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.
Ver. 5. And Ahab said unto Obadiah.] Goodness carrieth away trust, where it cannot have imitation.
Peradventure we may find grass.] Which groweth best in locis irriguis, in low and moist places that lie by water sides.
To save the horses and mules alive.] These were his delight and confidence; and for this more care is taken than for those "precious sons of Zion," the prophets, whom he suffered to be cut off by his wicked wife Jezebel.
That we lose not all the beasts.] The loss of their souls, meanwhile, is never thought on; though our Saviour - who only went to the price of souls - showeth that the loss of a soul is, (1.) incomparable, (2.) irreparable. Mat 16:26