brought up in the schools of the prophets, trained up in religious exercises, and instructed others therein: that Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave; fifty in one cave and fifty in another; for there were large caves in the land of Israel capable of holding such a number, and many more, see Sa1 22:1 and fed them with bread and water; which in this time of famine were very acceptable; though these may be put for all the necessaries of life.