KJV ORIGINAL
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, 'Are you the one who has been causing trouble for Israel?'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
King Ahab blames the prophet Elijah for Israel's problems instead of taking responsibility for his own disobedience to God.
📚 Historical Context
This confrontation occurs during a severe three-year drought that God sent as judgment for Israel's idolatry under King Ahab and Queen Jezebel. Ahab had been searching everywhere for Elijah, whom he blamed for the famine, rather than recognizing that his own worship of Baal had brought God's judgment upon the land.
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