1 Kings 18:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Are you he who troubles Israel?

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  • Josh 7:25 : 25 And Joshua said, Why have you troubled us? the LORD shall trouble you this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
  • 1 Kgs 21:20 : 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you: because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
  • Acts 16:20 : 20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city,
  • Acts 17:6 : 6 And when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These who have turned the world upside down have come here too;
  • Acts 24:5 : 5 For we have found this man to be a pestilent fellow, and a creator of discord among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
  • Jer 26:8-9 : 8 Now it happened, when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, You shall surely die. 9 Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
  • Jer 38:4 : 4 Therefore the princes said to the king, We beg you, let this man be put to death; for he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them; for this man does not seek the welfare of this people, but the harm.
  • Amos 7:10 : 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 18:18
    87%

    18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but you and your father's house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and you have followed Baalim.

  • 1 Kgs 18:14-16
    3 verses
    80%

    14 And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.

    15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.

    16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

  • 1 Kgs 21:20
    79%

    20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you: because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 18:6-12
    7 verses
    76%

    6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

    7 And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Are you my lord Elijah?

    8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

    9 And he said, What have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

    10 As the LORD 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 there; he made the kingdom and nation swear that they did not find you.

    11 And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

    12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry you where I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he shall slay me: but I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth.

  • 1 Kgs 21:27-29
    3 verses
    75%

    27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

    28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

    29 Do you see how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.

  • 1 Kgs 21:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

    18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to possess it.

  • 1 Kgs 18:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

    2 And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And there was a severe famine in Samaria.

    3 And Ahab called Obadiah, who was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:

  • 2 Kgs 1:7-9
    3 verses
    73%

    7 And he said to them, What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words?

    8 And they answered him, He was a hairy man, with a belt of leather around his waist. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

    9 Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him, Man of God, the king has said, Come down.

  • 1 Kgs 17:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain for these years, except by my word.

    2 And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 18:20-21
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    72%

    20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to mount Carmel.

    21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

  • 1 Kgs 20:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 And behold, there came a prophet to Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus says the LORD, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am the LORD.

    14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus says the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall arrange the battle? And he answered, You.

  • 1 Kgs 18:36
    72%

    36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.

  • 2 Kgs 1:3
    71%

    3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, Is it not because there is no God in Israel that you go to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron?

  • 1 Kgs 17:18
    71%

    18 And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to remind me of my sin, and to kill my son?

  • 1 Kgs 19:13
    71%

    13 And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him, and said, What are you doing here, Elijah?

  • 1 Kgs 19:9
    71%

    9 And he came to a cave and lodged there, and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah?

  • 2 Kgs 1:15
    71%

    15 And the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, Go down with him; do not be afraid of him. So he arose and went down with him to the king.

  • 1 Kgs 19:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.

    2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

  • 2 Chr 18:17
    70%

    17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good to me, but evil?

  • 1 Kgs 18:45-46
    2 verses
    70%

    45 And it came to pass in the meantime, that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

    46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

  • 1 Kgs 22:18
    70%

    18 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?

  • 1 Kgs 18:41-43
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    70%

    41 And Elijah said to Ahab, Get up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

    42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,

    43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

  • 2 Chr 18:19
    69%

    19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spoke saying in this manner, and another saying in that manner.

  • 2 Kgs 3:13
    69%

    13 And Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother." And the king of Israel said to him, "No, for the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab."

  • 1 Kgs 17:24
    68%

    24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth.

  • 2 Kgs 6:21
    68%

    21 And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I strike them? shall I strike them?

  • 2 Kgs 6:11
    68%

    11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was greatly troubled by this thing; and he called his servants, and said to them, Will you not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?

  • 2 Kgs 10:17
    68%

    17 And when he came to Samaria, he killed all that remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke to Elijah.