Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Kings 18:3
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and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,
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And Ahab called Obadiah, which [was] the governor of [his] house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
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Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly;
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And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly:
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1 Kings 18
1 After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,
3 and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,
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.)
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.”
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