1 Kings 18:14

1 Kings 18:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
• New International Version (NIV)And now you tell me to go to my master and say, ‘Elijah is here.’ He will kill me!”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And now you say, 'Go, tell your lord, "Behold, Elijah is here"'; and he will kill me."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And now you say, ‘Go, tell your master, “Elijah is here.” ’ He will kill me!”

Context of 1 Kings 18:14

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. 13You know, sir, about what I did when Jezebel was killing the Lord's prophets. I hid 100 prophets in two caves. I put 50 prophets in each cave. I gave them food and water. But now you tell me to go to my master and say, “Elijah is here!” I know that he will kill me!’ 15Elijah said, ‘I serve the Lord Almighty. As surely as he lives, I promise that I will meet with King Ahab today.’ 16So Obadiah went to Ahab. He told Ahab where Elijah was. So King Ahab went to meet Elijah.

1 Kings 18:14 word by word

וְעַתָּה֙ אַתָּ֣ה אֹמֵ֔ר לֵ֛ךְ אֱמֹ֥ר לַֽאדֹנֶ֖יךָ הִנֵּ֣ה אֵלִיָּ֑הוּ וַהֲרָגָֽנִי׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And now thou sayestאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• thy lordאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
• Behold, Elijahאֵלִיָּה'êlîyâh 'êlîyâhû · ElijahH452
• and he shall slayהָרַגhârag · to killH2026

Cross-references for 1 Kings 18:14

• Matthew 10:28Do not be afraid of those people who can kill only your body. These people cannot kill your soul. No, it is God that you should be afraid of. He can kill your body, and then he can also destroy your soul in hell.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 18:14

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-15Obadiah, a true believer, knew that God's Spirit worked through the prophets (Judges 6:34; Ezekiel 3:12, 14; 11:1). He feared the Spirit might take Elijah away while he told Ahab where Elijah was. The king might then think Obadiah was hiding Elijah and kill him.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 18:14

• Doubting
• Elijah
• Obadiah

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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