1 Kings 18:15
And Elijah said, As LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
14And now thou say, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here], and he will kill me.
16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
Cross References
Genesis 2:1And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Deuteronomy 4:19And lest thou lift up thine eyes to heaven, and when thou see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which LORD thy God has allotted to all the peoples
1 Kings 18:10As LORD thy God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek thee. And when they said, He is not here, he took an oath from the kingdom and nation that they did not find thee.
Psalms 24:8Who is the King of glory? LORD strong and mighty, LORD mighty in battle.
Psalms 148:2Praise ye him, all his [heavenly] agents. Praise ye him, all his host.
Isaiah 51:7Hearken to me, ye who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Fear ye not the reproach of men, nor be ye dismayed at their revilings.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 18:2-17
The Character of Obadiah; Elijah's Interview with Obadiah. ( b. c. 906.) 1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. 2 And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria. 3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly: 4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord , that Obadiah took a… Read the whole commentary →