And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
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Gill's Exposition
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks,.... To observe in what condition they were, and the places adjoining to them, the meadows and valleys:…
Barnes' Notes
Unto all fountains of water and unto all brooks - Rather, “to all springs of water and to all torrent-courses.” The former are the perennial streams; the latter are the torrent-courses which become…
Adam Clarke
Unto all fountains of water - All marshy or well-watered districts, where grass was most likely to be preserved.
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 (Kg1 18:4), slew them, Kg1 18:13. Being an idolater, she was a…
Cambridge Bible
Go into[R.V. through] the land The change gives a clearer idea of what is meant, and the preposition is the same which in 1Ki 18:6 is rendered -throughout." In the next clause, as both nouns are…
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