eSee ch. 38:6-14
1 Kings 18:17
17When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, a“Is it you, you btroubler of Israel?”1 Kings 19:2
2Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, c“So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.”1 Kings 22:8
8And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah the son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”Jeremiah 37:15-16
15And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah, and they beat him dand imprisoned him in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for it had been made a prison.16 eWhen Jeremiah had come to the dungeon cells and remained there many days,
Jeremiah 38:4
4Then the officials said to the king, f“Let this man be put to death, gfor he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking hthe welfare of this people, but their harm.”John 11:50
50Nor do you understand that iit is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.”Acts 23:12-13
A Plot to Kill Paul
12When it was day, jthe Jews made a plot and kbound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13There were more than forty who made this conspiracy.
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