1 Kings 18:8

And he answered him: 'It is I; go, tell thy lord: Behold, Elijah is here.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

In Context

7And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him; and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said: 'Is it thou, my lord Elijah?'

9And he said: 'Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:3And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. — Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly;

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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