1 Kings 18:14

14 Now you say, 'Go tell your lord, "Elijah is here!" ' He will 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 when I leave you, the Spirit of the Lord may carry you off to some place I don't know. Then when I go report to Ahab and he doesn't find you, he will kill me. But [I], your servant, have feared the Lord from my youth.

13 Wasn't it reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the Lord's prophets? I hid 100 of the prophets of the Lord, 50 men to a cave, and I provided them with food and water.

14 Now you say, 'Go tell your lord, "Elijah is here!" ' He will kill me!"

15 Then Elijah said, "As the Lord of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, today I will present myself to Ahab."

16 Obadiah went to meet Ahab and report to him. Then Ahab went to meet Elijah.