1 Kings 18:15 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 18:15

Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Elijah said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to-day.

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Elijah swears by the Lord of hosts, who has all power in his hands, and is therefore able to protect his servants against all the powers of hell and earth. (5.) Notice is hereby soon brought to Ahab that Elijah had sent him a challenge to meet him immediately at such a place, and Ahab accepts the challenge: He went to meet Elijah,

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ	'e.li.Ya.hu	Elijah	H452 →
חַ֚י	chai	[by] [the] life	H2416 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	of Yahweh	H3068 →
צְבָא֔וֹת	tze.va.'ot	of hosts	H6635 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	whom	H834 →
עָמַ֖דְתִּי	'a.Mad.ti	I stand	H5975 →
לְפָנָ֑יו	le.fa.Nav	<to> before him	H6440 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
הַיּ֖וֹם	hai.Yom	this day	H3117 →
אֵרָאֶ֥ה	'e.ra.'Eh	I will present myself	H7200 →
אֵלָֽיו׃	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H452ʾeliyahuElijah71×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 17:1
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in…
leads to
- Luke 4:25–26
  But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all…
- James 5:17
  Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
- Luke 1:17
  And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to…
- 1 Kings 22:14
  But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”
- 2 Kings 3:14
  Then Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at…
Through
Luke 1:19
“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
leads to
- Luke 1:26
  In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
- Matthew 18:10
  See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
- Daniel 8:16
  And I heard the voice of a man calling from between the banks of the Ulai: “Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.”