1 Kings 18:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

1 Kings 18:4 —

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Cross-References

1 Kings 18:13
Matthew 10:40-42
Nehemiah 9:26
Hebrews 11:38
Matthew 25:35

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Cave Government Jezebel King Monarchy Nation Queen Samaria

Commentary

Matthew Henry

(vv. 1-16)

In these verses we find, I. The sad state of Israel at this time, upon two accounts:— 1. Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord (1 Kgs. 18:4), slew them , 1 Kgs. 18:13. Being an idolater, she was a persecutor, and made Ahab one. Even in those bad times, when the calves were worshipped and the temple at Jerusalem deserted, yet there were some good people that feared God and served him, and some g...

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