1 Kings 18:8-18

8 cui ille respondit ego vade dic domino tuo adest Helias

9 et ille quid peccavi inquit quoniam trades me servum tuum in manu Ahab ut interficiat me

10 vivit Dominus Deus tuus non est gens aut regnum quo non miserit dominus meus te requirens et respondentibus cunctis non est hic adiuravit regna singula et gentes eo quod minime repperireris

11 et nunc dicis mihi vade et dic domino tuo adest Helias

12 cumque recessero a te spiritus Domini asportabit te in locum quem ego ignoro ingressus nuntiabo Ahab et non inveniet te et interficiet me servus autem tuus timet Dominum ab infantia sua

13 numquid non indicatum est tibi domino meo quid fecerim cum interficeret Hiezabel prophetas Domini quod absconderim de prophetis Domini centum viros quinquagenos et quinquagenos in speluncis et paverim eos pane et aqua

14 et nunc tu dicis vade et dic domino tuo adest Helias ut interficiat me

15 dixit Helias vivit Dominus exercituum ante cuius vultum sto quia hodie apparebo ei

16 abiit ergo Abdias in occursum Ahab et indicavit ei venitque Ahab in occursum Heliae

17 et cum vidisset eum ait tune es ille qui conturbas Israhel

18 et ille ait non turbavi Israhel sed tu et domus patris tui qui dereliquistis mandata Domini et secuti estis Baalim

1 Kings 18:8-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 18

In this chapter Elijah has an order from the Lord to show himself to Ahab, who, going first, and meeting with a servant of his, Obadiah, charges him to tell his master where he was, that he might meet him, 1Ki 18:1-16, and, upon meeting him, desires that all Israel, and the prophets of Baal, might be convened, which was accordingly done, 1Ki 18:17-20, when he expostulated with the people of Israel for their idolatry, mocked and confounded the prophets of Baal, and gave the strongest proofs, to the conviction of the people, that Jehovah is the true God, 1Ki 18:21-39, on which all the prophets of Baal were slain, 1Ki 18:40, and rain in great abundance was given at the prayer of the prophet, 1Ki 18:41-46.