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1 Kings 18
⁶ So they divided the land between them to explore it; Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
⁷ Now as Obadiah was on his way, suddenly Elijah met him; and he recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, "Is that you, my lord Elijah?"
⁸ And he answered him, "It is I. Go, tell your master, ’Elijah is here.’ "
⁹ So he said, "How have I sinned, that you are delivering your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
¹⁰ As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to hunt for you; and when they said, ’He is not here,’ he took an oath from the kingdom or nation that they could not find you.
¹¹ And now you say, ’Go, tell your master, "Elijah is here" ’!
¹² And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the Lord will carry you to a place I do not know; so when I go and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me. But I your servant have feared the Lord from my youth.
¹³ Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, how I hid one hundred men of the Lord’s prophets, fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
¹⁴ And now you say, ’Go, tell your master, "Elijah is here." ’ He will kill me!"
¹⁵ Then Elijah said, "As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely present myself to him today."
¹⁶ So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.