1 Kings 19:2 (DRB)

Passage

And Jezabel sent a messenger to Elias, saying: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and add still more, if by this hour to morrow I make not thy life as the life of one of them.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 19:1 And Achab told Jezabel all that Elias had done, and how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

1 Kings 19:2 And Jezabel sent a messenger to Elias, saying: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and add still more, if by this hour to morrow I make not thy life as the life of one of them.

1 Kings 19:3 Then EIias was afraid, and rising up, he went whithersoever he had a mind: and he came to Bersabee of Juda, and left his servant there,

1 Kings 19:4 And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord; take away my soul: for I am no better than my fathers.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jezabel", "sent", "messenger", "elias", "saying", "such", and "things". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jezabel" and "sent", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And Achab told Jezabel all that Elias..." into verse 3's "Then EIias was afraid and rising up...", so "jezabel" and "sent" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jezabel" and "sent" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.