1 Kings 18:9

9 Obadiah asked, "What have I done wrong to make you hand me over to Ahab to be killed?

1 Kings 18:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 18:9

And he said, what have I sinned
Or in what have I offended God or his prophet, that revenge should be taken on me in this way: that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab to slay
me?
for that he supposed would be the consequence of it, as he argues and more plainly expresses his sense in the following words.

1 Kings 18:9 In-Context

7 Obadiah was on the road when he met Elijah. Obadiah recognized him and immediately bowed down to the ground. "Is it you, my master Elijah?" he asked.

8 "Yes," Elijah answered him. "Tell your master that Elijah is here."

9 Obadiah asked, "What have I done wrong to make you hand me over to Ahab to be killed?

10 I solemnly swear, as the LORD your God lives, my master has searched for you in every region and kingdom. When people would say, 'He isn't here,' my master made that kingdom or region take an oath that they hadn't found you.

11 "Now you say, 'Tell your master that Elijah is here.'