1 Kings 18:4 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 18:4

for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

BSB

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ASV

for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

KJV

For 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.)

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

We have no details of Jezebel’s deed of blood. Some have conjectured that it was the answer of Jezebel to Elijah’s threat, and that the command given him to hide in Cherith alone saved him from being one of the victims. This view receives some support from Obadiah’s act and words 1Ki 18:13. Fifty in a cave - The limestone formation of Judaea and Samaria abounds with large natural caverns, the size of which is easily increased by art.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

(1Sa 10:10-12). fed them with bread and water--These articles are often used to include sustenance of any kind. As this succor must have been given them at the hazard, not only of his place, but his life, it was a strong proof of his attachment to the true religion.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִי֙	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
בְּהַכְרִ֣ית	be.hakh.Rit	when cut off	H3772 →
אִיזֶ֔בֶל	'i.Ze.vel	Jezebel	H348 →
אֵ֖ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
נְבִיאֵ֣י	ne.vi.'Ei	[the] prophets of	H5030 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַיִּקַּ֨ח	vai.yi.Kach	and he took	H3947 →
עֹבַדְיָ֜הוּ	'oad.Ya.hu	Obadiah	H5662 →
מֵאָ֣ה	me.'Ah	one hundred	H3967 →
נְבִאִ֗ים	ne.vi.'Im	prophets	H5030 →
וַֽיַּחְבִּיאֵ֞ם	vai.yach.bi.'Em	and he hid them	H2244 →
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים	cha.mi.Shim	fifty	H2572 →
אִישׁ֙	'ish	man	H376 →
בַּמְּעָרָ֔ה	ba.me.'a.Rah	in the cave	H4631 →
וְכִלְכְּלָ֖ם	ve.khil.ke.Lam	and he supplied them	H3557 →
לֶ֥חֶם	Le.chem	food	H3899 →
וָמָֽיִם׃	va.Ma.yim	and water	H4325 →

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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 25:35
For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,
leads to
- 1 John 3:16–19
  By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
- James 2:15–16
  Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
- Deuteronomy 15:7–11
  If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or…
- Hebrews 13:16
  And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
- Ezekiel 18:7
  He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
Through
Matthew 21:35
But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 36:15–16
  Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.
- Hebrews 11:36–37
  Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
- Nehemiah 9:26
  But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.