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8And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

1 Kings 18:8

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. …

  • Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

  • And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house.(Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-16)

In these verses we find, I. The sad state of Israel at this time, upon two accounts:— 1. Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord (1 Kgs. 18:4), slew them , 1 Kgs. 18:13. Being an idolater, she was a persecutor, and made Ahab one. Even in those bad times, when the calves were worshipped and the temple at Jerusalem deserted, yet there were some good people that feared God and served him, and some g…

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