Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So they divided the land they were to cover, Ahab going in one direction and Obadiah in another. New Living Translation So they divided the land between them. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. English Standard Version So they divided the land between them to pass through it. Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another direction by himself. Berean Study Bible So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself. New American Standard Bible So they divided the land between them to survey it; Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went another way by himself. New King James Version So they divided the land between them to explore it; Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. King James Bible So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. Christian Standard Bible They divided the land between them in order to cover it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself. Contemporary English Version You go one way, and I'll go the other." Then they left in separate directions. Good News Translation They agreed on which part of the land each one would explore, and set off in different directions. Holman Christian Standard Bible They divided the land between them in order to cover it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself. International Standard Version So they divided the land between them so they could conduct their survey. Ahab went off by himself in one direction and Obadiah went off by himself in the other. NET Bible They divided up the land between them; Ahab went one way and Obadiah went the other. New Heart English Bible So they divided the land between them to explore it; Ahab went one way alone, and Obadiah went another way alone. GOD'S WORD® Translation So they split up in order to cover the entire countryside. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself. JPS Tanakh 1917 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. New American Standard 1977 So they divided the land between them to survey it; Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went another way by himself. Jubilee Bible 2000 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it; Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. King James 2000 Bible So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. American King James Version So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. American Standard Version So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. Brenton Septuagint Translation And they made a division of the way between them to pass through it: Achaab went one way, and Abdiu went by another way alone. Douay-Rheims Bible And they divided the countries between them, that they might go round about them: Achab went one way, and Abdias another way by himself. Darby Bible Translation And they divided the land between them to pass through it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. English Revised Version So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. Webster's Bible Translation So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. World English Bible So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. Young's Literal Translation And 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; Study Bible Elijah Confronts Ahab…5Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.” 6So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself. 7Now as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”… Cross References 1 Kings 18:5 Then Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock." 1 Kings 18:7 Now as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, "Is it you, my lord Elijah?" Treasury of Scripture So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. Ahab went Jeremiah 14:3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. Lexicon So they dividedוַֽיְחַלְּק֥וּ (way·ḥal·lə·qū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2505: To be smooth, to apportion, separate the land הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land to explore. לַֽעֲבָר־ (la·‘ă·ḇār-) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on Ahab אַחְאָ֞ב (’aḥ·’āḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 256: Ahab -- 'father's brother', a king of Israel, also a false prophet went הָלַ֨ךְ (hā·laḵ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk one אֶחָד֙ (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first way בְּדֶ֤רֶךְ (bə·ḏe·reḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action by himself, לְבַדּ֔וֹ (lə·ḇad·dōw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 905: Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of and Obadiah וְעֹֽבַדְיָ֛הוּ (wə·‘ō·ḇaḏ·yā·hū) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5662: Obadiah -- 'servant of Yah', the name of a number of Israelites went הָלַ֥ךְ (hā·laḵ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk the other אֶחָ֖ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first way בְּדֶרֶךְ־ (bə·ḏe·reḵ-) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action by himself. לְבַדּֽוֹ׃ (lə·ḇad·dōw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 905: Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of Verse 6. - So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it ["This personal inspection by the king and one of his chief officers marks the extreme straits to which the Israelites were now reduced" (Rawlinson). The difference, however, between an Eastern and an European monarch must not be overlooked. "None (of the emirs of Arabia or the chiefs of central Asia) think it beneath them to lead an expedition in search of grass or water" (Kitto)]: Ahab went one way by himself [Heb. alone. Rawlinson says, "This does not mean that either Ahab or Obadiah was unaccompanied by a retinue," but it may very well mean that (לבַד, solus; LXX. μόνος; Bahr allein. Cf. ver. 22), if, indeed, it must not necessarily mean it; and ver. 14 certainly implies that Obadiah at least was unattended], and Obadiah went another way by himself. 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