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Now it happened after manydays that the word of the LORDcame to Elijah in the thirdyear, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will sendrain on the face of the earth."
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for when Jezebeldestroyed the prophets of the LORD, Obadiahtook a hundredprophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.)
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Then Ahabsaid to Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys; perhaps we will findgrass and keep the horses and mulesalive, and not have to killsome of the cattle."
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"As the LORD your Godlives, there is nonation or kingdomwhere* my master has not sent to search for you; and when they said, 'He is not here,' he made the kingdom or nationswear that they could not find you.
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"It will come about when I leave* you that the Spirit of the LORD will carry you where* I do not know; so when I come and tellAhab and he cannotfind 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 to my masterwhat I did when Jezebelkilled the prophets of the LORD, that I hid a hundredprophets of the LORD by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water?
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He said, "I have not troubledIsrael, but you and your father'shouse have, because you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and you have followed* the Baals.
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"Now then send and gather to me allIsrael at MountCarmel, together with 450**prophets of Baal and 400*prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel'stable."