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Elijah and Jezebel
How Elijah and Jezebel are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Elijah and Jezebel were rivals.
After Carmel, Jezebel swore to take Elijah's life and he fled. Elijah carried the Lord's word that dogs would eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow
1 Kings 19:2, King James Version
The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel
1 Kings 21:23, King James Version
Where they cross: 1 Kings 19:1-3
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
1 Kings 19:1-3
1And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
2Then 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.
3And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
1 Kings 21:23
23And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
King James Version