1 Kings 18:10

18:10 As certainly as the Lord your God lives, my master has sent to every nation and kingdom in an effort to find you. When they say, ‘He’s not here,’ he makes them ¹  swear an oath that they could not find you.

1 Kings 18:14-18

18:14 Now you say, ‘Go and say to your master, “Elijah is back,”’ ²  but he will kill me.” 18:15 But Elijah said, “As certainly as the Lord who rules over all ³  lives (whom I serve), ⁴  I will make an appearance before him today.”

Elijah Confronts Baal’s Prophets

18:16 When Obadiah went and informed Ahab, the king went to meet Elijah. ⁵  18:17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he ⁶  said to him, “Is it really you, the one who brings disaster ⁷  on Israel?” 18:18 Elijah ⁸  replied, “I have not brought disaster ⁹  on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals.

¹ tn Heb “he makes the kingdom or the nation swear an oath.”

² tn Heb “Look, Elijah”; or “Elijah is here.”

³ tn Traditionally, “the Lord of Hosts.”

⁴ tn Heb “(before whom I stand).”

⁵ tn Heb “Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah.”

⁶ tn Heb “Ahab.”

⁷ tn Or “trouble.”

⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Or “trouble.”