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


In Context

1 It happened after many days, that the word of Yahweh came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, |Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth.|

2 Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.

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

4 for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Yahweh, that Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

5 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.|

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:3And Achab called Abdias the governor of his house: now Abdias feared the Lord very much.

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 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: