1 Kings 18:10
As the Lord thy God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom, whither my lord has not sent to seek thee; and if they said, He is not here, then has he set fire to the kingdom and its territories, because he has not found thee.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
11And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:23Take notice, then, and learn, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass that if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.
1 Kings 1:29And the king swore, and said, As the Lord lives who redeemed my soul out of all affliction,
1 Kings 17:1And Elijah the prophet, the Tishbite of Tishbe of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be these years dew nor rain, except by the word of my mouth.
1 Kings 17:9Arise, and go to Zarephath of the Sidonian land: behold, I have there commanded a widow woman to maintain thee.
1 Kings 18:15And Elijah said, As the Lord of Hosts before whom I stand lives, today I will appear before him.
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 →