1 Kings 19:2-3 KJV,ASV

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 19:1-21

Chapter 19So Ahab told his wife Jezebel the whole story of what had happened, what Elijah did, and how he killed all of her prophets with the sword. And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, and she said, So let the gods do to me, and even more also, if I don't make your life like the life of those prophets by to morrow this time. And when he got the message from Jezebel, he got up, and he began to run for his life, and he came all the way to Beersheba, [which is about eighty miles, eighty-five... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 19:1-21

1 Kings 19:2 . Jezebel swore to destroy Elijah. Ahab would perhaps have received the prophet as his monitor and guide, had it not been for this woman, now given over to a reprobate mind. 1 Kings 19:11-12 . Wind, earthquake, flames were the ancient array, in which the Divinity was pleased to make his will known to man. Psalm 18., 114. Habakkuk 3:0. 1 Kings 19:15 . Anoint Hazael. The prophet must travel another circuitous journey of five hundred miles. 1 Kings 19:19 . Cast his... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Kings 19:3-18

1 Kings 19:3-18He arose and went for his life.The flight into the wildernessThis is a sad sequel to the triumph on Mount Carmel. Elijah had forgotten Jezebel. Not present herself on Mount Carmel, she had received with sceptical scorn the reports which had reached her. The fire from heaven she looked upon as a mere conjurer’s trick. The rain following the prophet’s prayer was a mere coincidence, and, like all others who speak so glibly of coincidences, she never asked what power had made the two... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 19:2

1Ki 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. Ver. 2. So let the gods do to me, &c. ] Detexit facinus fatua et non implevit, as Tacitus saith of another. There was a providence in it, that she should threaten; for praemonitus praemunitus, forewarned and half-armed; but still revenges are most dangerous. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 19:3

1Ki 19:3 And when he saw [that], he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which [belongeth] to Judah, and left his servant there. Ver. 3. That he arose and went for his life. ] But better he had stood to his task as a prophet, and answered as Chrysostom did when Eudoxia the Empress threatened him, Go tell her, said he, nil nisi peccatum timeo, I fear nothing but sin; or as Basil did when Valens, the Arian Emperor, sent him word he would be the death of him, I would he would,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Kings 19:2

So let: 1 Kings 2:28, 1 Kings 20:10, Ruth 1:17, 2 Kings 6:31 if I: Exodus 10:28, Exodus 15:9, 2 Kings 19:10-:, 2 Kings 19:22, 2 Kings 19:27, 2 Kings 19:28, Daniel 3:15 to morrow: Proverbs 27:1, Acts 12:4-Joshua :, James 4:13, James 4:14 Reciprocal: Exodus 9:18 - to morrow 1 Samuel 20:13 - The Lord do 1 Samuel 22:16 - Thou shalt 2 Samuel 3:9 - So do God 2 Samuel 19:13 - God 1 Kings 16:31 - Jezebel 1 Kings 18:19 - eat at Jezebel's table 1 Kings 19:10 - they seek my life 1 Kings 21:5 - Jezebel... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Kings 19:3

he arose: Genesis 12:12, Genesis 12:13, Exodus 2:15, 1 Samuel 27:1, Isaiah 51:12, Isaiah 51:13, Matthew 26:56, Matthew 26:70-Prayer of Azariah :, 2 Corinthians 12:7 Beersheba: 1 Kings 4:25, Genesis 21:31, Amos 7:12, Amos 7:13 Reciprocal: Genesis 19:17 - Escape Genesis 21:14 - Beersheba Genesis 42:1 - saw 1 Samuel 21:10 - fled 1 Kings 19:4 - he requested 2 Kings 4:12 - servant 2 Kings 23:8 - Beersheba Proverbs 28:12 - but Proverbs 29:25 - fear Jeremiah 20:9 - I will Jeremiah 37:12 - went... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 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.Jezebel sent — She gives him notice of it before hand: partly, out of the height of her spirit, as scorning to kill him secretly: partly, out of her impatience, till she had breathed out her rage: and principally, from God's all-disposing providence, that so he might have an opportunity of escaping.Do to me, … — So far was... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Kings 19:3

And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.Left his servant — Because he would not expose him to those perils and hardships which he expected: and because he desired solitude, that he might more freely converse with God. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:2

2. Jezebel sent a messenger Here was lack of shrewdness and forethought, if she really wished and designed to carry out her threat, for such announcement of her purpose gave Elijah full opportunity to escape her, or prepare to meet her opposition. But it is possible that her object was to terrify him and drive him away from her city, and that she feared to cope with him otherwise, lest her own fate should be like that of the false prophets. So let the gods do “One of those tremendous... read more