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1 After many days, the word of the Lord came to Elias, in the third year, saying: Go, and shew thyself to Achab, that I may give rain upon the face of the earth.
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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 And Elias went to shew himself to Achab, and there was a grievous famine in Samaria.
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So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria,
3 And Achab called Abdias the governor of his house: now Abdias feared the Lord very much.
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and Ahab had summoned Obadiah, his palace administrator. (Obadiah was a devout believer in the LORD.
4 For when Jezabel killed the prophets of the Lord, he took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty and fifty in caves, 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 And Achab said to Abdias: Go into the land unto all fountains of waters, and into all valleys, to see if we can find grass, and save the horses and mules, that the beasts may not utterly perish.
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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 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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So they divided the land they were to cover, Ahab going in one direction and Obadiah in another.
7 And as Abdias was in the way, Elias met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said: Art thou my lord Elias?
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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 And he answered: I am. Go, and tell thy master: Elias is here.
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“Yes,” he replied. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.’ ”
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