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1 Kings 18:17 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 18 · verse 17
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?1 Kings 18:17 · King James Version
1 Kings 18:17 in context
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.
19Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- troublethʻâkarproperly, to roil waterH5916 →
- ElijahʼÊlîyâhElijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other IsraelitesH452 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- AhabʼAchʼâbAchab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at BabylonH256 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- sawrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
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We have here the meeting between Ahab and Elijah, as bad a king as ever the world was plagued with and as good a prophet as ever the church was blessed with. 1. Ahab, like himself, basely accused Elijah.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-20