3 Kings 18:6
And they divided the countries between them, that they might go round about them: Achab went one way, and Abdias another way by himself.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Diviseruntque sibi regiones ut circuirent eas : Achab ibat per viam unam, et Abdias per viam alteram seorsum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐμέρισαν ἑαυτοῖς τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ διελθεῖν αὐτήν· Ἀχαὰβ ἐπορεύθη ἐν ὁδῷ μιᾷ, καὶ Ἀβδειοὺ ἐπορεύθη ἐν ὁδῷ ἄλλῃ μόνος.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַֽיְחַלְּק֥וּ לָהֶ֛ם אֶת הָאָ֖רֶץ לַֽעֲבָר בָּ֑הּ אַחְאָ֞ב הָלַ֨ךְ בְּדֶ֤רֶךְ אֶחָד֙ לְבַדּ֔וֹ וְעֹֽבַדְיָ֛הוּ הָלַ֥ךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶחָ֖ד לְבַדּֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Himself. So Providence ordered it, that the prophet might declare his sentiments to him freely. (Haydock)
Achab would go in person, another way, that he might not be imposed upon. He was more solicitous for his cattle than for his subjects. (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.