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1 Kings 18:13

Jezebel
Courage and strengthServing others

11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.

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?

14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.

15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.

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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 it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

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  • Matthew 25:35

    For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

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  • Acts 20:34

    Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

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  • Matthew 10:41–42

    He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

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  • Genesis 20:4–5

    But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:9–10

    For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto 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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