Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
Parallel translations
- WEB Ahab told Jezebel all 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.
- BSB Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
- NKJV And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, also how he had executed all the prophets with the sword.
- NLT When Ahab got home, he told Jezebel everything Elijah had done, including the way he had killed all the prophets of Baal.
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Ahab reports to Jezebel all Elijah did, including the execution of Baal's prophets. The news provokes the queen's fury.
Overview
Ahab's account focuses on the slaughter of the prophets rather than on Yahweh's clear victory, revealing his unrepentant heart. Jezebel, the driving force behind Baal worship, is enraged rather than convinced. The verse shows that even undeniable displays of God's power do not soften hearts set against Him.
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Cross-references · 4
- 1 Kgs 18:40Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let one of them escape!” They seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
- 1 Kgs 21:5–7But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?”
- 1 Kgs 21:25But there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
- 1 Kgs 16:31As if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him.
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