1 Kings 18:3
New International Version
and Ahab had summoned Obadiah, his palace administrator. (Obadiah was a devout believer in the LORD.

New Living Translation
So Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Obadiah was a devoted follower of the LORD.

English Standard Version
And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly,

Berean Standard Bible
and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,

King James Bible
And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:

New King James Version
And Ahab had called Obadiah, who was in charge of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly.

New American Standard Bible
Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly;

NASB 1995
Ahab called Obadiah who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly;

NASB 1977
And Ahab called Obadiah who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly;

Legacy Standard Bible
And Ahab called Obadiah who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly.

Amplified Bible
Ahab called Obadiah who was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly;

Christian Standard Bible
Ahab called for Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. Obadiah was a man who greatly feared the LORD

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Ahab called for Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. Obadiah was a man who greatly feared the LORD

American Standard Version
And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Akhab called Oubdaya his Steward, and Oubdaya was worshiping before LORD JEHOVAH greatly.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Achaab called Abdiu the steward. Now Abdiu feared the Lord greatly.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Achab called Abdias the governor of his house: now Abdias feared the Lord very much.

English Revised Version
And Ahab called Obadiah, which was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Ahab sent for Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. Obadiah was a devout worshiper of the LORD.

Good News Translation
so Ahab called in Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Obadiah was a devout worshiper of the LORD,

International Standard Version
Ahab called for Obadiah, his household supervisor. This man, who feared the LORD very much,

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household.--Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly;

Literal Standard Version
and Ahab calls to Obadiah, who [is] over the house—and Obadiah has been fearing YHWH greatly,

Majority Standard Bible
and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,

New American Bible
and Ahab had summoned Obadiah, master of his palace, who greatly revered the LORD.

NET Bible
So Ahab summoned Obadiah, who supervised the palace. (Now Obadiah was a very loyal follower of the LORD.

New Revised Standard Version
Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah revered the LORD greatly;

New Heart English Bible
And Ahab summoned Obadiah, the steward of the house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Ahab called Obadiah who was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:

World English Bible
Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly;

Young's Literal Translation
and Ahab calleth unto Obadiah, who is over the house -- and Obadiah hath been fearing Jehovah greatly,

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Context
Elijah Confronts Ahab
2So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria, 3and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD, 4for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)…

Cross References
1 Kings 16:9
However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah's servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.

1 Kings 18:2
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,

Nehemiah 7:2
Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.

Job 28:28
And He said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"


Treasury of Scripture

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

Obadiah [heb] Obadiahu

Genesis 24:2,10
And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: …

Genesis 39:4,5,9
And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand…

Genesis 41:40
Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

feared the Lord

1 Kings 18:12
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.

Genesis 22:12
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

Genesis 42:18
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

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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














(3) Obadiah.--The name ("servant of Jehovah") here corresponds to the character of the man. It is curiously significant of the hesitating and temporising attitude of Ahab, that, while Jezebel is suffered to persecute, a high officer in the court is able to profess openly the service of Jehovah, and secretly to thwart the cruelty of the queen. In his heart Ahab always seems to acknowledge the true God, but is overborne by the commanding and ruthless nature of Jezebel.

Verse 3. - And Ahab called [Rather, had called. "The verbs וַיְּהִי וַיּקְרָא etc. (vers. 3, 4, 5, 6), carry on the circumstantial clauses" (Keil).] Obadiah [This name is almost as remarkable as Elijah's, or would be, if it were not more common. It means "servant of Jehovah." Compare the modern Arabic Abdallah. Although borne by one who "feared the Lord greatly" (ver. 3), and "from his youth" (ver. 12), it occurs too frequently (1 Chronicles 3:21; 1 Chronicles 7:3; 1 Chronicles 8:38; 1 Chronicles 9:16; 2 Chronicles 17:7; 2 Chronicles 34:12; Ezra 8:9; Obadiah 1:1, etc.) to justify the belief that it was assumed or bestowed as an indication of his character (Rawlinson)], which was the governor of his [Heb. over the] house. [See note on 1 Kings 4:6, and cf. 1 Kings 16:9. Rawlinson says it "tells in favour of the monarch's tolerance that he should have maintained an adherent of the old religion in so important an office." But it is just as probable that it was because of his religion that he occupied this post of trust. Ahab could depend on his fidelity and conscientiousness]. (Now Obadiah [here begins a second parenthesis within the first] feared [Heb. was fearing] the Lord greatly.

Parallel Commentaries ...


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

summoned
וַיִּקְרָ֣א (way·yiq·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

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

who
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

was in charge of
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the palace.
הַבָּ֑יִת (hab·bā·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

(Now Obadiah
וְעֹבַדְיָ֗הוּ (wə·‘ō·ḇaḏ·yā·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5662: Obadiah -- 'servant of Yah', the name of a number of Israelites

greatly
מְאֹֽד׃ (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

feared
יָרֵ֛א (yā·rê)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 3373: Fearing, reverent

the LORD,
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


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