1 Kings 18:5 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 18:5

Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go through the land, unto all the fountains of water, and unto all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

KJV

And 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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Unto all fountains of water and unto all brooks - Rather, “to all springs of water and to all torrent-courses.” The former are the perennial streams; the latter are the torrent-courses which become dry in an ordinary summer. All the beasts - Rather, some, or, “a portion of our beasts.”

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Obadiah would not have accepted the place if he could not have had it without bowing the knee to Baal, nor was Ahab so impolitic as to exclude those from offices that were fit to serve him, merely because they would not join with him in his devotions. That man that is true to his God will be faithful to his prince.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אַחְאָב֙	'ach.'Av	Ahab	H256 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
עֹ֣בַדְיָ֔הוּ	'oad.Ya.hu	Obadiah	H5662 →
לֵ֤ךְ	lekh	go	H1980 →
בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙	ba.'A.retz	in the land	H776 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
מַעְיְנֵ֣י	ma'.ye.Nei	[the] springs of	H4599 →
הַמַּ֔יִם	ha.Ma.yim	<the> water	H4325 →
וְאֶ֖ל	ve.'El	and to	H413 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַנְּחָלִ֑ים	ha.ne.cha.Lim	the wadis	H5158 →
אוּלַ֣י׀	'u.Lai	perhaps	H194 →
נִמְצָ֣א	nim.Tza'	we will find	H4672 →
חָצִ֗יר	cha.Tzir	grass	H2682 →
וּנְחַיֶּה֙	u.ne.chai.Yeh	so we may preserve alive	H2421 →
ס֣וּס	sus	horse	H5483 →
וָפֶ֔רֶד	va.Fe.red	and mule	H6505 →
וְל֥וֹא	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
נַכְרִ֖ית	nakh.Rit	we will cut off	H3772 →
מֵהַבְּהֵמָֽה׃	me.ha.be.he.Mah	any of the livestock	H929 →

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
Psalms 104:14
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
leads to
- Psalms 136:25
  He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Psalms 147:8–9
  who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
- Job 28:5
  Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
- Psalms 145:15–16
  The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
- Genesis 9:3
  Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
Through
Joel 2:22
Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.
leads to
- Zechariah 8:12
  “For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give…
- Psalms 65:12
  The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.
Through
Joel 1:18
How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
leads to
- Hosea 4:3
  Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.