1 Kings 18:15 (DBY)

Passage

And Elijah said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will certainly shew myself to him to-day.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 18:13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of Jehovah, how I hid a hundred men of Jehovah's prophets by fifty in a cave, and maintained them with bread and water?

1 Kings 18:14 And now thou sayest, Go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah! and he will kill me.

1 Kings 18:15 And Elijah said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will certainly shew myself to him to-day.

1 Kings 18:16 Then Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.

1 Kings 18:17 And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, the troubler of Israel?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "elijah", "said", "jehovah", "hosts", "liveth", "before", "stand", and "certainly". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "elijah" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "And now thou sayest Go say to..." into verse 16's "Then Obadiah went to meet Ahab and...", so "elijah" and "said" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "elijah" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.