1 Kings 18:40
And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
KJV
Dixitque Elias ad eos : Apprehendite prophetas Baal, et ne unus quidem effugiat ex eis. Quos cum apprehendissent, duxit eos Elias ad torrentem Cison, et interfecit eos ibi.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν Ἠλειοὺ πρὸς τὸν λαόν Συλλάβετε τοὺς προφήτας τοῦ Βάαλ, μηθεὶς σωθήτω ἐξ αὐτῶν· καὶ συνέλαβον αὐτούς, καὶ κατάγει αὐτοὺς Ἠλειοὺ εἰς τὸν χειμάρρουν Κεισὼν καὶ ἔσφαξεν αὐτοὺς ἐκεῖ.
LXX
And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
ASV
וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩ אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ לָ/הֶ֜ם תִּפְשׂ֣וּ אֶת נְבִיאֵ֣י הַ/בַּ֗עַל אִ֛ישׁ אַל יִמָּלֵ֥ט מֵ/הֶ֖ם וַֽ/יִּתְפְּשׂ֑וּ/ם וַ/יּוֹרִדֵ֤/ם אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ֙ אֶל נַ֣חַל קִישׁ֔וֹן וַ/יִּשְׁחָטֵ֖/ם שָֽׁם
Hebrew
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3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth years of his age, passed at Carthage, when, having completed his course of studies, he is caught in the snares of a licentious passion, and falls into the errors of the Manichæans. Chapter 1. Deluded by an Insane Love, He, Though Foul and Dishonourable, Desires to Be Thought Elegant and Urbane. 1. To Carthage I came, where a cauldr…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 19:1 — And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
- 2Chr 15:13 — That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
- 2Chr 23:17 — Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
- 2Kgs 10:25 — And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with
- 2Kgs 11:18 — And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the
- 2Kgs 23:20 — And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
- Deut 13:5 — And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of
- Deut 18:20 — But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
- Deut 18:20 — But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
- Judg 4:7 — And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
- Judg 4:7 — And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
- Judg 5:21 — The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
- Num 25:5 — And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
- Ps 106:30 — Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
- Zech 13:2 — And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and