1-Kings - 18:9



9 He said, "Wherein have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Kings 18:9.

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And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
And he said: What have I sinned, that thou wouldst deliver me thy servant into the hand of Achab, that he should kill me?
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou givest thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to put me to death?
And he saith, 'What have I sinned, that thou art giving thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to put me to death?
And he said, What have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
And he said, What sin have I done, that you would give up your servant into the hand of Ahab, and be the cause of my death?
And he said, 'How have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
And he said: "How have I sinned that you would deliver me, your servant, into the hand of Ahab, so that he would put me to death?

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Obadiah thinks that to execute this commission will be fatal to him 1-Kings 18:12.

And he said, what have I sinned,.... Or in what have I offended God or his prophet, that revenge should be taken on me in this way:
that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab to slay me? for that he supposed would be the consequence of it, as he argues and more plainly expresses his sense in the following words.

He said - Wherein have I offended God, and thee, that thou shouldest expose me to certain ruin.

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