1 Kings 18:15
And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to day.
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14And now you says, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
Cross References
Genesis 2:1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Deuteronomy 4:19And lest you lift up yours eyes unto heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
1 Kings 18:10As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found you not.
Psalms 24:8Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
Psalms 148:2Praise all of you him, all his angels: praise all of you him, all his hosts.
Isaiah 51:7Hearken unto me, all of you that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear all of you not the reproach of men, neither be all of you afraid of their revilings.
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 →