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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 18:10

“ As YHWH your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you. And when they said, ‘He is not here,' he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they had not found you.”

For he pointed out that King Ahab had been searching everywhere for Elijah with the intention of doing him harm, and that he had done it with special intensity. Thus he would not treat gently anyone who told him where to find Elijah, only for him to discover that Elijah was not there. Note the ‘your God.' Even as a believer Obadiah recognised that Elijah has a unique relationship with God.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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