1 Kings 18:16

So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

Ver. 16. So Obadiah went.] Cured of his fear by the prophet's oath; and confident that Deo armatus, he would encounter the king.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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¹⁶ So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 18:16

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Kings 18:16