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1 Kings 18:13

Jezebel
Courage and strengthServing others

11 And now you say, ‘Go tell your master that Elijah is here!’

12 I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.

Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.

14 And now you say, ‘Go tell your lord that Elijah is here!’ He will kill me!”

15 Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”

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BSB
Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.
KJV
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
WEB
Wasn’t it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the LORD’s prophets, how I hid one hundred men of the LORD’s prophets with fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
ASV
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of Jehovah, how I hid a hundred men of Jehovah`s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
DARBY
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of Jehovah, how I hid a hundred men of Jehovah's prophets by fifty in a cave, and maintained them with bread and water?
BLB
Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of YHWH, that I hid of the prophets of YHWH, a hundred men, fifty [by] fifty in the cave, and I sustained them with bread and water?
ÅB
Er det ikke blitt min herre fortalt hva jeg gjorde dengang Jesabel drepte Herrens profeter? Da skjulte jeg hundre av Herrens profeter i to huler, femti mann i hver hule, og forsørget dem med brød og vann.
OTB
Har det ikke blitt rapportert til min herre hva jeg gjorde da Jesabel drepte Herrens profeter, at jeg skjulte hundre av Herrens profeter i grupper på femti i en hule, og forsynte dem med brød og vann?
B1930
Er det ikke blitt min herre fortalt hvad jeg gjorde dengang Jesabel drepte Herrens profeter? Da skjulte jeg hundre av Herrens profeter i to huler, femti mann i hver hule, og forsørget dem med brød og vann.

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 18:4

    for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

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  • Matthew 25:35

    For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,

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  • Acts 20:34

    You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.

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  • Matthew 10:41–42

    Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

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  • Genesis 20:4–5

    Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:9–10

    Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

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  • Psalms 18:21–24

    For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

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