1 Kings 18:10
By the life of Yahweh thy God, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee, and, when they have said—Nay! he hath taken an oath of the kingdom or the nation, that no one could find thee;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
11and, now, thou, art saying,—Go say to thy lord, Here, is, Elijah;
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:23See, then, and get to know—of all the hiding places, where he hideth himself, and return unto me, for certainty, then will I go with you,—and it shall be, if he is in the land, that I will search him out, through all the thousands of Judah.
1 Kings 1:29And the king sware, and said,—By the life of Yahweh, who hath redeemed my life out of every strait,
1 Kings 17:1Then said Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, unto Ahab, By the life of Yahweh, God of Israel, before whom I stand, there shall not, these two years, be either dew or rain,—save at the bidding of my word.
1 Kings 17:9Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there,—Lo! I have commanded, there, a widow woman, to sustain thee.
1 Kings 18:15Then said Elijah—By the life of Yahweh of hosts, before whom I stand, to-day, will I show myself unto him.
Psalms 12:7Thou, O Yahweh, wilt keep them,—Thou wilt guard him, from this generation unto times age-abiding.
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 →