1 Kings 18
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1 Kings 18:2-16

2So ElijahH452 wentH1980 to presentH7200 himself to AhabH256. Now the famineH7458 was severeH2389 in SamariaH8111. 3AhabH256 summonedH7121 ObadiahH5662, 1whoH834 was inH5921 chargeH5921 ofH5921 the householdH1004. (Now ObadiahH5662 23fearedH3372 the LordH3068 greatlyH3966; 4for 4when JezebelH348 killedH3772 the prophetsH5030 of the LordH3068, ObadiahH5662 tookH3947 a hundredH3967 prophetsH5030 and hidH2244 them by fiftiesH2572 in a caveH4631, and 5providedH3557 them with breadH3899 and waterH4325.) 5Then AhabH256 saidH559 to ObadiahH5662, “GoH1980 through the landH776 to allH3605 the springsH4599 of waterH4325 and to allH3605 the riverH5158 valleysH5158; perhapsH194 we will findH4672 grassH2682 and keepH2421 the horsesH5483 and mulesH6505 aliveH2421, and not have to killH3772 someH4480 of the cattleH929.” 6So they dividedH2505 the landH776 between them to 6surveyH5674 it; AhabH256 wentH1980 oneH259 wayH1870 byH905 himselfH905, and ObadiahH5662 wentH1980 anotherH259 wayH1870 byH905 himselfH905.

7Now as ObadiahH5662 was on the wayH1870, beholdH2009, ElijahH452 metH7122 him, 7and he recognizedH5234 him and fellH5307 on his faceH6440 and saidH559, “Is it you, ElijahH452 my masterH113?” 8And he saidH559 to him, “It is I. GoH1980, sayH559 to your masterH113, ‘BeholdH2009, ElijahH452 is here.’” 9But he saidH559, “WhatH4100 8sinH2398 have I committedH2398, that you are handingH5414H3027 your servantH5650 over to AhabH256, to putH4191 me toH4191 deathH4191? 109As surely as the LordH3068 your GodH430 livesH2416, thereH3426 isH3426 noH518 nationH1471 or kingdomH4467 to whichH834 my masterH113 has not sentH7971 word to searchH1245 for you; and whenever they sayH559, ‘He is not here,’ he makes the kingdomH4467 or nationH1471 swearH7650 that they could not findH4672 you. 11Yet nowH6258 you are sayingH559, ‘GoH1980, sayH559 to your masterH113, “BeholdH2009, ElijahH452 is here!”’ 12And it will comeH1961 aboutH1961 when I leaveH1980H4480 you 10that the SpiritH7307 of the LordH3068 will carryH5375 you to whereH5921H834 I do not knowH3045; so when I comeH935 and informH5046 AhabH256 and he cannotH3808 findH4672 you, he will killH2026 me, though I, your servantH5650, have 11fearedH3372 the LordH3068 from my youthH5271. 1312Has it not been reportedH5046 to my masterH113 whatH834 I didH6213 when JezebelH348 killedH2026 the prophetsH5030 of the LordH3068, that I hidH2244 a hundredH3967 13prophetsH5030 of the LordH3068 by fiftiesH2572 in a caveH4631, and providedH3557 them with breadH3899 and waterH4325? 14Yet nowH6258 you are sayingH559, ‘GoH1980, sayH559 to your masterH113, “BeholdH2009, ElijahH452 is here”’; he will then killH2026 me!” 15Then ElijahH452 saidH559, “14As surely as the LordH3068 of armiesH6635 livesH2416, beforeH6440 whomH834 I standH5975, I will certainlyH3588 presentH7200 myself to him todayH3117.” 16So ObadiahH5662 wentH1980 to meetH7122 AhabH256 and informedH5046 him; then AhabH256 wentH1980 to meetH7122 ElijahH452.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 18:3 1 Kin 16:9 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 18:3 Or revered ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 18:3 Neh 7:2; Job 28:28 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 18:4 1 Kin 18:13 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 18:4 Matt 10:40-42 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 18:6 Lit pass through ↩
  7. 7. 1 Kings 18:7 2 Kin 1:6-8 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Kings 18:9 Lit have I sinned ↩
  9. 9. 1 Kings 18:10 1 Kin 17:1 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Kings 18:12 2 Kin 2:16; Ezek 3:12, 14; Acts 8:39 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Kings 18:12 Or revered ↩
  12. 12. 1 Kings 18:13 1 Kin 18:4 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Kings 18:13 Lit men of the prophets ↩
  14. 14. 1 Kings 18:15 1 Kin 17:1 ↩

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