1 Kings 18:9

And he said, What sin have I done, that you would give up your servant into the hand of Ahab, and be the cause of my death?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

In Context

8And Elijah in answer said, It is I; now go and say to your lord, Elijah is here.

10By the life of the Lord your God, there is not a nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent in search of you; and when they said, He is not here; he made them take an oath that they had not seen you.

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Cross References

1 Kings 17:18And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?

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 →

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