1 Kings 18:4 (YLT)

Passage

and it cometh to pass, in Jezebel's cutting off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah taketh a hundred prophets, and hideth them, fifty men in a cave, and hath sustained them with bread and water--

Nearby Context

1 Kings 18:2 and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,

1 Kings 18:3 and Ahab calleth unto Obadiah, who <FI>is<Fi> over the house--and Obadiah hath been fearing Jehovah greatly,

1 Kings 18:4 and it cometh to pass, in Jezebel's cutting off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah taketh a hundred prophets, and hideth them, fifty men in a cave, and hath sustained them with bread and water--

1 Kings 18:5 and Ahab saith unto Obadiah, `Go through the land, unto all fountains of waters, and unto all the brooks, if so be we find hay, and keep alive horse and mule, and do not cut off any of the cattle.'

1 Kings 18:6 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;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cometh", "pass", "jezebel's", "cutting", "prophets", "jehovah", "obadiah", and "taketh". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cometh" and "pass", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "and Ahab calleth unto Obadiah who FI..." into verse 5's "and Ahab saith unto Obadiah Go through...", so "cometh" and "pass" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "cometh" and "pass" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.