1 Kings 19:2 meaning and explanation
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”
1 Kings 19:2, Berean Standard Bible
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Jezebel, the Phoenician queen of Israel and patron of Baal worship, is speaking. Word has reached her that Elijah slaughtered the prophets of Baal after the contest on Mount Carmel, and she answers with a formal oath: may the gods do worse to her if Elijah is not dead by the next day.
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