1 Kings 19:1
in 1 Kings 19Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
KJV
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
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This verse in 1 Kings 19
Commentary
4 notes on this verseHis heart was set upon them, and he aggravated the slaying of them as Elijah's crime, without taking notice that it was a just reprisal upon Jezebel for killing God's prophets, ch. xviii.
This site's exposition
all that Elijah had done
on 1 Kings 19:1-2
Ahab reports Carmel accurately and draws no conclusion from it: the king who watched fire fall and heard all Israel confess the Lord he is the God tells his wife only that the prophets are dead. Jezebel answers with an oath sworn by her own gods, promising Elijah's life within a day. The victory of chapter eighteen survives one king's silence and does not survive one queen's threat.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Ahab told Jezebel - Probably with no evil design against Elijah.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּגֵּ֤ד | vaiyaged | and he told | H5046 → | 370 times |
| אַחְאָב֙ | ʾachav | Ahab | H256 → | 92 times |
| לְאִיזֶ֔בֶל | leizevel | to Jezebel | H348 → | 22 times |
| אֵ֛ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֖ה | ʾasah | he had done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֵלִיָּ֑הוּ | ʾeliyahu | Elijah | H452 → | 71 times |
| וְאֵ֨ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הָרַ֛ג | harag | he had killed | H2026 → | 167 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים | haneviim | the prophets | H5030 → | 314 times |
| בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ | becharev | with the sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
וַיַּגֵּ֤דand he told
vaiyagedH5046 →370 times
אַחְאָב֙Ahab
ʾachavH256 →92 times
לְאִיזֶ֔בֶלto Jezebel
leizevelH348 →22 times
אֵ֛ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֖הhe had done
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
אֵלִיָּ֑הוּElijah
ʾeliyahuH452 →71 times
וְאֵ֨תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הָרַ֛גhe had killed
haragH2026 →167 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַנְּבִיאִ֖יםthe prophets
haneviimH5030 →314 times
בֶּחָֽרֶב׃with the sword
becharevH2719 →413 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 21:25(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
it leads to
- Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
- 1 Kings 21:20
When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of…
- 1 Kings 16:30–33
However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.
- Proverbs 22:14
Through
1 Kings 16:31And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 17:16
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served…
- 2 Kings 10:18
Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.
- 2 Kings 17:16
Through
1 Kings 18:40Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.
it leads to
- Judges 4:7
And I will draw out Sisera the commander of Jabin’s army, his chariots, and his troops to the River Kishon, and I will deliver him into your hand.’”
- Deuteronomy 18:20
But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put…
- Deuteronomy 13:5
Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the…
- Judges 4:7
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonDivided kingdomElijahThe Tishbite who shut heaven for three years and a half, called down fire on Carmel, heard the still small voice at Horeb, and wen…
- PersonDivided kingdomJezebelSidonian princess and Ahab's queen who institutionalized Baal worship in Israel, ordered Elijah's death after Carmel, and engineer…
- PersonDivided kingdomAhabSeventh king of the northern kingdom, son of Omri, who "did evil above all that were before him"; Elijah's chief antagonist, conde…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
