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Geneva Bible

1 Kings 18:16

So Obadiah went to meete Ahab, and tolde him: And Ahab went to meete Eliiah.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Elijah;   Obadiah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Carmel;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Obadiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Miracle;   Persecution;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hospitality;   Zeal;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Mountain;   Obadiah;   Transportation and Travel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahab;   Carmel;   Haggai;   Obadiah;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Obadiah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mount carmel;   Obadiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elijah;   Jezebel;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Obadi'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Obadiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him. Then Ahab went to meet Elijah.
Hebrew Names Version
So `Ovadyah went to meet Ach'av, and told him; and Ach'av went to meet Eliyah.
King James Version
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
English Standard Version
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.
New Century Version
So Obadiah went to Ahab and told him where Elijah was. Then Ahab went to meet Elijah.
New English Translation
When Obadiah went and informed Ahab, the king went to meet Elijah.
Amplified Bible
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
New American Standard Bible
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and informed him; then Ahab went to meet Elijah.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
Contemporary English Version
Obadiah left and told Ahab where to find Elijah. Ahab went to meet Elijah,
Complete Jewish Bible
So ‘Ovadyah went, found Ach'av and told him; and Ach'av went to meet Eliyahu.
Darby Translation
Then Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Obadiah went to King Ahab and told him where Elijah was. King Ahab went to meet Elijah.
George Lamsa Translation
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told Ahab; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
Good News Translation
So Obadiah went to King Ahab and told him, and Ahab set off to meet Elijah.
Lexham English Bible
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and he told him, so Ahab went to meet Elijah.
Literal Translation
And Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then wete Abdia to mete Achab, & tolde him. And Achab wete for to mete Elias.
American Standard Version
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
Bible in Basic English
So Obadiah went to Ahab and gave him the news; and Ahab went to see Elijah.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So Obadia went to meete Ahab, and tolde him: And Ahab went to meete Elias.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
King James Version (1611)
So Obadiah went to meete Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meete Eliiah.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Abdiu went to meet Achaab, and told him: and Achaab hasted forth, and went to meet Eliu.
English Revised Version
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
Berean Standard Bible
So Obadiah went to inform Ahab, who went to meet Elijah.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Abdie yede in to the metyng of Achab, and schewide to hym; and Achab cam in to the meetyng of Elie.
Young's Literal Translation
And Obadiah goeth to meet Ahab, and declareth [it] to him, and Ahab goeth to meet Elijah,
Update Bible Version
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
Webster's Bible Translation
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
World English Bible
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
New King James Version
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
New Living Translation
So Obadiah went to tell Ahab that Elijah had come, and Ahab went out to meet Elijah.
New Life Bible
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.
New Revised Standard
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him, - and, Ahab, went to meet, Elijah.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Abdias therefore went to meet Achab, and told him: and Achab came to meet Elias.
Revised Standard Version
So Obadi'ah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Eli'jah.
THE MESSAGE
So Obadiah went straight to Ahab and told him. And Ahab went out to meet Elijah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

Contextual Overview

1 After many dayes, the worde of the Lorde came to Eliiah, in the third yeere, saying, Goe, shewe thy selfe vnto Ahab, and I will sende rayne vpon the earth. 2 And Eliiah went to shew himselfe vnto Ahab, and there was a great famine in Samaria. 3 And Ahab called Obadiah the gouernour of his house: (and Obadiah feared God greatly: 4 For when Iezebel destroyed the Prophets of the Lorde, Obadiah tooke an hundreth Prophets, and hid them, by fiftie in a caue, and he fed them with bread and water.) 5 And Ahab saide vnto Obadiah, Goe into the land, vnto all the fountaines of water, and vnto all the riuers, if so be that we may finde grasse to saue the horses and the mules aliue, lest we depriue the lande of the beastes. 6 And so they deuided the lande betweene them to walke thorowe it. Ahab went one way by him selfe, and Obadiah went another way by him selfe. 7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Eliiah met him: & he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art not thou my lord Eliiah? 8 And he answered him, Yea, goe tell thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here. 9 And he said, What haue I sinned, that thou wouldest deliuer thy seruant into the hande of Ahab, to slay me? 10 As the Lorde thy God liueth, there is no nation or kingdome, whither my lorde hath not sent to seeke thee: and when they sayd, He is not here, he tooke an othe of the kingdome and nation, if they had not found thee.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Acts 15:3
Thus being brought forth by ye Church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conuersion of the Gentiles, and they brought great ioy vnto all the brethren.
Acts 20:38
Being chiefly sorie for the words which he spake, That they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him vnto the shippe.
Acts 21:5
But when the dayes were ended, we departed & went our way, & they all accompanied vs with their wiues & children, euen out of the citie: and we kneeling downe on the shore, prayed.
Romans 15:24
When I shal take my iourney into Spaine, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my iourney, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, after that I haue bene somewhat filled with your company.
3 John 1:6
Which bare witnesse of thy loue before the Churches. Whom if thou bringest on their iourney as it beseemeth according to God, thou shalt doe well,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him,.... That Elijah was in such a place, and had desired him to inform him of it, and was ready to appear before him that day wherever he pleased; for upon the prophet's oath Obadiah was entirely satisfied, and was in no fear of delivering the message:

and Ahab went to meet Elijah; though perhaps the bold message of the prophet might make him fear he had something to say to him not very agreeable.


 
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