1 Kings 19:2 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 19:2

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

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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 quail before a subject. That very night a messenger declared her determination to compass the prophet’s death within the space of a day. So let the gods ... - A common oath about this time (marginal references).

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתִּשְׁלַ֤ח	va.tish.Lach	and she sent	H7971 →
אִיזֶ֙בֶל֙	'i.Ze.vel	Jezebel	H348 →
מַלְאָ֔ךְ	mal.'Akh	a messenger	H4397 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אֵלִיָּ֖הוּ	'e.li.Ya.hu	Elijah	H452 →
לֵאמֹ֑ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
כֹּֽה־	koh-	thus	H3541 →
יַעֲשׂ֤וּן	ya.'a.Sun	may they do !	H6213 →
אֱלֹהִים֙	'E.lo.Him	[the] gods	H430 →
וְכֹ֣ה	ve.Khoh	and thus	H3541 →
יוֹסִפ֔וּן	yo.si.Fun	may they add !	H3254 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	if	H3588 →
כָעֵ֤ת	kha.'Et	about <the> this time	H6256 →
מָחָר֙	ma.Char	tomorrow	H4279 →
אָשִׂ֣ים	'a.Sim	I will make	H7760 →
אֶֽת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
נַפְשְׁךָ֔	naf.she.Kha	life your	H5315 →
כְּנֶ֖פֶשׁ	ke.Ne.fesh	like [the] life of	H5315 →
אַחַ֥ד	'a.Chad	one	H259 →
מֵהֶֽם׃	me.Hem	from them

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 27:1
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
leads to
- James 4:13–16
  Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
- Luke 12:19–20
  Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
- 2 Corinthians 6:2
  For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!
Through
Ruth 1:17
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 3:17
  “What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Kings 2:23
  Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 19:13
  And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
- 2 Kings 6:31
  He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”
Through
Daniel 3:15
Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I…
leads to
- Acts 5:29
  But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.