1 Rois 19:1

1 Achab rapporta à Jézabel tout ce qu'avait fait Elie, et comment il avait tué par l'épée tous les prophètes.

1 Rois 19:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 19:1

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done
What miracles he had wrought, how that not only fire came down from heaven, and consumed the sacrifice, but even the stones and dust of the altar, and licked up great quantities of water in the trench around it; and that it was at his prayer that rain came down from heaven in such abundance, of which she was sensible; by all which he got the people on his side, so that it was not in his power to seize him and slay him; and this he said to clear himself, and make her easy:

and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword;
the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal he had gathered to Carmel; the Targum calls them false prophets, but Ahab would scarcely use that epithet to Jezebel; as for the four hundred prophets of the grove, they were not present, and so not included. Jezebel knew they were safe, being with her, she not suffering them to go to Carmel.

1 Rois 19:1 In-Context

1 Achab rapporta à Jézabel tout ce qu'avait fait Elie, et comment il avait tué par l'épée tous les prophètes.

2 Jézabel envoya un messager à Elie, pour lui dire: Que les dieux me traitent dans toute leur rigueur, si demain, à cette heure, je ne fais de ta vie ce que tu as fait de la vie de chacun d'eux!

3 Elie, voyant cela, se leva et s'en alla, pour sauver sa vie. Il arriva à Beer-Schéba, qui appartient à Juda, et il y laissa son serviteur.

4 Pour lui, il alla dans le désert où, après une journée de marche, il s'assit sous un genêt, et demanda la mort, en disant: C'est assez! Maintenant, Eternel, prends mon âme, car je ne suis pas meilleur que mes pères.

5 Il se coucha et s'endormit sous un genêt. Et voici, un ange le toucha, et lui dit: Lève-toi, mange.