1 Kings 18:16
New International Version
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

New Living Translation
So Obadiah went to tell Ahab that Elijah had come, and Ahab went out to meet Elijah.

English Standard Version
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.

Berean Standard Bible
So Obadiah went to inform Ahab, who went to meet Elijah.

King James Bible
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

New King James Version
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

New American Standard Bible
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and informed him; then Ahab went to meet Elijah.

NASB 1995
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

NASB 1977
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

Amplified Bible
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

Christian Standard Bible
Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him. Then Ahab went to meet Elijah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him. Then Ahab went to meet Elijah.

American Standard Version
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Oubdaya went to meet Akhab and he told Akhab, and Akhab came to meet Elyah.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Abdiu went to meet Achaab, and told him: and Achaab hasted forth, and went to meet Eliu.

Contemporary English Version
Obadiah left and told Ahab where to find Elijah. Ahab went to meet Elijah,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Abdias therefore went to meet Achab, and told him: and Achab came to meet Elias.

English Revised Version
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So Obadiah went to tell Ahab. Ahab went to meet Elijah.

Good News Translation
So Obadiah went to King Ahab and told him, and Ahab set off to meet Elijah.

International Standard Version
So Obadiah went out to meet Ahab and reported to him. Then Ahab went to meet Elijah.

JPS Tanakh 1917
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

Literal Standard Version
Obadiah goes to meet Ahab, and declares [it] to him, and Ahab goes to meet Elijah.

Majority Standard Bible
So Obadiah went to inform Ahab, who went to meet Elijah.

New American Bible
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and informed him, and Ahab came to meet Elijah.

NET Bible
When Obadiah went and informed Ahab, the king went to meet Elijah.

New Revised Standard Version
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

New Heart English Bible
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

Webster's Bible Translation
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

World English Bible
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

Young's Literal Translation
And Obadiah goeth to meet Ahab, and declareth it to him, and Ahab goeth to meet Elijah,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Elijah on Mount Carmel
16So Obadiah went to inform Ahab, who went to meet Elijah. 17When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”…

Cross References
1 Kings 18:15
Then Elijah said, "As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today."

1 Kings 18:17
When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is that you, O troubler of Israel?"


Treasury of Scripture

So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

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1 Kings 18
1. In the extremity of famine Elijah, sent to Ahab, meets good Obadiah
9. Obadiah brings Ahab to Elijah
17. Elijah, reproving Ahab, by fire from heaven convinces Baal's prophets
41. Elijah, by prayer obtaining rain, follows Ahab to Jezreel














Verse 16. - So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went [Very readily, it would seem. Anything was better than suspense and famine. And Elijah's very return contained in it a promise of rain] to meet Elijah.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So Obadiah
עֹבַדְיָ֛הוּ (‘ō·ḇaḏ·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5662: Obadiah -- 'servant of Yah', the name of a number of Israelites

went
וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

to
לִקְרַ֥את (liq·raṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7125: Against he come, help, meet, seek, to, in the way

inform
וַיַּגֶּד־ (way·yag·geḏ-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous

Ahab,
אַחְאָ֖ב (’aḥ·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 256: Ahab -- 'father's brother', a king of Israel, also a false prophet

[who]
אַחְאָ֖ב (’aḥ·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 256: Ahab -- 'father's brother', a king of Israel, also a false prophet

went
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

to meet
לִקְרַ֥את (liq·raṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7125: Against he come, help, meet, seek, to, in the way

Elijah.
אֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃ (’ê·lî·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 452: Elijah -- 'Yah is God', a well-known prophet of Israel, also three other Israelites


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