1 Kings 18:18
16 So Obadiah went to inform Ahab, who went to meet Elijah.
17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
19 Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
20 So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.
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 have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- He answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house, in that you have forsaken the LORD’s commandments and you have followed the Baals.
- ASV
- And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father`s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and thou hast followed the Baalim.
- DARBY
- And he said, I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and thou hast followed the Baals.
- BLB
- And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but rather you and the house of your father have, in your⁺ forsaking the commandments of YHWH and following after the Baals.
- ÅB
- Han svarte: Jeg har ikke ført ødeleggelse over Israel, men du og din fars hus, fordi dere har forlatt Herrens bud og fulgt Ba'alene.
- OTB
- Han svarte: "Jeg har ikke vært årsak til problemer for Israel, men du og din fars hus har, fordi dere har forlatt Herrens bud og dere har fulgt Baalene.
- B1930
- Han svarte: Jeg har ikke ført ødeleggelse over Israel, men du og din fars hus, fordi I har forlatt Herrens bud og fulgt Ba'alene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 15:2
So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
Read in context1 Kings 9:9
And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
Read in context1 Kings 16:31
And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:19
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
Read in context1 Kings 21:25
(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
Read in contextProverbs 13:21
Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:13
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
Read in contextEzekiel 3:8
Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
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