But he answered, ‘I cannot go back with you or accompany you; I will not eat food or drink water with you in this place.
1 Kings 18:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised and took a hundred prophets and hid them, fifty men to a cave, and provided them with food and water when Jezebel slaughtered the Lord’s prophets. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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.) Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.) American Standard Version (1901) 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.) Common English Bible When Jezebel killed the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred of them and hid them, fifty each in two caves. He supplied them with food and water.) Catholic Public Domain Version For when Jezebel was killing the prophets of the Lord, he took one hundred prophets, and concealed them, fifty and fifty, in caves. And he fed them with bread and water. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For when Jezabel killed the prophets of the Lord, he took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifty and fifty in caves, and fed them with bread and water. |
But he answered, ‘I cannot go back with you or accompany you; I will not eat food or drink water with you in this place.
As she went to get it, he called to her and said, ‘Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.’
Wasn’t it reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the Lord’s prophets? I hid a hundred of the prophets of the Lord, fifty men to a cave, and I provided them with food and water.
Ahab said to Obadiah, ‘Go throughout the land to every spring and to every wadi. Perhaps we’ll find grass so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to destroy any cattle.’
Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a man ahead of him, but before the messenger got to him, Elisha said to the elders, ‘Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to remove my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Isn’t the sound of his master’s feet behind him? ’
You are to strike down the house of your master Ahab so that I may avenge the blood shed by the hand of Jezebel #– #the blood of my servants the prophets and of all the servants of the Lord.
But they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They flung your law behind their backs and killed your prophets who warned them in order to turn them back to you. They committed terrible blasphemies.
Give us counsel and make a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade that is as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.
But Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
The officials said to Baruch, ‘You and Jeremiah must hide and tell no one where you are.’
The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
‘ “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you took me in;
‘And the King will answer them, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and on mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.