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1 Kings 18:9 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 18 · verse 9
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?1 Kings 18:9 · King James Version
1 Kings 18:9 in context
7And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- delivernâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- servantʻebeda servantH5650 →
- sinnedchâṭâʼproperly, to missH2398 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- handyâda handH3027 →
- AhabʼAchʼâbAchab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at BabylonH256 →
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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