1 Kings 18:12

¹⁰ As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.

¹¹ And now you say, ‘Go tell your master that Elijah is here!’

I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.

¹³ Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.

¹⁴ And now you say, ‘Go tell your lord that Elijah is here!’ He will kill me!”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
KJV: And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
WEB: It will happen, as soon as I leave you, that the LORD’s Spirit will carry you I don’t know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can’t find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
ASV: And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah will carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will slay me: but I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth.
DARBY: And it shall come to pass when I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah shall carry thee whither I know not; and when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will kill me; and I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth.
BLB: And it shall come to pass when I am gone from you, that the Spirit of YHWH will carry you to a place [that] I know not. And when I go [and] tell Ahab, and he does not find you, he will kill me. And I your servant have feared YHWH from my youth.

ÅB: Det vil gå så, at når jeg nå går fra deg, og Herrens Ånd rykker deg bort til et sted som jeg ikke vet, og jeg kommer og sier det til Akab, og han så ikke finner deg, da dreper han meg. Og din tjener har dog fryktet Herren fra ungdommen av.
OTB: Og det vil skje når jeg forlater deg at Herrens Ånd vil føre deg dit jeg ikke vet, så når jeg kommer og forteller Akab og han ikke finner deg, vil han drepe meg, enda jeg, din tjener, har fryktet Herren fra min ungdom.
B1930: Det vil gå så, at når jeg nu går fra dig, og Herrens Ånd rykker dig bort til et sted som jeg ikke vet, og jeg kommer og sier det til Akab, og han så ikke finner dig, da dreper han mig. Og din tjener har dog fryktet Herren fra ungdommen av.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Acts 8:39
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.
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2 Kings 2:16
“Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
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Ezekiel 8:3
He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
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Ezekiel 11:24
And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,
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Ezekiel 40:1–2
In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He took me there.
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Ezekiel 3:12–14
Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: ‘Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!’
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2 Kings 2:11
As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
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2 Corinthians 12:2–3
I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.
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