That was the situation in which God - fearing Obadiah, * Ahab’s household steward, found himself. ​ — 1 Kings 18: 3.
هذَا كَانَ ٱلْمُحِيطَ ٱلَّذِي عَاشَ فِيهِ عُوبَدْيَا ٱلْخَائِفُ ٱللهِ ،‏ * ٱلْوَكِيلُ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ عَلَى بَيْتِ أَخْآبَ .‏ —‏ ١ ملوك ١٨ :‏ ٣‏ .‏