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1 Kings 18:3 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 18 · verse 3 · King James Version
And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:1 Kings 18:3 · King James Version
1 Kings 18:3 in context
1And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
2And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
3And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
4For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
5And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
Key words (Strong's)
- ObadiahʻÔbadyâhObadjah, the name of thirteen IsraelitesH5662 →
- greatlymᵉʼôdproperly, vehemenceH3966 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- fearedyârêʼfearingH3373 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- AhabʼAchʼâbAchab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at BabylonH256 →
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