1 Kings 18:13

13 Haven't you heard what I did when Jezebel killed the LORD's prophets? Haven't you heard how I hid 100 of the LORD's prophets in caves? I hid 50 prophets in each cave and provided bread and water for them.

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 "Now you say, 'Tell your master that Elijah is here.'
12 This is what will happen: When I leave you, the LORD's Spirit will take you away to some unknown place. I'll tell Ahab, but he won't be able to find you. Then he will kill me. "I have been faithful to the LORD since I was a child.
13 Haven't you heard what I did when Jezebel killed the LORD's prophets? Haven't you heard how I hid 100 of the LORD's prophets in caves? I hid 50 prophets in each cave and provided bread and water for them.
14 Now you say that I should tell my master that Elijah is here. He will kill me."
15 Elijah said, "I solemnly swear, as the LORD of Armies whom I serve lives, I will present myself to Ahab."
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