King James Version
1 Kings 18:16 in the King James Version says “So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.”
1 Kings 18:16 · KJV
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“to meet”
H7125an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
“and told”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
“to meet”
H7125an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
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