1 Kings 19:2 KJV — MannaFest

1 Kings 19:2

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 to morrow about this time.

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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.

WEB

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!”

YLT

and Jezebel sendeth a messenger unto Elijah, saying, `Thus doth the gods, and thus do they add, surely about this time to-morrow, I make thy life as the life of one of them.'

DBT

And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, So do thegods [to me], and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time!

About this book

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1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
Date: Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile

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2 Kings 6:31
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
1 Kings 20:10
And Ben–hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
Ruth 1:17
Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
Daniel 3:15
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Proverbs 27:1
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

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I am apt to think that though she desired nothing more than his blood, yet, at this time, she durst not meddle with him for fear of the people, all counting him a prophet, a great prophet, and therefore sent this message to him merely to frighten him and get him out of the way. for the present, that he might not carry on what he had begun.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

), lest the worshippers of Baal should triumph and blaspheme the God of Israel, whom they will think themselves too hard for, if they can run down his advocate. He pleads, "It is enough.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Do to me, &c. - So far was she from being changed by that evident miracle, that she persists in her former idolatry, and adds to it a monstrous confidence, that in spight of God she would destroy his prophet.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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1KI 19:2PRO 27:1 JAS 4:13-16
1KI 19:2PRO 27:1 LUK 12:19-20
1KI 19:2RUT 1:17 1SA 3:17
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1KI 19:2RUT 1:17 1KI 2:23
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1KI 19:2PRO 27:1 2CO 6:2
1KI 19:2DAN 3:15 ACT 5:29
1KI 19:2RUT 1:17 2SA 19:13
1KI 19:2RUT 1:17 2KI 6:31

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