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1 Kings 18:4

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.)

KJV

Nam cum interficeret Jezabel prophetas Domini, tulit ille centum prophetas, et abscondit eos quinquagenos et quinquagenos in speluncis, et pavit eos pane et aqua.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ τύπτειν τὴν Ἰεζάβελ τοὺς προφήτας Κυρίου καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἀβδειοὺ ἑκατὸν ἄνδρας προφήτας καὶ ἔκρυψεν αὐτοὺς κατὰ πεντήκοντα ἐν σπηλαίῳ, καὶ διέτρεφεν αὐτοὺς ἐν ἄρτῳ καὶ ὕδατι.

LXX

for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

ASV

וַ/יְהִי֙ בְּ/הַכְרִ֣ית אִיזֶ֔בֶל אֵ֖ת נְבִיאֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַ/יִּקַּ֨ח עֹבַדְיָ֜הוּ מֵאָ֣ה נְבִאִ֗ים וַֽ/יַּחְבִּיאֵ֞/ם חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אִישׁ֙ בַּ/מְּעָרָ֔ה וְ/כִלְכְּלָ֖/ם לֶ֥חֶם וָ/מָֽיִם

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JezebelObadiahObadiah

In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אִיזֶ֔בֶל
'yzbl
proper_noun · 22×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הִכְרַתִּ֥י
hkrty
verb · 283×
הֵחָבֵֽא
hchb'
verb · 33×
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים
chmshym
adjective · 163×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
ךָ
k
verb · 37×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
מֵא֖וֹת
m'vt
adjective · 581×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
מְּעָרָ֔ה
m'rh
noun · 40×
נָּבִ֖יא
nby'
noun · 316×
עֹבַדְיָ֖ה
'bdyh
proper_noun · 20×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 18:13 — Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
  • 1Kgs 18:13 — Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
  • 1Kgs 19:10 — And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I o
  • 1Kgs 22:8 — And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.
  • 2Kgs 1:9 — Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
  • 2Kgs 6:32 — But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent
  • 2Kgs 9:7 — And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
  • 2Kgs 9:22 — And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
  • Deut 23:4 — Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
  • Heb 11:38 — (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
  • Isa 16:3 — Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
  • Jer 26:24 — Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
  • Jer 36:19 — Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
  • Jer 36:26 — But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
  • Josh 2:6 — But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
  • Matt 5:12 — Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
  • Matt 10:40 — He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
  • Neh 9:26 — Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great prov
  • Rom 11:3 — Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.