Obadiah (over the household)
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Named at 1 Kings 18:3: “Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly; for when Jezebel cut off the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)” At 18:6 Ahab goes one way by himself, and Obadiah goes another way by himself. At 18:7, as Obadiah is on the way, Elijah meets him; he recognizes him, falls on his face, and says, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?” 18:12 gives among his words (18:9, where they begin, does not name the speaker: WEB “He said”), “But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth”, and 18:16 says, “So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.”
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- 1KI 18:3–6, engwebp
3Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly;
4for when Jezebel cut off the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
5Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.”
6So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
- 1KI 18:7–16, engwebp
7As Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. He recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
8He answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here!’”
9He said, “How have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
10As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he took an oath of the kingdom and nation that they didn’t find you.
11Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here.”’
12It will happen, as soon as I leave you, that the LORD’s Spirit will carry you I don’t know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can’t find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
13Wasn’t it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the LORD’s prophets, how I hid one hundred men of the LORD’s prophets with fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
14Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”.’ He will kill me.”
15Elijah said, “As the LORD of Armies lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”
16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
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Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly;
for when Jezebel cut off the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.”
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
As Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. He recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Obadiah (over the household) (person-obadiah-household) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/obadiah-household Current wording: Named at 1 Kings 18:3: “Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly; for when Jezebel cut off the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)” At 18:6 Ahab goes one way by himself, and Obadiah goes another way by himself. At 18:7, as Obadiah is on the way, Elijah meets him; he recognizes him, falls on his face, and says, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?” 18:12 gives among his words (18:9, where they begin, does not name the speaker: WEB “He said”), “But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth”, and 18:16 says, “So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.” Cited evidence: 1KI 18:3–6, engwebp / 1KI 18:7–16, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.