Then Elijah said, "As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today."
Cross References
1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As surely as the LORD lives--the God of Israel before whom I stand--there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!"
1 Kings 18:14And now you say, 'Go tell your lord that Elijah is here!' He will kill me!"
1 Kings 18:16So Obadiah went to inform Ahab, who went to meet Elijah.
1 Kings 22:14But Micaiah said, "As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me."
Treasury of Scripture
And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him to day.
As the Lord
1 Kings 18:10
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.
Hebrews 6:16,17
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife…
of hosts liveth
Genesis 2:1
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Deuteronomy 4:19
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
Job 25:3
Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
before whom I
1 Kings 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Deuteronomy 1:38
But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
Luke 1:19
And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
I will surely
Isaiah 51:7,8
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings…
