1 Kings 18:14-18

18:14 Now you say, ‘Go and say to your master, “Elijah is back,”’ 1  but he will kill me.” 18:15 But Elijah said, “As certainly as the Lord who rules over all 2  lives (whom I serve), 3  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. 4  18:17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he 5  said to him, “Is it really you, the one who brings disaster 6  on Israel?” 18:18 Elijah 7  replied, “I have not brought disaster 8  on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals.

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

2 tn Traditionally, “the Lord of Hosts.”

3 tn Heb “(before whom I stand).”

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

4 tn Heb “Ahab.”

5 tn Or “trouble.”

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

6 tn Or “trouble.”