So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
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So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
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So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
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So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 18:16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and…
1Ki 18:16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
Ver. 16. So Obadiah went.] Cured of his fear by the prophet’s oath; and confident that Deo armatus, he would encounter the king.
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 he answered,.... That is, Elijah, with great boldness…
And he answered,.... That is, Elijah, with great boldness and undaunted courage, not fearing the face of the king, being sent to show himself to him in the name of the King of kings:
I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father's house; they, by their sins, were the cause of all the troubles, those sore evil and sad calamities that were upon them:
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in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord: to have no other gods before him, and not to make images, and worship them, which they had done:
and thou hast followed Baalim; the several Baals, the Sun, moon, and stars, the whole host of heaven, worshipped under this name; or, not content with the Phoenician Baal, or Baal of the Zidonians, followed others, see Jdg 2:11.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Meet Elias, out of respect, (Abulensis) or rather to…
Meet Elias, out of respect, (Abulensis) or rather to upbraid him.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 16. Obadiah went to meet Ahab — It was…
16. Obadiah went to meet Ahab — It was doubtless better that the king’s mind be a little prepared for the meeting with Elijah, by having the prophet’s presence pre-announced.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. And Ahab went] The LXX. has ‘And Ahab…
16. And Ahab went] The LXX. has ‘And Ahab ran forth and went to meet Elijah.’
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him:…
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went Very readily, it would seem. Anything was better than suspense and famine. And Elijah"s very return contained in it a promise of rain to meet Elijah.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 told him what Elijah said
told him what Elijah said
"Obadiah told Ahab what Elijah had told him to say"
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Is it you? You are the one who brings trouble to Israel!
Ahab asks the question for emphasis to be certain about Elijah's identity. AT: "So here you are. You are the troublemaker of Israel!" (See: Rhetorical Question)
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Ahab
kingdom of Israel
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 18:16-18 troublemakers: Although Elijah announced the onset of the…
18:16-18 troublemakers: Although Elijah announced the onset of the drought (17:1), it was Ahab and his family who brought God’s judgment upon Israel by their violations of the covenant and their sponsorship of Baal worship (see Lev 26:19; Deut 28:15, 23; 2 Chr 7:13; Jer 14:1-7; Amos 4:7-8).
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