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href="/bsb/1_kings/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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!” <a href="/kjv/1_kings/19.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/19.htm">New King James Version</a> Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.” <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more so, if by about this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them.” <a href="/nasb/1_kings/19.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, &#8220So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.” <a href="/lsb/1_kings/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by about this time tomorrow.” <a href="/amp/1_kings/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me, and even more, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them.” <a href="/csb/1_kings/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods punish me and do so severely if I don’t make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow! ” <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, &#8220May the gods punish me and do so severely if I don&#8217t make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow!&#8221 <a href="/asv/1_kings/19.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/1_kings/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> She sent a message to Elijah: "You killed my prophets. Now I'm going to kill you! I pray that the gods will punish me even more severely if I don't do it by this time tomorrow." <a href="/erv/1_kings/19.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah. She said, "May the gods strike me dead if by this time tomorrow I don't take your life the way you took the lives of Baal's prophets." <a href="/gnt/1_kings/19.htm">Good News Translation</a> She sent a message to Elijah: "May the gods strike me dead if by this time tomorrow I don't do the same thing to you that you did to the prophets." <a href="/isv/1_kings/19.htm">International Standard Version</a> Jezebel sent a messenger to tell Elijah, "May the gods do the same to me and even more if tomorrow about this time I haven't made you like one of those prophets you had killed." <a href="/msb/1_kings/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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!? <a href="/net/1_kings/19.htm">NET Bible</a> Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, "May the gods judge me severely if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!" <a href="/nheb/1_kings/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time." <a href="/wbt/1_kings/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Then Jezebel sent a messenger to 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. <a href="/web/1_kings/19.htm">World English Bible</a> Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don’t make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and Jezebel sends a messenger to Elijah, saying, “Thus the gods do, and thus do they add—surely about this time tomorrow, I make your life as the life of one of them.” <a href="/ylt/1_kings/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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.' <a href="/slt/1_kings/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Jezebel will send a messenger to Elijah, saying, Thus will God do and thus will he add that according to the time to-morrow I will set thy soul as the soul of one of them.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And Jezabel sent a messenger to Elias, saying: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and add still more, if by this hour to morrow I make not thy life as the life of one of them. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And so Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods to these things, and may they add these other things, if by this hour tomorrow I will not have made your life like the life of one of them.” <a href="/nabre/1_kings/19.htm">New American Bible</a> Jezebel then sent a messenger to Elijah and said, “May the gods do thus to me and more, if by this time tomorrow I have not done with your life what was done to each of them.” <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time. <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Jezebel sent by Messengers to Elyah and she said: “Thus the gods shall do to me and thus they will do more to me if tomorrow at this time I will not make your life like the life of one of them!”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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.' <a href="/sep/1_kings/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Jezabel sent to Eliu, and said, If thou art Eliu and I am Jezabel, God do so to me, and more also, if I do not make thy life by this time to-morrow as the life of one of them. <a href="/parallel/1_kings/19-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=7485" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/19.htm">Elijah Flees From Jezebel</a> 1Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2<a href="/hebrew/348.htm" title="348: ’î·ze·ḇel (N-proper-fs) -- Queen of Isr. with King Ahab. From 'iy and Zbul; Izebel, the wife of king Ahab.">So Jezebel</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: wat·tiš·laḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">sent</a> <a href="/hebrew/4397.htm" title="4397: mal·’āḵ (N-ms) -- A messenger. From an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. An angel.">a messenger</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/452.htm" title="452: ’ê·lî·yā·hū (N-proper-ms) -- Or prolonged teliyahuw; from 'el and Yahh; God of Jehovah; Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites.">Elijah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">saying,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh- (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now."></a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">“May the gods</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ya·‘ă·śūn (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp:: Pn) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">deal with me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: wə·ḵōh (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">and ever so</a> <a href="/hebrew/3254.htm" title="3254: yō·w·si·p̄ūn (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp:: Pn) -- To add. A primitive root; to add or augment.">severely,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">if</a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: ḵā·‘êṯ (Prep-k, Art:: N-cs) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">by this time</a> <a href="/hebrew/4279.htm" title="4279: mā·ḥār (Adv) -- Tomorrow, in time to come. Probably from 'achar; properly, deferred, i.e. The morrow; usually tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter.">tomorrow</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: ’ā·śîm (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">I do not make</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">your life</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: kə·ne·p̄eš (Prep-k:: N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">like the lives</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’a·ḥaḏ (Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">of those you killed!”</a> <a href="/hebrew/mê·hem (Prep-m:: Pro-3mp) -- "></a> 3And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/14-8.htm">Matthew 14:8-11</a> Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” / The king was grieved, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered that her wish be granted / and sent to have John beheaded in the prison. ... <a href="/mark/6-24.htm">Mark 6:24-28</a> Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.” / At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.” / The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her. ... <a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Revelation 2:20</a> But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols. <a href="/matthew/23-34.htm">Matthew 23:34</a> Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town. <a href="/luke/13-31.htm">Luke 13:31-33</a> At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.” / But Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.’ / Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem. <a href="/john/11-53.htm">John 11:53</a> So from that day on they plotted to kill Him. <a href="/acts/12-1.htm">Acts 12:1-3</a> About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church. / He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. / And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread. <a href="/acts/23-12.htm">Acts 23:12-14</a> When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. / More than forty of them were involved in this plot. / They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">2 Corinthians 11:23-26</a> Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death. / Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. / Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea. ... <a href="/hebrews/11-37.htm">Hebrews 11:37</a> They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated. <a href="/2_kings/9-30.htm">2 Kings 9:30-37</a> Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window. / And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?” / He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him. ... <a href="/2_kings/10-6.htm">2 Kings 10:6-7</a> Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city. / And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel. <a href="/2_kings/11-1.htm">2 Kings 11:1</a> When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs. <a href="/esther/3-6.htm">Esther 3:6</a> And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes. <a href="/esther/5-14.htm">Esther 5:14</a> His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not your life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.So let<a href="/1_kings/2-28.htm">1 Kings 2:28</a> Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.<a href="/1_kings/20-10.htm">1 Kings 20:10</a> And Benhadad 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.<a href="/ruth/1-17.htm">Ruth 1:17</a> 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.if I<a href="/exodus/10-28.htm">Exodus 10:28</a> And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.<a href="/exodus/15-9.htm">Exodus 15:9</a> The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.<a href="/2_kings/19-10.htm">2 Kings 19:10-12,22,27,28</a> Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria… to-morrow<a href="/proverbs/27-1.htm">Proverbs 27:1</a> Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.<a href="/acts/12-4.htm">Acts 12:4-6</a> And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people… <a href="/james/4-13.htm">James 4:13,14</a> Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/12-14.htm">Add</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-23.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-1.htm">Elijah</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-1.htm">Eli'jah</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-25.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-1.htm">Jezebel</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-1.htm">Jez'ebel</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-15.htm">Life</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-13.htm">Messenger</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-12.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-43.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-23.htm">Severely</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-45.htm">Time</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-12.htm">Tomorrow</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-12.htm">To-Morrow</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/20-10.htm">Add</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-10.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-3.htm">Elijah</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-9.htm">Eli'jah</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-10.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-5.htm">Jezebel</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-5.htm">Jez'ebel</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-3.htm">Life</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-5.htm">Messenger</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-6.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-3.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-10.htm">Severely</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-7.htm">Time</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-6.htm">Tomorrow</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-6.htm">To-Morrow</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 19</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/19-1.htm">Elijah, threatened by Jezebel, flees to Beersheba</a> 4. <a href="/1_kings/19-4.htm">In the desert, being weary of his life, he is comforted by an angel</a> 9. <a href="/1_kings/19-9.htm">At Horeb God appears unto him, sending him to anoint Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha</a> 19. <a href="/1_kings/19-19.htm">Elisha, taking leave of his friends, follows Elijah</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/19.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/19.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah Jezebel, the wife of King Ahab, was a Phoenician princess and a fervent worshiper of Baal. Her influence led Israel into idolatry. The sending of a messenger indicates her authority and determination to communicate directly with Elijah, who had just demonstrated God's power by defeating the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18). This act of sending a messenger reflects the ancient Near Eastern practice of delivering urgent messages through trusted emissaries.saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely Jezebel invokes a curse upon herself, a common practice in ancient cultures to emphasize the seriousness of a vow. Her reference to "the gods" highlights her polytheistic beliefs, contrasting with Elijah's monotheistic faith in Yahweh. This phrase echoes similar oaths found in other parts of the Old Testament, such as in <a href="/ruth/1-17.htm">Ruth 1:17</a>, where Ruth makes a solemn vow to Naomi.if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!” Jezebel's threat refers to the execution of the prophets of Baal by Elijah after the contest on Mount Carmel (<a href="/1_kings/18-40.htm">1 Kings 18:40</a>). Her vow to kill Elijah within a day underscores her resolve and the immediate danger Elijah faces. This threat also illustrates the spiritual battle between the worship of Yahweh and Baal, a recurring theme in the narrative of Israel's history. Elijah's subsequent flight into the wilderness (<a href="/1_kings/19-3.htm">1 Kings 19:3</a>) can be seen as a parallel to the trials faced by other prophets and a foreshadowing of Christ's own experiences of persecution and retreat for spiritual renewal.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jezebel.htm">Jezebel</a> The wife of King Ahab, known for her idolatry and persecution of the prophets of Yahweh. She is a central antagonist in the account, representing opposition to God's will. 2. <a href="/topical/e/elijah.htm">Elijah</a> A prophet of Yahweh who had just demonstrated God's power on Mount Carmel by defeating the prophets of Baal. He is now the target of Jezebel's wrath. 3. <a href="/topical/m/messenger.htm">Messenger</a> An unnamed individual sent by Jezebel to deliver her threatening message to Elijah. 4. <a href="/topical/m/mount_carmel.htm">Mount Carmel</a> The site of Elijah's victory over the prophets of Baal, which precedes Jezebel's threat. It symbolizes God's power and the triumph of true worship. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_threat.htm">The Threat</a> Jezebel's vow to kill Elijah within 24 hours, reflecting her determination to maintain her power and the worship of Baal.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_spiritual_opposition.htm">The Reality of Spiritual Opposition</a> Just as Elijah faced opposition from Jezebel, believers today can expect spiritual resistance when standing for God's truth. Recognize the reality of spiritual warfare and be prepared to stand firm. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_threats.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Threats</a> Despite Jezebel's threats, God's plans for Elijah were not thwarted. Trust in God's sovereignty and protection, knowing that no threat can derail His purposes for your life. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_perseverance.htm">The Importance of Perseverance</a> Elijah's account encourages perseverance in faith, even when facing intimidation. Seek strength from God to endure and remain faithful in challenging times. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer.htm">The Power of Prayer</a> Elijah's life is marked by powerful prayer. Emulate his example by cultivating a strong prayer life, especially when facing trials and threats. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a> Jezebel's actions are driven by her idolatry and rebellion against God. Reflect on the dangers of idolatry in your own life and strive to keep God at the center.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 19</a> <a href="/q/what_is_'the_still_small_voice'.htm">What does 'the still small voice' mean?</a> <a href="/q/key_events_in_elisha's_life.htm">What are the key events in Elisha's life?</a> <a href="/q/elijah_vs._jezebel__what_occurred.htm">What happened between Elijah and Jezebel in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/key_events_in_elijah's_life.htm">What are the key events in Elijah's biblical life?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 2. - Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah [The prophet, wrapped in his abba, was seemingly about to spend the night in the open air, possibly at the gate, or in the plain. There, in the darkness, the messenger found him, Bahr assumes that this message had Ahab's sanction; i.e., that he must have known of it and was too weak to prevent it. But it is just as likely that it was sent without his privity. On the evening of that day he would be afraid to threaten one vested with such tremendous powers as Elijah had just proved himself to possess], saying [Here the LXX. inserts "If thou art Eliou and I Jezebel"], So let gods [As ךאלֹהִים is here found with a the plural verb, it is rightly assumed that the reference is to the divinities of Phoenicia or of paganism generally. Besides, Jezebel would hardly swear by the one God of Elijah and of Israel. The LXX., however, has ὁ θεὸς], do to me, and more also [Heb. and so let them add. See on 1 Kings 2:23. Stanley appositely recalls to our minds "the tremendous vows which mark the history of the Semitic race, both within and without the Jewish pale, the vow of Jephthah, the vow of Saul, the vow of Hannibal." Rawlinson remarks that this oath was "familiar in the mouths of kings about this time" (<a href="/1_kings/20-10.htm">1 Kings 20:10</a>; <a href="/2_kings/6-31.htm">2 Kings 6:31</a>). But it was a standing formula in Israel at all times. See <a href="/ruth/1-17.htm">Ruth 1:17</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/3-17.htm">1 Samuel 3:17</a>; etc.], if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time. ["That queen consort, it seems, was, in effect, queen regent" (Henry). What induced the queen to send this message? For it is obvious that if she really meant to slay Elijah, she took the very means to defeat her purpose by thus forewarning him of her intentions. Some of the older expositors (see, e.g., Hall, vol. 2. p. 396) have seen in the act a proof of her blind infatuation, of that infatuation which God often employs to defeat the machinations of wicked men, and this view is not to be lightly rejected. That she fully meant what she said is hardly to be doubted. But later writers, including Keil, Bahr, and Wordsworth, see in the threat nothing more than a scheme for ridding herself of the presence of Elijah. They argue that, finding herself unable to put him to death, partly because of the impression he had made upon the people, and partly, too, because of the ascendancy he had just gained over the king, she resolved, by threatening him with instant death, to give him an opportunity for flight. But this view hardly takes sufficiently into account the exasperation, the blind unreasoning hate, or the reckless and desperate character of the queen. It must be remembered that this message was despatched, not after she had had time for thought and calculation, but on the spur of the moment, as soon as she had heard of the massacre of the priests of Baal. That night she could do nothing, nor perhaps could she see her way clearly to compass his death on the morrow. But she will have him know that he is not going to escape her, and that, whatever the effect on her husband, she is unconquered and unrelenting. She does not stop to argue that he may take the alarm and flee. But she must gratify her impotent rage forthwith by threatening him with death the next day.] <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/19-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>So Jezebel אִיזֶ֙בֶל֙ (’î·ze·ḇel) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_348.htm">Strong's 348: </a> Jezebel -- queen of Israel with King Ahab sent וַתִּשְׁלַ֤ח (wat·tiš·laḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> To send away, for, out a messenger מַלְאָ֔ךְ (mal·’āḵ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4397.htm">Strong's 4397: </a> A messenger, of God, an angel to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to Elijah, אֵלִיָּ֖הוּ (’ê·lî·yā·hū) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_452.htm">Strong's 452: </a> Elijah -- 'Yah is God', a well-known prophet of Israel, also three other Israelites saying, לֵאמֹ֑ר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “May the gods אֱלֹהִים֙ (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative deal with me, יַעֲשׂ֤וּן (ya·‘ă·śūn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make and ever so וְכֹ֣ה (wə·ḵōh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now severely, יוֹסִפ֔וּן (yō·w·si·p̄ūn) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3254.htm">Strong's 3254: </a> To add, augment if כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction by this time כָעֵ֤ת (ḵā·‘êṯ) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> Time, now, when tomorrow מָחָר֙ (mā·ḥār) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4279.htm">Strong's 4279: </a> Deferred, the morrow, tomorrow, hereafter I do not make אָשִׂ֣ים (’ā·śîm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set your life נַפְשְׁךָ֔ (nap̄·šə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion like the lives כְּנֶ֖פֶשׁ (kə·ne·p̄eš) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion of [those you killed]!” אַחַ֥ד (’a·ḥaḏ) Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> United, one, first <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/19-2.htm">1 Kings 19:2 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/19-2.htm">1 Kings 19:2 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/19-2.htm">1 Kings 19:2 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/19-2.htm">1 Kings 19:2 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/19-2.htm">1 Kings 19:2 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/19-2.htm">1 Kings 19:2 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/19-2.htm">1 Kings 19:2 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/19-2.htm">1 Kings 19:2 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/19-2.htm">1 Kings 19:2 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/19-2.htm">1 Kings 19:2 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-2.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 19:2 Then Jezebel send a messenger to Elijah (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/19-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 19:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 19:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/19-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 19:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 19:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>