Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here.” ’
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Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here.” ’
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And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
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And now thou sayest: Go, tell thy lord: Behold, Elijah is here.
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 18:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 18:8 He answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here!’ ”
- 1 Kings 18:14 Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”.’ He will kill me.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 18:11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy…
1Ki 18:11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
Ver. 11. Behold, Elijah is here.] Whereupon he shall slay me, as 1Ki 18:14; 1Ki 18:9.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And now thou sayest, go tell thy lord, behold,…
And now thou sayest, go tell thy lord, behold, Elijah is here. Which, if I should not be able to make good, would be of fatal consequence to me; and that it is plain he feared, by what he next says.
And now thou sayest, go tell thy lord, behold, Elijah is here. Which, if I should not be able to make good, would be of fatal consequence to me; and that it is plain he feared, by what he next says.
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kg1 18:12And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not,.... This he supposed might possibly, and very probably, be the case, since small raptures might have been already, and known to Obadiah, as there were afterwards, see Kg2 2:16, and then he should not know where he was, nor be able to direct his master where to find him:
and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me; for telling him a lie, and deceiving and mocking him; or for not seizing on Elijah, and bringing him, when he knew he was so desirous of getting him into his hands:
but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth; and therefore did not deserve to be treated after this manner, having been an early and conscientious worshipper of the true God.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold,…
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. Heb. Behold, Elijah. Obadiah echoes the words of ver. 8.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.