1 Re 18:4

4 e quando Izebel sterminava i profeti dell’Eterno, Abdia avea preso cento profeti, li avea nascosti cinquanta in una e cinquanta in un’altra spelonca, e li avea sostentati con del pane e dell’acqua.

1 Re 18:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 18:4

For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord,
&c.] Or slew them, as the Targum; put them to death some way or another; such as were brought up in the schools of the prophets, trained up in religious exercises, and instructed others therein:

that Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a
cave;
fifty in one cave and fifty in another; for there were large caves in the land of Israel capable of holding such a number, and many more, see ( 1 Samuel 22:1 ) ( 24:3 ) and fed them with bread and water; which in this time of famine were very acceptable; though these may be put for all the necessaries of life.

1 Re 18:4 In-Context

2 Ed Elia andò a presentarsi ad Achab. Or la carestia era grave in Samaria.

3 E Achab mandò a chiamare Abdia, ch’era il suo maggiordomo. Or Abdia era molto timorato dell’Eterno;

4 e quando Izebel sterminava i profeti dell’Eterno, Abdia avea preso cento profeti, li avea nascosti cinquanta in una e cinquanta in un’altra spelonca, e li avea sostentati con del pane e dell’acqua.

5 E Achab disse ad Abdia: "Va’ per il paese, verso tutte le sorgenti e tutti i ruscelli; forse troveremo dell’erba e potremo conservare in vita i cavalli e i muli, e non avrem bisogno di uccidere parte del bestiame".

6 Si spartirono dunque il paese da percorrere; Achab andò da sé da una parte, e Abdia da sé dall’altra.