
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”

Notes

Jezebel threatened to kill Elijah within a day by speaking a curse. Solomon had made a similar threat against his half-brother Adonijah (1 Kings 2:23), and the king of Aram later used the same approach against Elisha (2 Kings 6:31). Jezebel was determined and ruthless in achieving her goals (1 Kings 21:5–15).

The prophet Elijah's work was closely tied to his spiritual growth. Elijah challenged Israel's interest in Baal, the Canaanite storm god. During this conflict, Elijah saw God's power and support, unlike Baal's weakness. This was shown in Elijah's contest with Baal's prophets on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:1–46). After fleeing from Jezebel, God renewed Elijah's mission at Mount Sinai (1 Kings 19:1–18). Elijah's mission was finished by his successor, Elisha (1 Kings 19:19–21).

Events

People

Elijah: A prophet during the reigns of Ahab and Ahaziah Jezebel: Queen of Israel; wife of King Ahab

Glossary

Ahab (King) Elijah John the Baptist Kings, Books of First and Second Miracle Remnant

Topics

Christian Minister: God's Care of Christian Minister: Trials and Persecutions of Escapes to the Wilderness from the Fierceness of Jezebel God: Feeding Elijah and the Widow Jezebel: Vowed to Kill Elijah King: Influential Queens: Jezebel Life: (Sacredness of, an Inference from What is Taught in the Law Concerning Murder): Elijah Malice: Jezebel Toward Elijah Miracles: Catalogue of Is Fed by an Angel Persecution: Spirit of Jezebel Revenge by Jezebel Revenge: Jezebel Women: Jezebel, in Her Persecution of Elijah