1 Kings 18:4

18:4 When Jezebel was killing¹ the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)

1 Kings 18:20

18:20 Ahab sent messengers to all the Israelites and had the prophets assemble at Mount Carmel.

1 Kings 18:22

18:22 Elijah said to them:² “I am the only prophet of the Lord who is left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.

1 Kings 20:13

The Lord Delivers Israel

20:13 Now a prophet visited King Ahab of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Do you see this huge army?³ Look, I am going to hand it over to you this very day. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

1 Kings 20:22

The Lord Gives Israel Another Victory

20:22 The prophet⁴ visited the king of Israel and instructed him, “Go, fortify your defenses.⁵ Determine⁶ what you must do, for in the spring⁷ the king of Syria will attack⁸ you.”

1 Kings 20:35

A Prophet Denounces Ahab’s Actions

20:35 One of the members of the prophetic guild, speaking with divine authority, ordered his companion, “Wound me!”⁹ But the man refused to wound him.

1 Kings 20:41-42

20:41 The prophet¹⁰ quickly removed the bandage from his eyes and the king of Israel recognized he was one of the prophets. 20:42 The prophet¹¹ then said to him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life and your people will suffer instead of his people.’”¹²

1 Kings 22:8

22:8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will.¹³ But I despise¹⁴ him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.¹⁵ Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”

Romans 11:2-4

11:2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew! Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? 11:3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars; I alone am left and they are seeking my life!”¹⁶ 11:4 But what was the divine response¹⁷ to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand people¹⁸ who have not bent the knee to Baal.”¹⁹

¹tn Heb “cutting off.”

²tn Heb “to the people.”

³tn Heb “this great horde.”

⁴tn The definite article indicates previous reference, that is, “the prophet mentioned earlier” (see v. 13).

⁵tn Heb “strengthen yourself.”

⁶tn Heb “know and see.”

⁷tn Heb “at the turning of the year.”

⁸tn Heb “go up against.”

⁵tn Heb “Now a man from the sons of the prophets said to his companion by the word of the Lord, ‘Wound me.’”

⁶tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸tn Heb “Because you sent away the man of my destruction [i.e., that I determined should be destroyed] from [my/your?] hand, your life will be in place of his life, and your people in place of his people.”

⁸tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

⁹tn Or “hate.”

¹⁰tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.

⁹sn A quotation from 1 Kgs 19:10, 14.

¹⁰tn Grk “the revelation,” “the oracle.”

¹¹tn The Greek term here is ἀνήρ (anhr), which only exceptionally is used in a generic sense of both males and females. In this context, it appears to be a generic usage (“people”) since when Paul speaks of a remnant of faithful Israelites (“the elect,” v. 7), he is not referring to males only. It can also be argued, however, that it refers only to adult males here (“men”), perhaps as representative of all the faithful left in Israel.

¹²sn A quotation from 1 Kgs 19:18.