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1 It happened after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Eliyah, in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ach'av; and I will send rain on the eretz.
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After a long time, in the third year, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.”
2 Eliyah went to show himself to Ach'av. The famine was sore in Shomron.
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So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria,
3 Ach'av called `Ovadyah, who was over the household. (Now `Ovadyah feared the LORD greatly:
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and Ahab had summoned Obadiah, his palace administrator. (Obadiah was a devout believer in the LORD.
4 for it was so, when Izevel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that `Ovadyah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
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While Jezebel was killing off the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied them with food and water.)
5 Ach'av said to `Ovadyah, Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.
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Ahab had said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive so we will not have to kill any of our animals.”
6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ach'av went one way by himself, and `Ovadyah went another way by himself.
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So they divided the land they were to cover, Ahab going in one direction and Obadiah in another.
7 As `Ovadyah was in the way, behold, Eliyah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it you, my lord Eliyah?
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As Obadiah was walking along, Elijah met him. Obadiah recognized him, bowed down to the ground, and said, “Is it really you, my lord Elijah?”
8 He answered him, It is I: go, tell your lord, Behold, Eliyah [is here].
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“Yes,” he replied. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.’ ”
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