1 Kings 18:40 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁴⁰ And Eli´jah said unto them, Take the prophets of Ba´al; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Eli´jah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ And Elijah said, Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one escape. They seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and [as God's law required] slew them there. [Deut. 13:5; 18:20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ Elijah said to them, “Seize Baal’s prophets! Don’t let any escape!” The people seized the prophets, and Elijah brought them to the Kishon Brook and killed them there.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ And Elijah said to them, "Apprehend the prophets of Baal, and do not let even one of them escape." And when they had apprehended them, Elijah led them down to the torrent Kishon, and he put them to death there.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁰ And Elias said to them: Take the prophets of Baal, and let not one of them escape. And when they had taken them, Elias brought them down to the torrent Cison, and killed them there.

1 Kings 18:40 Cross References

1 Kings 18:41

And Eli´jah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

1 Kings 19:1

And Ahab told Jez´ebel all that Eli´jah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

2 Kings 11:18

And all the people of the land went into the house of Ba´al, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Ba´al before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 23:15

So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.

2 Chronicles 23:17

Then all the people went to the house of Ba´al, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Ba´al before the altars.

Exodus 22:20

He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

Jeremiah 48:10

Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

Deuteronomy 13:5

And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

Deuteronomy 13:6

If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

Deuteronomy 18:20

But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.

Revelation 19:20

And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Revelation 20:10

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

Judges 4:13

And Sis´era gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Haro´sheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.

Judges 4:7

And I will draw unto thee, to the river Kishon, Sis´era the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.

Judges 5:21

The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.