And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found [thee]: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
Ver. 20. Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?] And why an enemy, but because he told him the truth? See Micah 2:7. See Trapp in " Mic 2:7 " Truth breedeth hatred, as the fair nymphs are feigned to have done the foul fauni and satyrs.
“ An expectas ut Quintilianus ametur? ” - Juvenal.
Because thou hast sold thyself to work evil.] Though thou art sure to rue the bargain; as at length all those shall that abandon themselves to wicked practices, see 2Ki 17:17 ut fiant pabulum morris et fomentum Gehennae. Such dustheaps are to be found in every corner - men that work "all uncleanness with greediness." Eph 4:19
In the sight of the Lord.] And, as it were, in despite of him.