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for example, when Izevel was murdering ADONAI's prophets, 'Ovadyah took a hundred prophets, hid them in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with food and water.
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Ach'av said to 'Ovadyah, "Go throughout the land, and check all the springs and vadis; maybe we can find grass somewhere, so that we can keep the horses and mules alive and not lose all the animals."
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So they divided between them the territory to be visited; Ach'av went one way by himself, and 'Ovadyah went another way by himself.
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'Ovadyah was on the road when suddenly Eliyahu encountered him. 'Ovadyah recognized him, fell on his face and said, "Is it really you, my lord Eliyahu?"
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He answered, "Yes, it is I; go, tell your master, 'Eliyahu is here.'"
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'Ovadyah replied, "How have I sinned, that you would hand your servant over to Ach'av to kill me?
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As ADONAI your God lives, there can't be a single nation or kingdom where my master hasn't sent to search you out; and in each kingdom or nation where they said, 'He isn't here,' he made them take an oath that they hadn't found you.
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Now you say, 'Go tell your master, "Eliyahu is here."'
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But as soon as I leave you, the Spirit of ADONAI will carry you off to I don't know where; so that when I come and tell Ach'av, and he can't find you, he will kill me. But I your servant have revered ADONAI from my youth -
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wasn't my lord told what I did when Izevel killed ADONAI's prophets, how I hid a hundred of ADONAI's prophets by fifties in caves and supplied their food and water?
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Now you say, 'Go tell your master, "Look, Eliyahu is here."' Why, he'll kill me!"