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1 Kings 19:1

AhabElijahJezebel
Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.

2 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!”

3 And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,

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BSB
Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed 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.
WEB
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
ASV
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
DARBY
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and in detail how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
BLB
And Ahab declared to Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and also all that he had killed—all the prophets—with the sword.
ÅB
Akab fortalte Jesabel om alt det Elias hadde gjort, og om alle dem han hadde drept med sverdet - alle profetene.
OTB
Ahab fortalte Jezabel alt det Elia hadde gjort, inkludert hvordan han hadde drept alle profetene med sverdet.
B1930
Akab fortalte Jesabel om alt det Elias hadde gjort, og om alle dem han hadde drept med sverdet - alle profetene.

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  • 1 Kings 18:40

    Then 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 1 Kings 21:5–7

    Soon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?”

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  • 1 Kings 16:31

    And 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 proceeded to serve and worship Baal.

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