Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.)

In a cave

Bread and water

General references

Bible References

Cut off the prophets

Nehemiah 9:26
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You.
They flung Your law behind their backs
and killed Your prophets
who warned them
in order to turn them back to You.
They committed terrible blasphemies.
Matthew 21:35
But the farmers took his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
Revelation 17:4
The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She had a gold cup in her hand filled with everything vile and with the impurities of her prostitution.

In a cave

Hebrews 11:38
The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and on mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.

Fed them

1 Kings 18:13
Wasn’t it reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the Lord’s prophets? I hid 100 of the prophets of the Lord, 50 men to a cave, and I provided them with food and water.
2 Kings 6:22
Elisha replied, “Don’t kill them. Do you kill those you have captured with your sword or your bow? Set food and water in front of them so they can eat and drink and go to their master.”
Matthew 10:40
“The one who welcomes you welcomes Me, and the one who welcomes Me welcomes Him who sent Me.
Matthew 25:35
For I was hungry
and you gave Me something to eat;
I was thirsty
and you gave Me something to drink;
I was a stranger and you took Me in;

Bread and water

1 Kings 13:8
But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your house, I still wouldn’t go with you, and I wouldn’t eat bread or drink water in this place,

General references

Jeremiah 36:19
The officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves and tell no one where you are.”
Matthew 21:35
But the farmers took his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

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