1 Kings 18:3

3 vocavitque Ahab Abdiam dispensatorem domus suae Abdias autem timebat Dominum valde

1 Kings 18:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 18:3

And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house,
&c.] Perhaps his steward: the Jews ^F13 take him to be Obadiah the prophet, who wrote the small prophecy that goes by his name:

(now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly:)
who, though he did not go up to Jerusalem to worship, which ceremonial service was dispensed with in him, yet he did not worship the calves, nor Baal, but served the Lord in a spiritual manner.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 39. 2.

1 Kings 18:3 In-Context

1 post dies multos verbum Domini factum est ad Heliam in anno tertio dicens vade et ostende te Ahab ut dem pluviam super faciem terrae

2 ivit ergo Helias ut ostenderet se Ahab erat autem fames vehemens in Samaria

3 vocavitque Ahab Abdiam dispensatorem domus suae Abdias autem timebat Dominum valde

4 nam cum interficeret Hiezabel prophetas Domini tulit ille centum prophetas et abscondit eos quinquagenos in speluncis et pavit eos pane et aqua

5 dixit ergo Ahab ad Abdiam vade in terram ad universos fontes aquarum et in cunctas valles si forte invenire possimus herbam et salvare equos et mulos et non penitus iumenta intereant