1 Kings 18:6
New International Version
So they divided the land they were to cover, Ahab going in one direction and Obadiah in another.

New Living Translation
So they divided the land between them. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

English Standard Version
So they divided the land between them to pass through it. Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another direction by himself.

Berean Standard Bible
So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.

King James Bible
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

New King James Version
So they divided the land between them to explore it; Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

New American Standard Bible
So they divided the land between them to survey it; Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

NASB 1995
So they divided the land between them to survey it; Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went another way by himself.

NASB 1977
So they divided the land between them to survey it; Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went another way by himself.

Legacy Standard Bible
So they divided the land between them to pass through it; Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went another way by himself.

Amplified Bible
So they divided the land between them to survey it. Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went another way by himself.

Christian Standard Bible
They divided the land between them in order to cover it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They divided the land between them in order to cover it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.

American Standard Version
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they divided for themselves a road on which to pass through. Akhab went on one road alone and Oubdaya went on the other road alone.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they made a division of the way between them to pass through it: Achaab went one way, and Abdiu went by another way alone.

Contemporary English Version
You go one way, and I'll go the other." Then they left in separate directions.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they divided the countries between them, that they might go round about them: Achab went one way, and Abdias another way by himself.

English Revised Version
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So they split up in order to cover the entire countryside. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.

Good News Translation
They agreed on which part of the land each one would explore, and set off in different directions.

International Standard Version
So they divided the land between them so they could conduct their survey. Ahab went off by himself in one direction and Obadiah went off by himself in the other.

JPS Tanakh 1917
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

Literal Standard Version
And they apportion the land to themselves, to pass over into it; Ahab has gone in one way by himself, and Obadiah has gone in another way by himself;

Majority Standard Bible
So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.

New American Bible
Dividing the land to explore between them, Ahab went one way by himself, Obadiah another way by himself.

NET Bible
They divided up the land between them; Ahab went one way and Obadiah went the other.

New Revised Standard Version
So they divided the land between them to pass through it; Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another direction by himself.

New Heart English Bible
So they divided the land between them to explore it; Ahab went one way alone, and Obadiah went another way alone.

Webster's Bible Translation
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

World English Bible
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

Young's Literal Translation
And they apportion to themselves the land, to pass over into it; Ahab hath gone in one way by himself, and Obadiah hath gone in another way by himself;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Elijah Confronts Ahab
5Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.” 6So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself. 7Now as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”…

Cross References
1 Kings 18:5
Then Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock."

1 Kings 18:7
Now as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, "Is it you, my lord Elijah?"


Treasury of Scripture

So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

Ahab went

Jeremiah 14:3
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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1 Kings 18
1. In the extremity of famine Elijah, sent to Ahab, meets good Obadiah
9. Obadiah brings Ahab to Elijah
17. Elijah, reproving Ahab, by fire from heaven convinces Baal's prophets
41. Elijah, by prayer obtaining rain, follows Ahab to Jezreel














Verse 6. - So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it ["This personal inspection by the king and one of his chief officers marks the extreme straits to which the Israelites were now reduced" (Rawlinson). The difference, however, between an Eastern and an European monarch must not be overlooked. "None (of the emirs of Arabia or the chiefs of central Asia) think it beneath them to lead an expedition in search of grass or water" (Kitto)]: Ahab went one way by himself [Heb. alone. Rawlinson says, "This does not mean that either Ahab or Obadiah was unaccompanied by a retinue," but it may very well mean that (לבַד, solus; LXX. μόνος; Bahr allein. Cf. ver. 22), if, indeed, it must not necessarily mean it; and ver. 14 certainly implies that Obadiah at least was unattended], and Obadiah went another way by himself.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So they divided
וַֽיְחַלְּק֥וּ (way·ḥal·lə·qū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2505: To be smooth, to apportion, separate

the land
הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

to explore.
לַֽעֲבָר־ (la·‘ă·ḇār-)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

Ahab
אַחְאָ֞ב (’aḥ·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 256: Ahab -- 'father's brother', a king of Israel, also a false prophet

went
הָלַ֨ךְ (hā·laḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

one
אֶחָד֙ (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

way
בְּדֶ֤רֶךְ (bə·ḏe·reḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

by himself,
לְבַדּ֔וֹ (lə·ḇad·dōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 905: Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of

and Obadiah
וְעֹֽבַדְיָ֛הוּ (wə·‘ō·ḇaḏ·yā·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5662: Obadiah -- 'servant of Yah', the name of a number of Israelites

went
הָלַ֥ךְ (hā·laḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

the other
אֶחָ֖ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

way
בְּדֶרֶךְ־ (bə·ḏe·reḵ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

by himself.
לְבַדּֽוֹ׃ (lə·ḇad·dōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 905: Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of


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