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Myles Coverdale Bible

1 Kings 18:13

Hath it not bene tolde my lorde what I dyd, whan Iesabel slewe the prophetes of the LORDE, how that I hyd an hundreth of the LORDES prophetes, here fiftye, and there fiftye in the caues, and prouyded for them with bred and water?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cave;   Doubting;   Elijah;   Jezebel;   King;   Martyrdom;   Obadiah;   Women;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Carmel;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Obadiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Kill, Killing;   Murder;   War, Holy War;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hospitality;   Zeal;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jezebel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Obadiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahab;   Carmel;   Elijah;   Haggai;   Obadiah;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jezebel ;   Martyr;   Obadiah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mount carmel;   Obadiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elijah;   Jezebel;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jez'ebel;   Obadi'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jezebel;   Obadiah;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bread;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Wasn’t it reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the Lord’s prophets? I hid a hundred of the prophets of the Lord, fifty men to a cave, and I provided them with food and water.
Hebrew Names Version
Wasn't it told my lord what I did when Izevel killed 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?
King James Version
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord , how I hid an hundred men of the Lord 's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
English Standard Version
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?
New Century Version
Haven't you been told what I did? When Jezebel was killing the Lord 's prophets, I hid a hundred of them, fifty in one cave and fifty in another. I brought them food and water.
New English Translation
Certainly my master is aware of what I did when Jezebel was killing the Lord 's prophets. I hid one hundred of the Lord 's prophets in two caves in two groups of fifty and I brought them food and water.
Amplified Bible
"Has it not been told to my lord [Elijah] what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred of the LORD'S prophets by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water?
New American Standard Bible
"Has it not been reported to my master what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, that I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Was it not tolde my lord, what I did when Iezebel slew the Prophets of the Lord, how I hid an hundreth men of the Lordes Prophets by fifties in a caue, and fed them with bread & water?
Legacy Standard Bible
Has it not been told to my master what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, that I hid one hundred prophets of Yahweh by fifties in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?
Contemporary English Version
I even hid one hundred of the Lord 's prophets in caves when Jezebel was trying to kill them. I also gave them food and water.
Complete Jewish Bible
wasn't my lord told what I did when Izevel killed Adonai 's prophets, how I hid a hundred of Adonai 's prophets by fifties in caves and supplied their food and water?
Darby Translation
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of Jehovah, how I hid a hundred men of Jehovah's prophets by fifty in a cave, and maintained them with bread and water?
Easy-to-Read Version
Surely you have heard what I did when Jezebel was killing the Lord 's prophets. I hid 100 of the Lord 's prophets in caves. I put 50 prophets in one cave and 50 in another. I brought them food and water.
George Lamsa Translation
Has it not been told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of God, how I took a hundred of the prophets of the LORD and hid them by fifty in a cave and fed them with bread and water?
Good News Translation
Haven't you heard that when Jezebel was killing the prophets of the Lord I hid a hundred of them in caves, in two groups of fifty, and supplied them with food and water?
Lexham English Bible
Has it not been told to my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh? I hid a hundred men of the prophets of Yahweh by fifties in the cave, and I sustained them with food and water.
Literal Translation
Was it not told to my lord that which I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Jehovah, that I hid a hundred men of the prophets, fifty by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
American Standard Version
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of Jehovah, how I hid a hundred men of Jehovah's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
Bible in Basic English
Has my lord not had word of what I did when Jezebel was putting the Lord's prophets to death? how I kept a hundred of them in a secret hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Was it not tolde my lorde what I did, when Iezabel slue the prophets of the Lorde? how I hid an hundred men of the Lordes prophets, fiftie men in one caue, and fiftie in another, and prouided them of bread and water?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
King James Version (1611)
Was it not told my lord, what I did when Iezebel slew the Prophets of the Lord ? How I hid an hundred men of the Lords Prophets, by fiftie in a caue, and fedde them with bread and water?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Has it not been told to thee my lord, what I did when Jezabel slew the prophets of the Lord, that I hid a hundred men of the prophets of the Lord, by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
English Revised Version
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread an water?
Berean Standard Bible
Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men to a cave, and I provided them with food and water.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whether it is not schewid to thee, my lord, what Y dide, whanne Jesabel killide the prophetis of the Lord, that Y hidde of the prophetis of the Lord an hundrid men, bi fifty and bi fifti, in dennes, and Y fedde hem with breed and watir?
Young's Literal Translation
`Hath it not been declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel's slaying the prophets of Jehovah, that I hide of the prophets of Jehovah a hundred men, fifty by fifty in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?
Update Bible Version
Wasn't it told to my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of Yahweh, how I hid a hundred men of Yahweh's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
Webster's Bible Translation
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
World English Bible
Wasn't it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
New King James Version
Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, how I hid one hundred men of the LORD's prophets, fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
New Living Translation
Has no one told you, my lord, about the time when Jezebel was trying to kill the Lord 's prophets? I hid 100 of them in two caves and supplied them with food and water.
New Life Bible
Have you not been told what I did when Jezebel killed the men who spoke for the Lord? I hid 100 men of the Lord by fifties in a cave. And I gave them bread and water.
New Revised Standard
Has it not been told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord , how I hid a hundred of the Lord 's prophets fifty to a cave, and provided them with bread and water?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Was it not told my lord, what I did when Jezebel was slaying the prophets of Yahweh, - how I hid, of the prophets of Yahweh, a hundred men - by fifties - in caves, and sustained them with bread and water?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Hath it not been told thee, my lord, what I did when Jezabel killed the prophets of the Lord; how I hid a hundred men of the prophets of the Lord, by fifty and fifty in caves, and fed them with bread and water?
Revised Standard Version
Has it not been told my lord what I did when Jez'ebel 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?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Has it not been told to my master what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, that I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water?

Contextual Overview

1 And after a longe season came ye worde of the LORDE vnto Elias in the thirde yeare, & sayde: Go thy waye, & shewe yi selfe vnto Achab, yt I maye cause it for to rayne vpon earth. 2 And Elias wente to shewe him selfe vnto Achab. But there was a greate derth i Samaria. 3 And Achab called Abdia his chefe officer: (As for Abdia, he feared ye LORDE greatly: 4 for wha Iesabel roted out ye prophetes of ye LORDE, Abdia toke an C. prophetes, and hyd them in caues, here fiftye, & there fiftye, & prouyded for them wt bred and water.) 5 Achab now sayde vnto Abdia: Go thorow the londe vnto all the welles of water & ryuers, yf happlye we maye finde hay, & to saue ye horses & mules, yt all the catell perishe not. 6 And they parted the selues into the londe, to go thorow it. Achab departed the one waye alone, and Abdia ye other waye alone. 7 Now whan Abdia was on ye waye, Elias met him. And whan he knewe him, he fell downe vpon his face, & sayde: Art not thou my lorde Elias? 8 He sayde: yee, go thy waye, and tell yi lorde: beholde, Elias is here. 9 But he sayde: What haue I offended, that thou wilt delyuer thy seruaunt in to the handes of Achab, that he maye slaye me? 10 As truly as the LORDE thy God lyueth, there is no people ner kingdome, but my lorde hath sent thither to seke the. And whan they sayde: He is not here, he toke an ooth of the same kyngdome and nacion, that they had not founde the.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

what I did: 1 Kings 18:4, Genesis 20:4, Genesis 20:5, Psalms 18:21-24, Acts 20:34, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 1 Thessalonians 2:10

I hid an hundred: Matthew 10:41, Matthew 10:42

fed them: Matthew 25:35

Reciprocal: Joshua 2:6 - hid them 2 Kings 2:7 - fifty men 2 Kings 2:19 - my Lord seeth 2 Kings 6:32 - son of a murderer 2 Kings 8:12 - my Lord Nehemiah 9:26 - slew Proverbs 28:12 - but Matthew 5:12 - for so Matthew 14:8 - Give Matthew 21:35 - General Mark 12:3 - they Romans 11:3 - Lord Hebrews 11:37 - were slain Hebrews 11:38 - wandered

Cross-References

John 2:25
& neded not yt eny ma shulde testifye of man, for he knewe well what was in man.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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?]

:-, 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 18:13. When Jezebel slew the prophets — This persecution was probably during the dearth, for as this bad woman would attribute the public calamity to Elijah, not being able to find him, she would naturally wreak her vengeance on the prophets of Jehovah who were within her reach.


 
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