1 Kings 18:15
And Elijah said: 'As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to-day.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
14And now thou sayest: Go, tell thy lord: Behold, Elijah is here; and he will slay me.'
16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
Cross References
Genesis 2:1And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Deuteronomy 4:19and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest 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 the LORD thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.
1 Kings 18:10As 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 here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
Psalms 24:8'Who is the King of glory?' 'The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.'
Psalms 148:2Praise ye Him, all His angels; praise ye Him, all His hosts.
Isaiah 51:7Hearken unto Me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My law; fear ye not the taunt of men, neither 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 →