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1 Kings 18:10 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 18 · verse 10
As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.1 Kings 18:10 · King James Version
1 Kings 18:10 in context
8And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
9And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
10As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
11And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
12And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- kingdommamlâkâhdominionH4467 →
- whitherʼăsherwho, which, what, thatH834 →
- livethchayaliveH2416 →
- nationgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- lordʼâdôwnsovereignH113 →
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In these verses we find, I. The sad state of Israel at this time, upon two accounts: - 1. Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord (Kg1 18:4), slew them, Kg1 18:13. Being an idolater, she was a persecutor, and made Ahab one.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-16