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And Ahab called Obadiah, who was
1over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly,
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and
2when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water. )
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And Ahab said to Obadiah, āGo through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, and not lose some of the animals. ā
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So they divided the land between them to pass through it. Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another direction by himself.
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And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. And Obadiah recognized him and fell on his face and said, āIs it you, my lord Elijah? ā
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And he answered him, āIt is I. Go, tell your lord, āBehold, Elijah is here. āā
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And he said, āHow have I sinned, that you would give your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
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3As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. And when they would say, āHe is not here, ā he would take an oath of the kingdom or nation, that they had not found you.
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And now you say, āGo, tell your lord, āBehold, Elijah is here. āā
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And as soon as I have gone from you,
4the Spirit of the Lord will carry you I know not where. And so, when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have feared the Lord from my youth.
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Has it not been told my lord what I did
5when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred men of the Lordās prophets by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water?
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And now you say, āGo, tell your lord, āBehold, Elijah is hereāā; and he will kill me. ā
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And Elijah said,
6āAs the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today. ā
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So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.