1 Kings 18:17

17 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, "[Is] this you [who] throws Israel into confusion?"

1 Kings 18:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 18:17

And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah
As soon as he came up to him, and knew who he was; Abarbinel thinks, because his hair was grown so long that Ahab did not know him certainly, and therefore put the following question:

that Ahab said unto him, art thou he that troubleth Israel?
by opposing the religion of Baal, which prevailed among them; but chiefly rain being withheld from them according to his word, and at his prayer.

1 Kings 18:17 In-Context

15 Elijah said, "{As Yahweh of hosts lives}, before whom I stand, I will certainly show myself to him today."

16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and he told him, so Ahab went to meet Elijah.

17 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, "[Is] this you [who] throws Israel into confusion?"

18 He said, "I did not throw Israel into confusion; rather you and the house of your father [have] by forsaking the commands of Yahweh when you went after the Baals!

19 So then, send [word] and assemble all of Israel to me on Mount Carmel, with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at the table of Jezebel."