1 Kings 18 · Verse 13

1 Kings 18:13

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?
1 Kings 18:13, King James Version

1 Kings 18:13 in other translations

BSBWas 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 per cave, and I provided them with food and water.
WEBWasn’t it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the LORD’s prophets, how I hid one hundred men of the LORD’s prophets with fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
ASVWas 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?
YLT‘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?
DARBYWas 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?
BBEHas 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?
WebsterWas 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?

What does 1 Kings 18:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 18:7-16

7-16. Obadiah was in the way ... Elijah met him--Deeming it imprudent to rush without previous intimation into Ahab's presence, the prophet solicited Obadiah to announce his return to Ahab. The commission, with a delicate allusion to the perils he had already encountered in securing others of God's servants, was, in very touching terms, declined, as unkind and peculiarly hazardous. But Elijah having dispelled all…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 18:1-16

The severest judgments, of themselves, will not humble or change the hearts of sinners; nothing, except the blood of Jesus Christ, can atone for the guilt of sin; nothing, except the sanctifying Spirit of God, can purge away its pollution. The priests and the Levites were gone to Judah and Jerusalem, 2Ch 11:13, 14, but instead of them God raised up prophets, who read and expounded the word. They probably were from…

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1 Kings 18:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֲלֹֽא\־ha.lo'-¿ notH3808
הֻגַּ֤דhu.Gadhas it been toldH5046
לַֽאדֹנִי֙la.do.Nito lord myH113
אֵ֣ת'et<obj.>H853
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-[that] whichH834
עָשִׂ֔יתִי'a.Si.tiI didH6213
בַּהֲרֹ֣גba.ha.Rogwhen killedH2026
אִיזֶ֔בֶל'i.Ze.velJezebelH348
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
נְבִיאֵ֣יne.vi.'Ei[the] prophets ofH5030
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וָאַחְבִּא֩va.'ach.Bi'and I hidH2244
מִנְּבִיאֵ֨יmi.ne.vi.'Eiof [the] prophets ofH5030
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068
מֵ֣אָהMe.'ahone hundredH3967
אִ֗ישׁ'IshmanH376
חֲמִשִּׁ֨יםcha.mi.ShimfiftyH2572
חֲמִשִּׁ֥יםcha.mi.ShimfiftyH2572
אִישׁ֙'ishmanH376
בַּמְּעָרָ֔הba.me.'a.Rahin the caveH4631
וָאֲכַלְכְּלֵ֖םva.'a.khal.ke.Lemand I supplied themH3557
לֶ֥חֶםLe.chemfoodH3899
וָמָֽיִם\׃va.Ma.yimand waterH4325

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Cross references for 1 Kings 18:13

  • 1 Kings 18:4

    For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

  • Matthew 25:35

    For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

  • Acts 20:34

    Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

  • Matthew 10:41-42

    He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

  • Genesis 20:4-5

    But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:9-10

    For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

  • Psalms 18:21-24

    For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
what I did.
4; Ge 20:4,5; Ps 18:21-24; Ac 20:34; 1Th 2:9,10
I hid an hundred.
Mt 10:41,42
fed them.
Mt 25:35

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Context

  • 1 Kings 18:12

    And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth.

  • 1 Kings 18:13

    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?

  • 1 Kings 18:14

    And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.

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1 Kings 18:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿No ha sido dicho á mi señor lo que hice, cuando Jezabel mataba á los profetas de Jehová: que escondí cien varones de los profetas de Jehová de cincuenta en cincuenta en cuevas, y los mantuve á pan y agua?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		N’a-t-on pas rapporté à mon seigneur ce que j’ai fait quand Jézabel tuait les prophètes de l’ Éternel, comment j’ai caché 100 hommes des prophètes de l’ Éternel, par 50 hommes dans une caverne, et je les ai nourris de pain et d’eau?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ist meinem Herrn nicht berichtet worden, was ich getan habe, als Isebel die Propheten Jehovas tötete? daß ich von den Propheten Jehovas hundert Mann versteckte, je fünfzig Mann in eine Höhle, und sie mit Brot und Wasser versorgte?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Numquid non indicatum est tibi domino meo quid fecerim cum interficeret Jezabel prophetas Domini, quod absconderim de prophetis Domini centum viros, quinquagenos et quinquagenos, in speluncis, et paverim eos pane et aqua?