1 Kings 18:13
Was it not told my lord, what I did when Jezebel was slaying the prophets of Yahweh,—how I hid, of the prophets of Yahweh, a hundred men—by fifties—in caves, and sustained them with bread and water?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
14and yet, now, thou, art saying, Go, tell thy lord—Here, is, Elijah; and so he will slay me!
Cross References
Genesis 20:4Now, Abimelech, had not come near unto her,—so he said, O My Lord! a nation even a righteous one, wilt thou slay?
Psalms 18:21For I had kept the ways of Yahweh, and not broken away from my God;
Matthew 10:41He that giveth welcome unto a prophet, in the name of a prophet, the reward of a prophet, shall receive; and, he that giveth welcome unto a righteous man, in the name of a righteous man, the reward of a righteous man, shall receive;—
Acts 20:34yourselves, acknowledge that, for my necessities and for those who were with me, hard wrought these hands!
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 →