1 Kings 19:2

Elijah Escapes from Jezebel

1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, also how he had ^aexecuted all the prophets with the sword.

2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, ^a“So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.”

3 And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a¹ broom tree. And he ^aprayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”

5 Then as he lay and slept under a broom tree, suddenly an¹ angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat.”

6 Then he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on¹ coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again.

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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1 Kings 19:2

The prophet had not long to wait before learning the intentions of the queen. A priest' s daughter herself, she would avenge the slaughtered priests; a king' s wife and a king' s child, she would not quail before a subject. That very night a messenger declared her determination to compass the prophet' s death within the space of a day.

So let the gods ... - A common oath about this time (marginal references). The Greek Version prefixes to this another clause, which makes the oath even more forcible, "As surely as thou art Elijah and I am Jezebel, so let the gods," etc.

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