1 Kings 18:3 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 18:3

and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,

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ASV

And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly:

KJV

And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly:

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house,.... Perhaps his steward: the Jews (m) take him to be Obadiah the prophet, who wrote the small prophecy that goes by his name: (now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly:) who, though he did not go up to Jerusalem to worship, which ceremonial service was dispensed with in him, yet he did not worship the calves, nor Baal, but served the Lord in a spiritual manner. (m) T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 39. 2.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Obadiah’s name, “servant of Yahweh,” indicates his religious character. It corresponds to the modern Arabic name Abdallah. Ahab could scarcely have been ignorant of Obadiah’s faithfulness to Yahweh; and it tells in favor of the monarch’s tolerance that he should have maintained an adherent of the old religion in so important an office. There seems to be no doubt that the worst deeds of Ahab’s reign sprang less from his own free will and natural disposition than from the evil counsels, or rather perhaps the imperious requirements, of his wife.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Obadiah feared the Lord greatly--Although he did not follow the course taken by the Levites and the majority of pious Israelites at that time of emigration into Judah (2Ch 11:13-16), he was a secret and sincere worshipper.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקְרָ֣א	vai.yik.Ra'	and he summoned	H7121 →
אַחְאָ֔ב	'ach.'Av	Ahab	H256 →
אֶל־	'el-	<to>	H413 →
עֹבַדְיָ֖הוּ	'oad.Ya.hu	Obadiah	H5662 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
עַל־	'al-	[was] over	H5921 →
הַבָּ֑יִת	ha.Ba.yit	the household	H1004 →
וְעֹבַדְיָ֗הוּ	ve.'oad.Ya.hu	and Obadiah	H5662 →
הָיָ֥ה	ha.Yah	he was	H1961 →
יָרֵ֛א	ya.Re'	fearing	H3373 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מְאֹֽד׃	me.'Od	exceedingly	H3966 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
leads to
- Luke 12:4–5
  I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
- Isaiah 8:12–13
  “Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
- Revelation 2:10
  Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful…
- James 4:12
  There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
- Romans 8:35–39
  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
Through
Acts 10:35
but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.
leads to
- 1 John 2:29
  If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
- Romans 10:12–13
  For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
- Acts 10:2
  He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.