1 Kings 19:1 Cross References - NSB

¹ King Ahab told his wife Jezebel everything Elijah had done. He told how he put all the prophets of Baal to death.

⁴⁰ Elijah said to them: »Take the prophets of Baal. Do not let one of them get away.« So they took them, and Elijah made them go down to the stream Kishon, and executed them there.

³¹ It was as if he copied the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat. He took as his wife Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of Zidon, and became a servant and worshipper of Baal.

⁵ Jezebel his wife came to him and asked: »Why is your spirit so bitter that you have no desire for food?« ⁶ He replied: »I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite. I said to him: ‘Let me have your garden for money, or, if it pleases you, I will give you another garden for it.’ ‘But he said: »I will not give you my garden.«’« ⁷ Then his wife Jezebel said: »Are you now the ruler of Israel? Get up, eat and be happy. I will give you the garden of Naboth the Jezreelite.«

²⁵ No one else devoted himself so completely to doing wrong in Jehovah’s sight as Ahab all at the urging of his wife Jezebel.