1 Kings 16:31

16:31 As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal. ¹ 

1 Kings 18:13

18:13 Certainly my master is aware of what I did ²  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 18:19

18:19 Now send out messengers ³  and assemble all Israel before me at Mount Carmel, as well as the 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah whom Jezebel supports. ⁴ 

1 Kings 19:2

19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, ⁵  “May the gods judge me severely ⁶  if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!” ⁷ 

1 Kings 21:7

21:7 His wife Jezebel said to him, “You are the king of Israel! ⁸  Get up, eat some food, and have a good time. ⁹  I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.”

[16:31]  ¹ tn Heb “and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.”

[18:13]  ² tn Heb “Has it not been told to my master what I did…?” The rhetorical question expects an answer, “Of course it has!”

[18:19]  ³ tn The word “messengers” is supplied in the translation both here and in v. 20 for clarification.

[18:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “who eat at the table of Jezebel.”

[19:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “saying.”

[19:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

[19:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”

[21:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “You, now, you are exercising kingship over Israel.”

[21:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “so your heart [i.e., disposition] might be well.”