1 Kings 19:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• 1 Kings 19:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The prophet had not long to wait before learning the intentions of the queen. A priest’s daughter herself, she would avenge the slaughtered priests; a king’s wife and a king’s child, she would not...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, (b) 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. (b) Though the wicke...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  1 Kings 19:1-21 . Elijah's Flight to Horeb. His Commission. Jezebel, it will be noticed, can do no more than threaten Elijah: her power is limited. Elijah escapes to the southern extremity of Juda...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  to me. These words in italics are read in some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate. Compare 1 Kings 20:10 .

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. So let the gods do - If I...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah— This certainly was the effect of Jezebel's blind rage, and not of any prudence in her; for prudence would have advised her to conceal her resentment till she h...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Elijah at Horeb 2. Then Jezebel sent, etc.] Her religious feelings as a votary of Baal and her dignity as the queen had both been outraged by the prophet, and she at once sought revenge.

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  There is a certain grandeur of fearlessness and ruthlessness in the message of Jezebel, which marks her character throughout, and places it in striking contrast with the vacillating impressibility of...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  ELIJAH'S FLIGHT 1 Kings 19:1-4 "A still small voice comes through the wild, Like a father consoling his fretful child, Which banisheth bitterness, wrath and fear, Saying, ‘Man is distant, but G...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Exaltation and Depression 1 Kings 18:41-46 ; 1 Kings 19:1-8 When the priests had been executed, the quick ear of the prophet detected the hurrying rain-clouds. Note the contrast between Ahab a...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The slaughter of the prophets of Baal aroused the ire of Jezebel to such a degree that she sent a direct message full of fury to Elijah. There is no escaping the sadness of his attitude on receiving...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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 tomorrow about this time. And what a most detesta...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah ,.... In Jezreel, or near it, to frighten him away; not caring to seize him, and dispatch him, for fear of the people, in whom he had now a great interest;...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 2. So let the god...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah She gives him notice of her designs beforehand; partly from her high and haughty spirit, as scorning to kill him secretly; partly out of impatience till sh...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  ELIJAH FLEEING FROM JEZEBEL (vs.1-10) When Ahab informed his wife Jezebel of Elijah's having brought down the fire of God to consume his sacrifice, of the slaughter of the prophets of Baal and t...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Elijah's Flight from Jezebel. B. C. 906.       1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had don...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah; she gives him notice of it beforehand; partly, out of the height of her spirit, as scorning to kill him secretly and surreptitiously, and resolving to make him...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Depressed At What Appeared To Be Failure Elijah Flees To The Mountain Of God In Horeb (Sinai) And Is Sustained And Recommissioned By YHWH ( 1 Kings 19:1-18 ). Exultant because the battle appeared...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  ELIJAH DEJECTED, REPROVED, AND ENCOURAGED CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 1 Kings 19:2 . So let the gods do to me —The pl. אֱלֹהִימ is used commonly for GOD, Jehovah; but here appears for Jeze...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  1 Kings 19:2 . Jezebel swore to destroy Elijah. Ahab would perhaps have received the prophet as his monitor and guide, had it not been for this woman, now given over to a reprobate mind. 1 Kings...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION ELIJAH 'S FLIGHT THE THEOPHANY OF HOREB AND THE CALLING OF ELISHA .—We can readily understand with what a sense of humiliation and shame the weak and excited king,...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Elijah Flees before Jezebel

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 2:28 ; 1 Kings 20:10 ; 2 Kings 6:31 ; Acts 12:4-6 ; Daniel 3:15 ; Exodus 10:28 ; Exodus 15:9 ; James 4:13 ; James 4:14 ; Proverbs 27:1 ; Ruth 1:17

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Elijah Fleeing for His Life 1 Kings 19:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The story of the slaughter of the prophets of Baal. The people fell on their faces as soon as they saw that God consumed the s...

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• 1 Kings 19:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Jezebel sent — She gives him notice of it before hand: partly, out of the height of her spirit, as scorning to kill him secretly: partly, out of her impatience, till she had breathed out her rage:...

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