1 Kings 18:9

9 He said, "What sin have I committed, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab to put me to death?

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 Now as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him, and he recognized him and fell on his face and said, "Is this you, Elijah my master?"

8 He said to him, "It is I. Go, say to your master, 'Behold, Elijah is here."'

9 He said, "What sin have I committed, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab to put me to death?

10 "As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent to search for you; and when they said, 'He is not here,' he made the kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you.

11 "And now you are saying, 'Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah is here."'

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "have I sinned"