1 Kings 18:15
And Elijah said, “As the Lord of hosts lives, before whose face I stand, this day I will appear to him.”
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In Context
14And now you say: ‘Go and tell your lord that Elijah is here,’ so that he may kill me!”
16Therefore, Obadiah went away to meet Ahab, and he reported to him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.
Cross References
Genesis 2:1And so the heavens and the earth were completed, with all their adornment.
Deuteronomy 4:19Otherwise, perhaps lifting up your eyes to heaven, you might look upon the sun and the moon and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error, you might adore and worship these things, which the Lord your God created for the service of all the nations, which are under heaven.
1 Kings 18:10As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom to which my lord has not sent, seeking you. And when all responded, ‘He is not here,’ he swore each kingdom and nation to an oath, because you were not found at all.
Psalms 24:8The Lord is sweet and righteous. Because of this, he will grant a law to those who fall short in the way.
Psalms 148:2Praise him, all his Angels. Praise him, all his hosts.
Isaiah 51:7Listen to me, you who know what is just, my people who have my law in their heart. Do not be afraid of disgrace among men, and do not dread their blasphemies.
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 →