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.

[18:14]  ¹ tn Heb “Look, Elijah”; or “Elijah is here.”

[18:15]  ² tn Traditionally, “the Lord of Hosts.”

[18:15]  ³ tn Heb “(before whom I stand).”

[18:16]  ³ tn Heb “Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah.”

[18:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “Ahab.”

[18:17]  ⁵ tn Or “trouble.”

[18:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:18]  ⁶ tn Or “trouble.”