1 Kings 18:4
18:4 When Jezebel was killing
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 18:13
18:13 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.
1 Kings 19:10
19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal
to the
Lord, the sovereign God,
even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you,
torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”
1 Kings 19:2
19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning,
“May the gods judge me severely
if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!”
1 Kings 1:20-21
1:20 Now,
my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne.
1:21 If a decision is not made,
when my master the king is buried with his ancestors,
my son Solomon and I
will be considered state criminals.”
1 Kings 1:16
1:16 Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before
the king. The king said, “What do you want?”
Jeremiah 26:20-23
26:20 Now there was another man who prophesied as the Lord’s representative against this city and this land just as Jeremiah did. His name was Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim.
26:21 When the king and all his bodyguards and officials heard what he was prophesying, the king sought to have him executed. But Uriah found out about it and fled to Egypt out of fear.
26:22 However, King Jehoiakim sent some men to Egypt, including Elnathan son of Achbor,
26:23 and they brought Uriah back from there. They took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him executed and had his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.
Matthew 21:35
21:35 But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one,
killed another, and stoned another.
Matthew 23:34-37
23:34 “For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,
23:35 so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
23:36 I tell you the truth, this generation will be held responsible for all these things!
Judgment on Israel
23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!
Acts 7:52
7:52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors
not persecute?
They
killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One,
whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!