1 Kings 18:8 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 18:8

“It is I,” he answered. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here!’”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	to him
אָ֑נִי	'A.ni	[it is] I	H589 →
לֵ֛ךְ	lekh	go	H1980 →
אֱמֹ֥ר	'e.Mor	say	H559 →
לַאדֹנֶ֖יךָ	la.do.Nei.kha	to master<s> your	H113 →
הִנֵּ֥ה	hi.Neh	here!	H2009 →
אֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃	'e.li.Ya.hu	Elijah	H452 →

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

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
Romans 13:7
Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
leads to
- Luke 20:25
  So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
- 1 Peter 2:17–18
  Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
- Matthew 17:25
  “Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons,…
- Proverbs 24:21
  My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
- 1 Timothy 5:17
  Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
Through
1 Kings 18:3
and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,
leads to
- Nehemiah 7:2
  Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
- 1 Kings 16:9
  However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.
- Matthew 10:28
  Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.