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So Eli'jah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Sama'ria.
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And Ahab called Obadi'ah, who was over the household. (Now Obadi'ah revered the LORD greatly;
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and when Jez'ebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, Obadi'ah 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 Obadi'ah, "Go 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."
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So they divided the land between them to pass through it; Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadi'ah went in another direction by himself.
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And as Obadi'ah was on the way, behold, Eli'jah met him; and Obadi'ah recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, "Is it you, my lord Eli'jah?"
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And he answered him, "It is I. Go, tell your lord, 'Behold, Eli'jah is here.'"
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And he said, "Wherein have I sinned, that you would give your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
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As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom whither my lord has not sent to seek you; and when they would say, 'He is not here,' he would take an oath of the kingdom or nation, that they had not found you.
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And now you say, 'Go, tell your lord, "Behold, Eli'jah is here."'
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And as soon as I have gone from you, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you whither I know not; and so, when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have revered the LORD from my youth.