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and Obadiah [is] in the way, and lo, Elijah -- to meet him; and he discerneth him, and falleth on his face, and saith, `Art thou he -- my lord Elijah?'
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And he saith to him, `I [am]; go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah.'
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And he saith, `What have I sinned, that thou art giving thy servant into the hand of Ahab -- to put me to death?
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Jehovah thy God liveth, if there is a nation and kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee; and they said, He is not, then he caused the kingdom and the nation to swear, that it doth not find thee;
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and now, thou art saying, Go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah;
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and it hath been, I go from thee, and the Spirit of Jehovah doth lift thee up, whither I know not, and I have come to declare to Ahab, and he doth not find thee, and he hath slain me; and thy servant is fearing Jehovah from my youth.
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`Hath it not been declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel's slaying the prophets of Jehovah, that I hide of the prophets of Jehovah a hundred men, fifty by fifty in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?
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and now thou art saying, Go, say to my lord, Lo, Elijah -- and he hath slain me!'
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And Elijah saith, `Jehovah of Hosts liveth, before whom I have stood, surely to-day I appear unto him.'
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And Obadiah goeth to meet Ahab, and declareth [it] to him, and Ahab goeth to meet Elijah,
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and it cometh to pass at Ahab's seeing Elijah, that Ahab saith unto him, `Art thou he -- the troubler of Israel?'