And now thou sayest, go tell my lord, behold, Elijah [is here]: and he shall slay me. ] That is, should he carry such a message to him, and Elijah should be removed elsewhere, and not to be found.
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But here's what will happen: As soon as I leave you, the LORD's spirit will carry you off somewhere—I don't know where—then I'll report to Ahab, but he won't be able to find you. Then he will kill me! But your servant has feared the LORD from my youth.
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Wasn't my master told what I did when Jezebel killed the LORD's prophets? I hid one hundred of the LORD's prophets, fifty each in two caves. I also supplied them with food and water.
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But even after all that, you tell me, ‘Say to your master, 'Elijah is here!'' Ahab will kill me!"
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Elijah said, "As surely as the LORD of heavenly forces lives, the one I serve, I will appear before Ahab today."
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So Obadiah went to meet Ahab. He told him what had happened. Then Ahab went to meet Elijah.