1 Kings 18:9

9 He said, Wherein have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ach'av, to kill me?

1 Kings 18:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 18:9

And he said, what have I sinned
Or in what have I offended God or his prophet, that revenge should be taken on me in this way: that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab to slay
me?
for that he supposed would be the consequence of it, as he argues and more plainly expresses his sense in the following words.

1 Kings 18:9 In-Context

7 As `Ovadyah was in the way, behold, Eliyah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it you, my lord Eliyah?

8 He answered him, It is I: go, tell your lord, Behold, Eliyah [is here].

9 He said, Wherein have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ach'av, to kill 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 here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they didn't find you.

11 Now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Eliyah [is here].