1 Kings 18:4
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.)”
לֶחֶם
Bread, food, grain. Lechem. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. There is food for the body and food for the soul.
נָבִיא
prophets
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נָבִיא
A prophet, one who speaks forth. Nabi. Not primarily a predictor of the future but one who speaks God's word into the present.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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מֵאָה
one hundred
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מֵאָה
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
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עֹבַדְיָה
Obadiah
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עֹבַדְיָה
Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites
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חֲמִשִּׁים
fifty
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חֲמִשִּׁים
fifty
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