1 Kings 18:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

The lord

1 Samuel 29:6

Whither my lord

Psalm 10:2

Jeremiah 26:20

They found thee not

General references

Jeremiah 36:19

Bible References

The lord

Then Elijah said, “As the Lord of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, today I will present myself to Ahab.”

The king swore an oath and said, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from every difficulty,

And now, as the Lord lives, the One who established me, seated me on the throne of my father David, and made me a dynasty as He promised—I swear Adonijah will be put to death today!”

Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers,

said to Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives, I stand before Him, and there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command!”

So Achish summoned David and told him, “As the Lord lives, you are an honorable man. I think it is good to have you working with me in the camp, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until today. But the leaders don’t think you are reliable.

Whither my lord

In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue the afflicted;
let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

Another man was also prophesying in the name of Yahweh—Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land in words like all those of Jeremiah.

They found thee not

So he did what the Lord commanded. Elijah left and lived by the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.

You, Lord, will guard us;
You will protect us from this generation forever.

You hide them in the protection of Your presence;
You conceal them in a shelter
from the schemes of men,
from quarrelsome tongues.

The one who lives under the protection of the Most High
dwells in the shadow of the Almighty.

Then the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord had hidden them.

At that, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden

and went out of the temple complex.

General references

The officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves and tell no one where you are.”