And now thou sayest, go tell my lord, behold, Elijah [is here]: and he shall slay me. ] That is, should he carry such a message to him, and Elijah should be removed elsewhere, and not to be found.
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The Spirit of the Lord may carry you to some other place after I leave. If I go tell King Ahab you are here, and he comes and doesn't find you, he will kill me! I have followed the Lord since I was a boy.
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Haven't you been told what I did? When Jezebel was killing the Lord's prophets, I hid a hundred of them, fifty in one cave and fifty in another. I brought them food and water.
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Now you want me to go and tell my master you are here? He will kill me!"
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Elijah answered, "As surely as the Lord All-Powerful lives, whom I serve, I will be seen by Ahab today."
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So Obadiah went to Ahab and told him where Elijah was. Then Ahab went to meet Elijah.