1 Kings 18:5

Webster's Bible (1833)

Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.

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  • Ps 104:14 : 14 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And plants for man to cultivate, That he may bring forth food out of the earth:
  • Jer 14:5-6 : 5 Yes, the hind also in the field calves, and forsakes [her young], because there is no grass. 6 The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
  • Joel 1:18 : 18 How the animals groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
  • Joel 2:22 : 22 Don't be afraid, you animals of the field; For the pastures of the wilderness spring up, For the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
  • Hab 3:17 : 17 For though the fig tree doesn't flourish, Nor fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive fails, The fields yield no food; The flocks are cut off from the fold, And there is no herd in the stalls:
  • Rom 8:20-22 : 20 For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.

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  • 1 Kgs 18:6-7
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    6So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

    7As Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it you, my lord Elijah?

  • 1 Kgs 18:1-4
    4 verses
    78%

    1It happened after many days, that the word of Yahweh came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth.

    2Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was sore in Samaria.

    3Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly:

    4for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Yahweh, that Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

  • 1 Kgs 18:16
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    16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

  • 1 Kgs 21:17-18
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    17The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

    18Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he is gone down to take possession of it.

  • 2 Kgs 7:13-14
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    13One of his servants answered, Please let some take five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel who are left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel who are consumed); and let us send and see.

    14They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

  • 1 Kgs 18:9-13
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    9He said, Wherein have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?

    10As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you: and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they didn't find you.

    11Now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].

    12It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you I don't know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me: but I your servant fear Yahweh from my youth.

    13Wasn't it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

  • 1 Kgs 18:41
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    41Elijah said to Ahab, Get you up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.

  • 1 Kgs 18:43-46
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    43He said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. He went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. He said, Go again seven times.

    44It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea." He said, Go up, tell Ahab, Make ready [your chariot], and get you down, that the rain not stop you.

    45It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel:

    46and the hand of Yahweh was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

  • Joel 1:18-20
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    18How the animals groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

    19Yahweh, I cry to you, For the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, And the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

    20Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, For the water brooks have dried up, And the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

  • 2 Kgs 3:7-9
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    7He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me: will you go with me against Moab to battle? He said, I will go up: I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.

    8He said, Which way shall we go up? He answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.

    9So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the animals that followed them.

  • Jer 14:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5Yes, the hind also in the field calves, and forsakes [her young], because there is no grass.

    6The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

  • 2 Kgs 3:17
    69%

    17For thus says Yahweh, You shall not see wind, neither shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your animals.

  • 1 Kgs 18:20
    69%

    20So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.

  • 1 Kgs 17:7-8
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    7It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

    8The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

  • Deut 11:15
    69%

    15I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, and you shall eat and be full.

  • 2 Chr 18:2
    69%

    2After certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people who were with him, and moved him to go up [with him] to Ramoth-gilead.

  • 1 Kgs 17:2
    69%

    2The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 20:13
    68%

    13Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus says Yahweh, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

  • 1 Kgs 21:20
    68%

    20Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, my enemy? He answered, I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh.

  • 1 Kgs 18:35
    68%

    35The water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

  • 2 Chr 18:4-5
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    68%

    4Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please inquire first for the word of Yahweh.

    5Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? They said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the hand of the king.

  • 2 Kgs 3:11
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    11But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him? One of the king of Israel's servants answered, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.

  • Isa 15:6
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    6For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the tender grass fails, there is no green thing.

  • 1 Kgs 20:31
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    31His servants said to him, See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, we pray you, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save your life.

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
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    28The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 21:1
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    1It happened after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 18:23
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    23Let them therefore give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bull, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under.

  • 1 Kgs 17:4
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    4It shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.

  • Judg 19:19
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    19Yet there is both straw and provender for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servants: there is no want of anything.

  • 1 Kgs 19:1
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    1Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.