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, praising God, and the like, as 1 Samuel 10:10-12; and in this place compared with 1 Kings 18:22, where Elijah saith, I only remain a prophet of the Lord, to wit, strictly so called; and Matthew 10:41 1 Corinthians 12:28,29 1 Corinthians 14:29. Fed them, with the hazard of his own life, and against the king's command; as wisely considering that no command of an earthly prince could overrule the command of the supreme Lord, the King of kings, or discharge him from those acts of piety to God, and charity to men, which God's law indispensably required. With bread and water; either properly, which was a great kindness in those circumstances; or figuratively, i.e. with meat and drink.
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1 Kings 18:4
4 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.)