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

12And it will come about when I leave you that the Spirit of the Lord will carry you to where I do not know; so when I come and inform Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, though I, your servant, have feared the Lord from my youth. 13Has it not been reported to my master what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, that I hid a hundred prophets of the Lord by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water? Yet now you are saying, ‘Go, say to your master, “Behold, Elijah is here”’; he will then kill me!” 15Then Elijah said, “As surely as the Lord of armies lives, before whom I stand, I will certainly present myself to him today.” 16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and informed him; then Ahab went to meet Elijah.

1 Kings 18:14 word by word

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

• Yet nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• you are sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• to your masterאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
• Beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• Elijahאֵלִיָּה'êlîyâh 'êlîyâhû · ElijahH452
• he will then killהָרַגhârag · to killH2026

Cross-references for 1 Kings 18:14

• Matthew 10:28And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body 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

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• Doubting
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• 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