King James Version
1 Kings 18:17 in the King James Version says “And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?”
1 Kings 18:17 · KJV
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.
Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“saw”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“And it came to pass when Ahab”
H256achab, the name of a king of israel and of a prophet at babylon
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“And it came to pass when Ahab”
H256achab, the name of a king of israel and of a prophet at babylon
“unto him Art thou he that troubleth”
H5916properly, to roil water; figuratively, to disturb or affict
“Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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