1 Kings 19:1 (WEB)
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
Catechism · 1
“Finally, taking the desert road that leads to the place where the living and true God reveals himself to his people, Elijah, like Moses before him, hides "in a cleft of he rock" until the mysterious presence of God has passed by.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Kings 19:1-14; cf. Ex 33:19-23.
Fathers and councils · 4
Theodoret of Cyrus
“In like manner the great Elias when he had learnt Jezebel’s threats did not give himself up to them which wished to kill him, but left the world and hurried to the desert.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xix. 1 etc.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Why should I relate that Jezebel, also persecuted Elisha after a bloodthirsty fashion? or that Herodias caused John the Baptist to be slain?” — editor's note: 1 [3] Kings xix. 1.
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Tertullian
“…nights, his belly empty, his mouth dry, arrived at Mount Horeb; where, when he had made a cave his inn, with how familiar a meeting with God was he received!” — editor's note: See 1 Kings xix. 1–8. But he took two meals: see vers. 6, 7, 8.
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Aphrahat
“…him; and because he took upon him the likeness of the angels of heaven, those very angels brought him bread and water when he was fleeing from before Jezebel.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xvii. 3–5; xix. 1–8.
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Cross-references · 15
Cited together in Letters Letter 5.
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Cited together in Letters Letter 5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 5.
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
