3And Achab called Abdias the governor of his house: now Abdias feared the Lord very much.


In Context

1 After many days the word of the Lord came to Elias, in the third year, saying: Go and shew thyself to Achab, that I may give rain upon the face of the earth.

2 And Elias went to shew himself to Achab, and there was a grievous famine in Samaria.

3 And Achab called Abdias the governor of his house: now Abdias feared the Lord very much.

4 For when Jezabel killed the prophets of the Lord, he took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifty and fifty in caves, and fed them with bread and water.

5 And Achab said to Abdias: Go into the land unto all fountains of waters, and into all valleys, to see if we can find grass, and save the horses and mules, that the beasts may not utterly perish.

1 Kings 18:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:3and Ahab had summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of his palace. (Obadiah was a devout believer in the Lord .

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:3And Ahab called Obadiah, which [was] the governor of [his] house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:3And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:3And Ahab called Obadiah, who was the steward of his house (now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:3And Ahab called Obadiah, which was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:3And Ahab called Obadiah who was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:3Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:3and Ahab calleth unto Obadiah, who is over the house — and Obadiah hath been fearing Jehovah greatly,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:3And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: