1 Kings 18:6
4 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.)
5 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.
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.
- KJV
- So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
- WEB
- So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
- ASV
- So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
- DARBY
- And they divided the land between them to pass through it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
- BLB
- And they divided between them the land to explore it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went one way by himself.
- ÅB
- Så delte de landet som de skulle dra igjennom, mellom seg; Akab dro en vei for seg, og Obadja dro en annen vei for seg.
- OTB
- Så delte de landet mellom seg for å utforske det; Akab dro en vei for seg selv, og Obadja dro en annen vei for seg selv.
- B1930
- Så delte de landet som de skulde dra igjennem, mellem sig; Akab drog en vei for sig, og Obadja drog en annen vei for sig.
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Jeremiah 14:3
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
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