1 Kings 18:11

11 and now, thou art saying, Go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah;

1 Kings 18:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 18:11

And now thou sayest, go tell thy lord, behold, Elijah is
here.
] Which, if I should not be able to make good, would be of fatal consequence to me; and that it is plain he feared, by what he next says.

1 Kings 18:11 In-Context

9 And he saith, `What have I sinned, that thou art giving thy servant into the hand of Ahab -- to put me to death?

10 Jehovah thy God liveth, if there is a nation and kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee; and they said, He is not, then he caused the kingdom and the nation to swear, that it doth not find thee;

11 and now, thou art saying, Go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah;

12 and it hath been, I go from thee, and the Spirit of Jehovah doth lift thee up, whither I know not, and I have come to declare to Ahab, and he doth not find thee, and he hath slain me; and thy servant is fearing Jehovah from my youth.

13 `Hath it not been declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel's slaying the prophets of Jehovah, that I hide of the prophets of Jehovah a hundred men, fifty by fifty in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?