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Elijah Meets Obadiah
1 Kings 18:7-16
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Now as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
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“It is I,” he answered. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here!’”
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But Obadiah replied, “How have I sinned, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?
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As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.
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And now you say, ‘Go tell your master that Elijah is here!’
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I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
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Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.
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And now you say, ‘Go tell your lord that Elijah is here!’ He will kill me!”
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Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”
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So Obadiah went to inform Ahab, who went to meet Elijah.
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