1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. |
2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria. |
3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: |
4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) |
5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts. |
6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. |
7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah? |
8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. |
