1 Kings 18:9

1 Kings 18:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
• New International Version (NIV)“What have I done wrong,” asked Obadiah, “that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to be put to death?
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said, "How have I sinned, that you would give your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
• New King James Version (NKJV)So he said, “How have I sinned, that you are delivering your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?

Context of 1 Kings 18:9

7Now as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him, and he recognized him and fell on his face and said, “Is it you, Elijah my master?” 8And he said to him, “It is I. Go, say to your master, ‘Behold, Elijah is here.’” But he said, “What sin have I committed, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab, to put me to death? 10As surely as the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom to which my master has not sent word to search for you; and whenever they say, ‘He is not here,’ he makes the kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you. 11Yet now you are saying, ‘Go, say to your master, “Behold, Elijah is here!”’

1 Kings 18:9 word by word

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר מֶ֣ה חָטָ֑אתִי כִּֽי־אַתָּ֞ה נֹתֵ֧ן אֶֽת־עַבְדְּךָ֛ בְּיַד־אַחְאָ֖ב לַהֲמִיתֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

• But he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Whatמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• sinחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
• that you are handingנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• that you are handingיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• your servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• over to Ahabאַחְאָב'ach'âb 'echâb · AhabH256
• to putמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for 1 Kings 18:9

• 1 Kings 18:12And 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.
• 1 Kings 17:18So she said to Elijah, “Why is my business any of yours, you man of God? Yet you have come to me to bring my wrongdoing to remembrance, and to put my son to death!”
• Exodus 5:21And they said to them, “May the Lord look upon you and judge you, because you have made us repulsive in Pharaoh’s sight and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us!”

Commentaries on 1 Kings 18:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Obadiah thinks that to execute this commission will be fatal to him 1 Kings 18:12.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-46The prophet Elijah's work was closely tied to his spiritual growth. Elijah challenged Israel's interest in Baal, the Canaanite storm god. During this conflict, Elijah saw God's power and support, unlike Baal's weakness. This was shown in Elijah's contest with Baal's prophets on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:1–46). After fleeing from Jezebel, God renewed Elijah's mission at Mount Sinai (1 Kings 19:1–18). Elijah's mission was finished by his successor, Elisha (1…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 18:9

• Doubting
• Elijah
• Obadiah

In the dictionaries

• Ahab
• Answer
• Carmel
• Cut
• Either
• Follow
• Halt
• Lord
• Quotations
• Israel, Religion of

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