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when Jezebel was killing off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets, hid them fifty to a cave, and provided them with bread and water.)
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Then Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the wadis; perhaps we may find grass to keep 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 Obadiah went in another direction by himself.
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As Obadiah was on the way, Elijah met him; Obadiah recognized him, fell on his face, and said, "Is it you, my lord Elijah?"
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He answered him, "It is I. Go, tell your lord that Elijah is here."
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And he said, "How have I sinned, that you would hand your servant over to Ahab, to kill me?
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As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom to which my lord has not sent to seek you; and when they would say, "He is not here,' he would require an oath of the kingdom or nation, that they had not found you.
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But now you say, "Go, tell your lord that Elijah is here.'
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As soon as I have gone from you, the spirit of the Lord will carry you I know not where; 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.
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Has it not been told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred of the Lord's prophets fifty to a cave, and provided them with bread and water?
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Yet now you say, "Go, tell your lord that Elijah is here'; he will surely kill me."