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Verse 1 Kings 18:3. _OBADIAH FEARED THE LORD GREATLY_] He was a
sincere and zealous worshipper of the true God, and his conduct
towards the persecuted prophets was the full proof both of his _piety_
a...
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Obadiah’s name, “servant of Yahweh,” indicates his religious
character. It corresponds to the modern Arabic name Abdallah. Ahab
could scarcely have been ignorant of Obadiah’s faithfulness to
Yahweh; a...
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2. ELIJAH ON CARMEL: THE ANSWERED PRAYER
CHAPTER 18
_ 1. The command to see Ahab (1 Kings 18:1)_
2. Elijah's response (1 Kings 18:2)
3. Ahab and Obadiah (1 Kings 18:3)
4. Elijah and Obadiah ...
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ELIJAH'S MEETING WITH AHAB AND HIS CONTEST WITH THE PRIESTS OF BAAL.
The history of Ahab's reign must have been something like the
following: On his marriage with Jezebel he must have allowed the
wors...
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GOVERNOR OF. governor over. Now. Figure of speech _Parenthesis._
App-6....
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_Obadiah_ The Hebrew word _Obadjahu_, signifies -servant of Jehovah,"
and is a frequent name in the Old Testament, the most conspicuous
person so called being the prophet who was contemporary with Jer...
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AHAB CALLED OBADIAH— The Jews have many strange stories respecting
Obadiah, very little to be relied upon. It is plain from what he says
to Elijah, that he was a truly religious man, who worshipped Go...
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II. THE GREAT CONTEST ON CARMEL 18:1-46
Events in Israel during the years of Elijah's self-imposed exile are
not narrated in any detail. No doubt at first Jezebel and the Baal
prophets assured the peo...
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JEHOVAH OR BAAL?
1. In the third year] in Luke 4:2; James 5:17 the duration of the
famine is given as 3 years and 6 months....
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THE GOVERNOR OF _his_ HOUSE] The same office as that alluded to in 1
Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 16:9. FEARED THE LORD GREATLY] His name ('Servant
of Jehovah') was a true index of his character....
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 18
GOD SENDS ELIJAH TO KING AHAB
V1 After there had been no rain for three years, the *Lord spoke to
Elijah. ‘Go and meet King Ahab. Then...
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OBADIAH. — The name (“servant of Jehovah”) here corresponds to
the character of the man. It is curiously significant of the
hesitating and temporising attitude of Ahab, that, while Jezebel is
suffered...
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וַ יִּקְרָ֣א אַחְאָ֔ב אֶל
־עֹבַדְיָ֖הוּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר...
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ELIJAH AND AHAB
1 Kings 18:1
"Return, oh backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.
Behold, we come unto Thee; for Thou art Jehovah our God. Truly in vain
is salvation hoped for from t...
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BEHOLD, ELIJAH!
1 Kings 18:1
“The word of the Lord came” to Elijah on four successive
occasions- 1 Kings 17:2; 1 Kings 17:8; 1 Kings 18:1
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In this chapter we have perhaps one of the most familiar stories of
the Old Testament. There are, however, certain points of interest
especially to be noted. The first is Ahab's connection with Obadia...
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And Ahab called Obadiah, which [was] the governor of [his] house. (Now
Obadiah (b) feared the LORD greatly:
(b) God had begun to work his fear in his heart, but had not yet
brought him to the knowled...
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_Abdias. Some suppose that he was the fourth of the minor prophets, or
the husband of the Sunamitess, (4 Kings iv.) or the third of the
captains, who were ordered by Ochozias to seize Elias, 4 Kings i...
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(2) And Elijah went to shew himself unto Habakkuk. And there was a
sore famine in Samaria. (3) And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the
governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: (4) F...
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The days were very dark in Israel. Not only rebellion. And rebellion,
always serious, was peculiarly so in Israel, for there it was
insubordination in a direct manner against not only God's providence...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 AND 18.
Elijah and Elisha, on the contrary (witnesses for God in the midst of
a people that according to grace God still recognised as His own, but
who had...
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AND AHAB CALLED OBADIAH, WHICH WAS THE GOVERNOR OF HIS HOUSE,....
Perhaps his steward: the Jews m take him to be Obadiah the prophet,
who wrote the small prophecy that goes by his name:
(NOW OBADIAH...
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And Ahab called Obadiah, which [was] the governor of [his] house. (Now
Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
Ver. 3. _And Ahab called Obadiah._] Who was neither the prophet
Odadiah, as some have thought,...
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_Obadiah, who was governor of his house_ Intrusted with the management
of the affairs of his family, and highly valued by him on account of
his singular prudence and fidelity. _Now Obadiah feared the...
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1 In the extremitie of famine Eliiah sent to Ahab, meeteth good
Obadiah.
9 Obadiah bringeth Ahab to Eliiah.
17 Eliiah reprouing Ahab, by fire from heauen conuinceth Baals
prophets.
41 Eliiah by pra...
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ELIJAH REPROVES AHAB...
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And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house, the
master of the palace, the majordomo, who had charge of the entire
royal household. (NOW OBADIAH FEARED THE LORD GREATLY, he was one of...
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ELIJAH'S RETURN TO FACE AHAB
(vs.1-20)
The famine lasted three and a half years (James 5:17), the same length
of time the Great Tribulation will last. But the rain would not be
sent until Elijah gave...
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OBADIAH:
_ Heb._ Obadiahu
THE GOVERNOR:
_ Heb._ over his house...
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1-16 The severest judgments, of themselves, will not humble or change
the hearts of sinners; nothing, except the blood of Jesus Christ, can
atone for the guilt of sin; nothing, except the sanctifying...
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WHICH WAS THE GOVERNOR OF HIS HOUSE; being valued by Ahab for his
great prudence and fidelity, and therefore indulged as to the worship
of the calves and Baal. OBADIAH FEARED THE LORD GREATLY. QUEST....
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1 Kings 18:3 Ahab H256 called H7121 (H8799) Obadiah H5662 house H1004
Obadiah H5662 feared H3373 LORD H3068 greatly...
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OBADIAH
In such a time as the reign of Ahab and Jezebel a believer's true
place was by Elijah's side. Obadiah is a warning type of the men of
God who adhere to the world while still seeking to serve...
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1 Kings 18:3
I. All we know of Obadiah is contained in this chapter, and yet he was
a great man in his day. He was, it seems, king Ahab's vizier, or prime
minister, the first man in the country after...
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CONTENTS: Elijah goes to meet Ahab and gives challenge. Contests with
the priests of Baal.
CHARACTERS: God, Elijah, Jezebel, Obadiah, Baal, priests.
CONCLUSION: The man of faith need not be afraid to...
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1 Kings 18:1. _After many days._ About the end of the third year,
leaving six months more for the crops to be sown and ripened, which
harmonizes the new testament with the old. Luke 4:25; James 5:17....
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_Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house._
OBADIAH
There are men in sacred story, and in every history, who play a
secondary place in the strange stirring drama of human
progress--li...
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_Go, show thyself unto Ahab._
AHAB, OBADIAH, AND ELIJAH;-
What are the general lessons as affecting Ahab, Obadiah, and Elijah?
1. It is possible for a man to be very bad in one direction and very
t...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 18:1 In ch. 1 Kings 17:1 Elijah has lived
privately, first in the Transjordanian wilderness and then in
Zarephath. Now he reappears in public. The drought will end, but not
bef
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ELIJAH’S CONTEST WITH AHAB AND BAAL
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 18:1. _After_ MANY DAYS … IN THE THIRD YEAR—in Luke 4:25,
James 5:17, the drought is said to have lastes for the space of...
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EXPOSITION
ELIJAH'S RETURN AND THE ORDEAL OF MOUNT CARMEL.—The preceding
chapter having been exclusively occupied with the fortunes of Elijah
during his enforced absence of three and a half years from...
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So our introduction to Elijah.
Now it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to
Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I
will send rain upon the eaRuth...
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1 Kings 18:12; 2 Kings 4:1; Acts 10:2; Acts 10:35; Genesis 22:12;...
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ELIJAH AT MOUNT CARMEL
1 Kings 18:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
There are three things which we wish to consider:
1. JUDGMENT AND JUSTICE. The opening verse of chapter 18 says, "And it
came to pass after ma...
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Obadiah — Being valued by Ahab for his great prudence and fidelity,
and therefore indulged as to the worship of the calves and Baal. But
how could he and some other Israelites be said to fear the Lord...