1 Kings 18:14

14 Now you say, 'Go tell your master, "Look, Eliyahu is here."' Why, he'll kill me!"

1 Kings 18:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 18:14

And now thou sayest, go tell my lord, behold, Elijah [is
here]: and he shall slay me.
] That is, should he carry such a message to him, and Elijah should be removed elsewhere, and not to be found.

1 Kings 18:14 In-Context

12 But as soon as I leave you, the Spirit of ADONAI will carry you off to I don't know where; so that when I come and tell Ach'av, and he can't find you, he will kill me. But I your servant have revered ADONAI from my youth -
13 wasn't my lord told what I did when Izevel killed ADONAI's prophets, how I hid a hundred of ADONAI's prophets by fifties in caves and supplied their food and water?
14 Now you say, 'Go tell your master, "Look, Eliyahu is here."' Why, he'll kill me!"
15 Eliyahu said, "As ADONAI-Tzva'ot lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to him today."
16 So 'Ovadyah went, found Ach'av and told him; and Ach'av went to meet Eliyahu.
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