1 Kings 18:6

1 Kings 18:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
• New International Version (NIV)So they divided the land they were to cover, Ahab going in one direction and Obadiah in another.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So they divided the land between them to pass through it. Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another direction by himself.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So they divided the land between them. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

Context of 1 Kings 18:6

4For so it was, while Jezebel massacred the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah had taken one hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty to a cave, and had fed them with bread and water.) 5And Ahab had said to Obadiah, “Go into the land to all the springs of water and to all the brooks; perhaps we may find grass to keep the horses and mules alive, so that we will not have to kill any livestock.” So they divided the land between them to explore it; Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. 7Now as Obadiah was on his way, suddenly Elijah met him; and he recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “Is that you, my lord Elijah?” 8And he answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.’ ”

1 Kings 18:6 word by word

וַֽיְחַלְּק֥וּ לָהֶ֛ם אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ לַֽעֲבָר־בָּ֑הּ אַחְאָ֞ב הָלַ֨ךְ בְּדֶ֤רֶךְ אֶחָד֙ לְבַדּ֔וֹ וְעֹֽבַדְיָ֛הוּ הָלַ֥ךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ־אֶחָ֖ד לְבַדּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So they dividedחָלַקchâlaq · to divideH2505
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• between them to pass throughoutעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• it: Ahabאַחְאָב'ach'âb 'echâb · AhabH256
• wentהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: directionH1870
• by himself, and Obadiahעֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ‛ôbadyâh ‛ôbadyâhû · ObadiahH5662

People and places in 1 Kings 18:6

• Ahab
• Obadiah

Cross-references for 1 Kings 18:6

• Jeremiah 14:3Their nobles have sent their lads for water; They went to the cisterns and found no water. They returned with their vessels empty; They were ashamed and confounded And covered their heads.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 18:6

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-6Because of the severe drought, Ahab and Obadiah, his chief officer (see 1 Kings 4:6; 16:9), went to find enough water and grass for the king’s horses. These supplies were essential for military readiness. Assyrian King Shalmaneser III wrote that Ahab used about 2,000 horse-drawn chariots in the Battle of Qarqar in 853 BC. Solomon also had many horses and chariots (1 Kings 10:26).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-161Ki 18:1-16. Elijah Meets Obadiah. 1. the third year--In the New Testament, it is said there was no rain "for the space of three years and six months" [Jas 5:17]. The early rain fell in our March, the latter rain in our October. Though Ahab might have at first ridiculed Elijah's announcement, yet when neither of these rains fell in their season, he was incensed against the prophet as the cause of the national judgment, and compelled him, with God's…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 18:6

• Elijah
• Israel
• Obadiah

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• Ahab
• Obadiah
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• Carmel
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• Either
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings