1 Kings 19:2
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.
KJV
Misitque Jezabel nuntium ad Eliam, dicens : Hæc mihi faciant dii, et hæc addant, nisi hac hora cras posuero animam tuam sicut animam unius ex illis.
Vulgate
καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Ἰεζάβελ πρὸς Ἠλειοὺ καὶ εἶπεν Εἰ σὺ εἶ Ἠλειοὺ καὶ ἐγὼ Ἰεζάβελ, τάδε ποιήσαι μοι ὁ θεὸς καὶ τάδε προσθείη, ὅτι ταύτην τὴν ὥραν αὔριον θήσομαι τὴν ψυχήν σου καθὼς ψυχὴν ἑνὸς ἐξ αὐτῶν.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/תִּשְׁלַ֤ח אִיזֶ֨בֶל֙ מַלְאָ֔ךְ אֶל אֵלִיָּ֖הוּ לֵ/אמֹ֑ר כֹּֽה יַעֲשׂ֤וּ/ן אֱלֹהִים֙ וְ/כֹ֣ה יוֹסִפ֔וּ/ן כִּֽי כָ/עֵ֤ת מָחָר֙ אָשִׂ֣ים אֶֽת נַפְשְׁ/ךָ֔ כְּ/נֶ֖פֶשׁ אַחַ֥ד מֵ/הֶֽם
Hebrew
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17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Mark 6:25 · allusion"And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist."Elijah-Jezebel conflict — paralleled in Herodias seeking John's death
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2583After Elijah had learned mercy during his retreat at the Wadi Cherith, he teaches the widow of Zarephath to believe in the Word of God and confirms her faith by his urgent prayer: God brings the widow's child back to life.33 The sacrifice on Mount Carmel is a decisive test for the faith of the People of God. In response to Elijah's plea, "Answer me, O LORD, answer me," the Lord…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 2:28 — 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.
- 1Kgs 20:10 — 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.
- 1Kgs 20:10 — 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.
- 2Kgs 1:9 — Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
- 2Kgs 6:31 — Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
- 2Kgs 6:31 — Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
- 2Kgs 19:10 — 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.
- 2Kgs 19:27 — But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
- 2Sam 3:9 — So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
- 2Sam 19:13 — And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
- Acts 12:4 — 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.
- Acts 23:12 — And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
- Dan 3:15 — Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well:
- Exod 10:28 — 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.
- Exod 15:9 — 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.
- Jas 4:13 — 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:
- Jer 20:10 — For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail ag
- Prov 14:16 — A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
- Prov 27:1 — Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
- Ruth 1:17 — 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.
- Ruth 1:17 — 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.