1 Kings 18:15
Then said Elijah, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I have stood, surely today will I show myself unto him.
Leeser Tanakh
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In Context
14And now thou sayest, Go say to thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he will slay me.
16So 'Ohadiah went to meet Achab, and he told it to him; and Achab went to meet Elijah.
Cross References
Genesis 2:1Thus were finished the heavens and the earth, and all their host.
Deuteronomy 4:19And that thou lift not up thy eyes unto the heavens, and thou see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, and be misled to bow down to them, and to serve them, those which the Lord thy God hath assigned unto all nations under the whole heaven.
1 Kings 18:10As the Lord thy God liveth, there is not a nation or kingdom whither my Lord hath not sent to seek thee; and when they said, He is not here: he caused that kingdom and nation to take an oath, that no one could find thee.
Psalms 24:8Who is this 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, O people in whose heart my law is: ye must not fear the reproach of men, and of their revilings shall ye not be in dread.
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 →