1 Kings 18:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. ”

• 1 Kings 18:6 - 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 18:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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.

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• 1 Kings 18:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts....

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• 1 Kings 18:6 - 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 18:6 - 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 18:6 - 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 18:6 - 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 18:6 - 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 18:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  So they divided the land between them, to pass through it ,.... And one took one part, and the other the other part: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself ; Ahab no...

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• 1 Kings 18:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. Ver. 6. And Obadiah went another way by himself. ] Ahab had foun...

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• 1 Kings 18:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Go unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks About which grass was most probably to be found in that great drought; that we lose not all the beasts Many, it appears, were already dead for...

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• 1 Kings 18:6 - 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 18:6 - 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 18:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Ahab went one way by himself; not daring to trust any other, Obadiah excepted, lest being bribed by such as had grass for their own use, they should not give him a true account.

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• 1 Kings 18:6 - 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 18:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  1 Kings 18:6 I. There are but two ways; you must choose the one or the other. You must follow Ahab, or you must go with Obadiah. No man can serve two masters. Even the old Latins had a proverb, "...

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• 1 Kings 18:6 - 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 18:6 - 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 18:6 - 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 18:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Elijah Reproves Ahab

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• 1 Kings 18:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Jeremiah 14:3

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• 1 Kings 18:6 - 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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