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.)
Cut off the prophets
In a cave
Bread and water
General references
Bible References
Cut off the prophets
Nehemiah 9:26 “But they became disobedient and rebelled against You,
Andcast Your law behind their backs
Andkilled Your prophets who had admonished them
So that they might return to You,
Andthey committed great blasphemies.
And
And
So that they might return to You,
And
Matthew 21:35 The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.
Revelation 17:4
The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality,
In a cave
Hebrews 11:38
(men of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes in the ground.
Fed them
1 Kings 18:13 Has it not been told to my master what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, that I hid a hundred prophets of the Lord by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water?
2 Kings 6:22
He answered, “You shall not kill them. Would you kill those you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master.”
Matthew 10:40 “He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives 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 invited Me in;
Bread and water
1 Kings 13:8
But the man of God said to the king, “If you were to give me half your house I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.
General references
Jeremiah 36:19
Then the officials said to Baruch, “Go, hide yourself, you and Jeremiah, and do not let anyone know where you are.”
Matthew 21:35 The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.