6And they divided the land between them to pass through it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.


In Context

3 And Ahab called Obadiah, who was the steward of his house (now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly;

4 and it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and maintained them with bread and water);

5 and Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the fountains of water and to all the torrents, perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and the mules alive, so that we may not have to destroy some of our beasts.

6 And they divided the land between them to pass through it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

7 And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him; and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it indeed thou, my lord Elijah?

8 And he said to him, I am he: go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah!

1 Kings 18:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:6So they divided the land they were to cover, Ahab going in one direction and Obadiah in another.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:6So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:6And they divided the countries between them, that they might go round about them: Achab went one way, and Abdias another way by himself.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:6So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:6So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:6So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:6So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:6And they apportion to themselves the land, to pass over into it; Ahab hath gone in one way by himself, and Obadiah hath gone in another way by himself;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:6So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.