He answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here!’ ”
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He answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here!’ ”
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And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
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And he answered him: 'It is I; go, tell thy lord: Behold, Elijah is here.'
Cross-references (3)
Passages linked to 1 Kings 18:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 18:3 Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly;
- Romans 13:7 Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
- 1 Peter 2:17-18 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect: not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 18:8 And he answered him, I [am]: go,…
1Ki 18:8 And he answered him, I [am]: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
Ver. 8. Behold, Elijah is here.] Not ashamed to show my face; but of his mind who said, Malo miserandum quam erubescendum. Memorable was that speech of John Frith to the archbishop’s men that would have let him go and shift for himself; If you should both leave me here, and go to Croyden, declaring to the bishops that you had lost Frith, I would surely follow as fast after as I might, and bring them news that I had found and brought Frith again. Do you think that I am afraid to declare mine opinion to the bishops of England in a manifest truth? {a}
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{a} Act. and Mon., 1927.
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.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Tell thy lord, Ahab; whom, though a very wicked…
Tell thy lord, Ahab; whom, though a very wicked man, he owns for Obadiah’s lord and king; thereby instructing him that he did well in owning him as such, and that the wickedness of kings doth not exempt their subjects from obedience to their lawful commands.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he answered him, I am,.... He did not…
And he answered him, I am,.... He did not desire to be concealed, his orders were to show and make himself known to Ahab, and Obadiah was one of his domestic servants:
go tell thy lord, behold, Elijah is here; in such a place, ready to face him at any time. Elijah, by calling Ahab the lord of Obadiah, as he tacitly reproves him for calling him lord, shows reverence to Ahab as a king, and yet that he was fearless of him, as he was the prophet and ambassador of the Lord of hosts to him.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Thy Lord - Ahab: whom, though a very wicked…
Thy Lord - Ahab: whom, though a very wicked man, he owns for Obadiah's Lord and king; thereby instructing us, that the wickedness of kings doth not exempt their subjects from obedience to their lawful commands.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. I am] R.V. It is I. To correspond…
8. I am] R.V. It is I. To correspond with the change in the preceding verse.
tell thy lord] It would be news of great interest to the king of Israel, as is clearly shewn by the efforts which he had already made to find Elijah.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he answered him; I am Heb. I: go,…
And he answered him; I am Heb. I: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. The last two words are not in the Hebrew, and the sentence is much more graphic without them.
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