1 Kings 18:16 (DRB)

Passage

Abdias therefore went to meet Achab, and told him: and Achab came to meet Elias.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 18:14 And now thou sayest: Go and tell thy master: Elias is here: that he may kill me.

1 Kings 18:15 And Elias said: As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whose face I stand, this day I will shew myself unto him.

1 Kings 18:16 Abdias therefore went to meet Achab, and told him: and Achab came to meet Elias.

1 Kings 18:17 And when he had seen him, he said: Art thou he that troublest Israel?

1 Kings 18:18 And he said: I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father's house, who have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and have followed Baalim.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "abdias", "therefore", "went", "meet", "achab", "told", and "came". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "abdias" and "therefore", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "And Elias said As the Lord of..." into verse 17's "And when he had seen him he...", so "abdias" and "therefore" 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 "abdias" and "therefore" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.