"And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah {is here}: and he shall slay me." — 1 Kings 18:14

1 Kings 18:14 · KJV

“And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah {is here}: and he shall slay me.”

— 1 Kings 18:14

Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

Verse 15

And Elijah said, {As} the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.

1 Kings 18 — Context

And 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; and {so} when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.

Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah {is here}: and he shall slay me.

And Elijah said, {As} the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.

So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

Cross References

Matthew 10:28

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

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