Obadiah’s name, meaning “servant of Yahweh,” indicates his religious character. It corresponds to the modern Arabic name Abdallah. Ahab could hardl…

Obadiah. —The name (“servant of Jehovah”) here corresponds to the character of the man. It is curiously significant of the hesitat…

And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house &c.] Perhaps his steward: the Jews ^F13 take him t…

The severest judgments, by themselves, will not humble or change the hearts of sinners; nothing, except the blood of Jesus Christ, can atone for th…