1 Kings 18:10

1 Kings 18:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
• New International Version (NIV)As surely as the Lord your God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to look for you. And whenever a nation or kingdom claimed you were not there, he made them swear they could not find you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. And when they would say, 'He is not here,' he would take an oath of the kingdom or nation, that they had not found you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to hunt for you; and when they said, ‘He is not here,’ he took an oath from the kingdom or nation that they could not find you.

Context of 1 Kings 18:10

8Elijah replied. ‘Yes! Now go and tell your master that Elijah is here again.’ 9Obadiah said, ‘Why are you sending me to my death? What have I done to hurt you? Ahab will certainly kill me if I tell him you are here! As surely as the Lord your God lives, my master, King Ahab, has sent people everywhere to look for you. He has looked in every nation and every kingdom. When they say, “Elijah is not here!” he makes them promise that they are speaking the truth. 11But now you are telling me to go to my master. You want me to say, “Elijah is here!” 12When I leave you, I do not know where the Lord's Spirit will take you. I may not be able to find you again. Then if I tell Ahab that I have seen you, he still will not find you. So he will kill me. But I have served the Lord faithfully since I was a young man.

1 Kings 18:10 word by word

חַ֣י׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ אִם־יֶשׁ־גּ֤וֹי וּמַמְלָכָה֙ אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹֽא־שָׁלַ֨ח אֲדֹנִ֥י שָׁם֙ לְבַקֶּשְׁךָ֔ וְאָמְר֖וּ אָ֑יִן וְהִשְׁבִּ֤יעַ אֶת־הַמַּמְלָכָה֙ וְאֶת־הַגּ֔וֹי כִּ֖י לֹ֥א יִמְצָאֶֽכָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• livethחַיchay · aliveH2416
• there is noיֵשׁyêsh · thereH3426
• nationגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• or kingdomמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
• whitherאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• my lordאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
• hath not sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• to seekבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
• thee: and when they saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• he took an oathשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
• that they foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672

Cross-references for 1 Kings 18:10

• 1 Kings 18:15Elijah said, ‘I serve the Lord Almighty. As surely as he lives, I promise that I will meet with King Ahab today.’
• 1 Kings 1:29Then the king made a strong promise. He said, ‘The Lord has saved me from every kind of trouble. I promise this, as surely as the Lord lives!
• 1 Kings 2:24As surely as the Lord lives, Adonijah must die today. The Lord has done everything that he promised to me. He has made me strong so that now I rule on the throne of my father David. And my descendants will continue to rule as kings after me.’
• 1 Kings 17:1There was a prophet called Elijah who came from Tishbe in Gilead. He said to King Ahab, ‘I am a servant of the Lord, Israel's God. As surely as God lives, there will be no rain or dew for the next few years. Nothing will make the ground wet until I command it to happen.’
• 1 Samuel 29:6So Achish called David to come to him. He said, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, I know that I can trust you. I would like you to go with me to fight the battle. Since the first day that you came to me, I have never found anything wrong with you. But the other leaders do not trust you.
• Psalms 10:2Wicked people are cruel to poor people. They use their evil ideas to take hold of weak people.
• Jeremiah 26:20There was another prophet who was called Uriah. He was the son of Shemaiah, from Kiriath-Jearim. Uriah prophesied against this city and this nation, with the Lord's authority, as Jeremiah did.
• 1 Kings 17:5Elijah obeyed the Lord's message. He went to live in the Kerith valley, near the Jordan River.
• Psalms 12:7Yes Lord, you will take care of the poor people. You will always keep each one of them safe from all those evil people.
• Psalms 31:20You give them a place to hide, and you keep them safe with you. When their enemies want to attack them, you take care of them. When their enemies speak lies against them, they are safe with you.
• Psalms 91:1If anyone lives in Almighty God's safe place, the Most High God protects that person.
• Jeremiah 36:26Instead, the king told Prince Jerahmeel to go and find the secretary Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. Jerahmeel went with Azriel's son Seraiah and Abdeel's son Shelemiah to take hold of them. But the Lord had hidden Baruch and Jeremiah.
• John 8:59Then they picked up stones. They wanted to throw them at him and kill him. But Jesus hid himself from them. He went away from the temple.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 18:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10There is no nation or kingdom - He had sent through all his own states and to the neighboring governments to find out the prophet, as he knew, from his own declaration, that both rain and drought were to be the effect of his prayers. Had he found him, he no doubt intended to oblige him to procure rain, or punish him for having brought on this drought. He took an oath - Ahab must have had considerable power and authority among the neighboring nations to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10There is no nation … - This is expressed in the style of Oriental hyperbole. What Obadiah means is: “there is no nation nor kingdom, of those over which he has influence, whither the king has not sent.” He could scarcely, for example, have exacted an oath from such countries as Egypt or Syria of Damascus. But Ahab may have been powerful enough to expect an oath from the neighboring Hittite, Moabite, and Edomite tribes, perhaps even from Ethbaal his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10no nation or kingdom: In the ancient Near East, it was common to return fugitives or runaway slaves. This is noted in the treaty between Pharaoh Ramses II and the Hittite king Hattusilis. However, Elijah did not need to ask a foreign king for protection. God kept him safe at Kerith Brook (1 Kings 17:3) and with the widow at Zarephath (1 Kings 17:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-167-16. Obadiah was in the way ... Elijah met him--Deeming it imprudent to rush without previous intimation into Ahab's presence, the prophet solicited Obadiah to announce his return to Ahab. The commission, with a delicate allusion to the perils he had already encountered in securing others of God's servants, was, in very touching terms, declined, as unkind and peculiarly hazardous. But Elijah having dispelled all the apprehensions entertained about the…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 18:10

• Doubting
• Elijah
• Extradition
• Obadiah
• Persecution

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Commentaries on 1 Kings 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings