1 Kings 18:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For it was so, when Jezebelb cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) ”

• 1 Kings 18:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  We have no details of Jezebel’s deed of blood. Some have conjectured that it was the answer of Jezebel to Elijah’s threat, and that the command given him to hide in Cherith alone saved him from bei...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Elijah's Meeting with Ahab and his Contest with the Priests of Baal. The history of Ahab's reign must have been something like the following: On his marriage with Jezebel he must have allowed the w...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Jezebel. The first record of using the civil power against the true religion (and by. woman). See note on Judges 4:21 . fifty in. cave . fifty men.

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  For it was so , when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) Fed them with bread and wat...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) An hundred prophets -...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Jehovah or Baal? 1. In the third year] in Luke 4:2-5 ; James 5:17 the duration of the famine is given as 3 years and 6 months.

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Jezebel cut off the prophets. — The persecution here referred to, in which for the first time the royal power was placed in distinct antagonism to the prophetic order, is only known by this allusio...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  ELIJAH AND AHAB 1 Kings 18:1-19 "Return, oh backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto Thee; for Thou art Jehovah our God. Truly in vain is salvation hoped fo...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Behold, Elijah! 1 Kings 18:1-15 “The word of the Lord came” to Elijah on four successive occasions- 1 Kings 17:2 ; 1 Kings 17:8 ; 1 Kings 18:1 ; 1 Kings 19:9 . God has many things to say to...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In this chapter we have perhaps one of the most familiar stories of the Old Testament. There are, however, certain points of interest especially to be noted. The first is Ahab's connection with Obadi...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (2) And Elijah went to shew himself unto Habakkuk. And there was a sore famine in Samaria. (3) And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: (4)...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord ,.... Or slew them, as the Targum; put them to death some way or another; such as were brought up in the schools of the prophets, trained...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  For it was [so], when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) Ver. 4. When Jezebel cut...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  When Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord The name of prophets was not only given to such as were endowed with an extraordinary spirit of prophecy, but to such ministers of religion as devoted...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  ELIJAH'S RETURN TO FACE AHAB (vs.1-20) The famine lasted three and a half years ( James 5:17 ), the same length of time the Great Tribulation will last. But the rain would not be sent until Elij...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Character of Obadiah; Elijah's Interview with Obadiah. B. C. 906.       1 And it came to p...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Prophets: this name is not only given to such as are endowed with an extraordinary spirit of prophecy, but to such ministers as devoted themselves to the service of God in preaching, praying, prais...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  ELIJAH’S CONTEST WITH AHAB AND BAAL CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 1 Kings 18:1 . After many days … in the third year —in Luke 4:25 , James 5:17 , the drought is said to have lastes for t...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  1 Kings 18:3-4 I. All we know of Obadiah is contained in this chapter, and yet he was a great man in his day. He was, it seems, king Ahab's vizier, or prime minister, the first man in the country...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  1 Kings 18:1 . After many days. About the end of the third year, leaving six months more for the crops to be sown and ripened, which harmonizes the new testament with the old. Luke 4:25 ; James...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Go, show thyself unto Ahab. Ahab, Obadiah, and Elijah;- What are the general lessons as affecting Ahab, Obadiah, and Elijah? 1. It is possible for a man to be very bad in one direction and v...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION ELIJAH 'S RETURN AND THE ORDEAL OF MOUNT CARMEL .—The preceding chapter having been exclusively occupied with the fortunes of Elijah during his enforced absence of three...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Elijah Reproves Ahab

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 13:16 ; 1 Kings 13:8 ; 1 Kings 13:9 ; 1 Kings 18:13 ; 2 Kings 6:22 ; 2 Kings 6:23 ; Hebrews 11:38 ; Matthew 10:40-42 ; Matthew 21:35 ; Matthew 25:35 ; Matthew 25:40 ; Nehemiah 9:2...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Elijah at Mount Carmel 1 Kings 18:1-39 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are three things which we wish to consider: 1. Judgment and justice. The opening verse of chapter 18 says, "And it came to pa...

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• 1 Kings 18:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Prophets — This name is not only given to such as are endowed with an extraordinary spirit of prophecy, but to such ministers as devoted themselves to the service of God in preaching, praying, and...

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