1 Kings 18:13

13 Has it not been told my lord what I did ¹when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred men of the Lord’s prophets by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water?

1 Kings 18:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 18:13

Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the
prophets of the Lord? how I hid one hundred men of the Lord's prophets
by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
] (See Gill on 1 Kings 18:4), this he said not in a way of ostentation, but to show that it would be very ungenerous and ungrateful, as well as impolitic, to sacrifice such a friend at court to the Lord's prophets as he had been, and might still continue to be.

1 Kings 18:13 In-Context

11 And now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here. ”’

12 And as soon as I have gone from you, the Spirit of the Lord will carry you I know not where. And so, when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have feared the Lord from my youth.

13 Has it not been told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred men of the Lord’s prophets by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water?

14 And now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”’; and he will kill me. ”

15 And Elijah said, “As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today. ”

Cross References

• 1. 18:13 ver. 4