1 Kings 18:16
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
1 Kings 18:16 in other translations
| BSB | So Obadiah went to inform Ahab, who went to meet Elijah. |
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| WEB | So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah. |
| ASV | So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah. |
| YLT | And Obadiah goeth to meet Ahab, and declareth it to him, and Ahab goeth to meet Elijah, |
| DARBY | Then Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah. |
| BBE | So Obadiah went to Ahab and gave him the news; and Ahab went to see Elijah. |
| Webster | So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah. |
What does 1 Kings 18:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 18:7-16
7-16. Obadiah was in the way ... Elijah met him--Deeming it imprudent to rush without previous intimation into Ahab's presence, the prophet solicited Obadiah to announce his return to Ahab. The commission, with a delicate allusion to the perils he had already encountered in securing others of God's servants, was, in very touching terms, declined, as unkind and peculiarly hazardous. But Elijah having dispelled all…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 18:1-16
The severest judgments, of themselves, will not humble or change the hearts of sinners; nothing, except the blood of Jesus Christ, can atone for the guilt of sin; nothing, except the sanctifying Spirit of God, can purge away its pollution. The priests and the Levites were gone to Judah and Jerusalem, 2Ch 11:13, 14, but instead of them God raised up prophets, who read and expounded the word. They probably were from…
1 Kings 18:16 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 1 Kings 18:15
And Elijah said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
- 1 Kings 18:16
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
- 1 Kings 18:17
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
1 Kings 18:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces Abdías fué á encontrarse con Achâb, y dióle el aviso; y Achâb vino á encontrarse con Elías. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Abdias s’en alla à la rencontre d’Achab, et le lui rapporta. Et Achab alla à la rencontre d’Élie. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da ging Obadja hin, Ahab entgegen, und berichtete es ihm. Und Ahab ging hin, Elia entgegen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Abiit ergo Abdias in occursum Achab, et indicavit ei: venitque Achab in occursum Eliæ. |