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1 Kings 18:16 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 18 · verse 16
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.1 Kings 18:16 · King James Version
1 Kings 18:16 in context
14And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
15And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
18And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ObadiahʻÔbadyâhObadjah, the name of thirteen IsraelitesH5662 →
- ElijahʼÊlîyâhElijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other IsraelitesH452 →
- wentyâlakto walkH3212 →
- meetqirʼâhan encountering, accidental, friendly or hostileH7125 →
- AhabʼAchʼâbAchab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at BabylonH256 →
- toldnâgadproperly, to frontH5046 →
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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