6So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
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And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-16)In these verses we find, I. The sad state of Israel at this time, upon two accounts:— 1. Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord (1 Kgs. 18:4), slew them , 1 Kgs. 18:13. Being an idolater, she was a persecutor, and made Ahab one. Even in those bad times, when the calves were worshipped and the temple at Jerusalem deserted, yet there were some good people that feared God and served him, and some g…
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