"And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?" — 1 Kings 18:9

1 Kings 18:9 · KJV

“And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?”

— 1 Kings 18:9

And he answered him, I {am}: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah {is here}.

{As} the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, {He is} not {there}; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

1 Kings 18 — Context

And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, {Art} thou that my lord Elijah?

And he answered him, I {am}: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah {is here}.

And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah {is here}.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:12

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.

1 Kings 17:18

And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

Exodus 5:21

And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. {to be...: Heb. to stink}

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