King James Version
1 Kings 18:8 in the King James Version says “And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.”
1 Kings 18:8 · King James Version
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
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“Behold Elijah”
H452elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other israelites
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