1Kings:18:1-15
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And it lasted many days ,
when the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year ,
saying ,
Go ,
show thyself unto Achab ;
and I will give rain upon the face of the earth .
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And Elijah went to show himself unto Achab ;
and the famine was grievous in Samaria .
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And Achab called
Obadiah ,
who was the superintendent of the house ; (
now
Obadiah feared the Lord greatly ;
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And it happened ,
when Izebel cut off the prophets of the Lord ,
that
Obadiah took a hundred prophets ,
and hid them fifty each in one cave ,
and provided them with bread and water ;)
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And Achab said unto
Obadiah ,
Go through the land ,
unto all the springs of water ,
and unto all the brooks ,
peradventure we may find grass and keep alive horse and mule ,
that we lose not all the cattle .
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So they divided between them the land to pass through it :
Achab went one way by himself alone ,
and
Obadiah went another way by himself alone .
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And as
Obadiah was on the way ,
behold ,
Elijah came toward him ;
and he recognized him ,
and fell on his face ,
and said ,
Art thou here indeed ,
my Lord Elijah ?
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And he said unto him ,
I am :
go ,
say unto thy Lord ,
Behold ,
Elijah is here .
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And he said ,
What have I sinned ,
that thou wouldst deliver thy servant into the hand of Achab ,
to slay me ?
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As the Lord thy God liveth ,
there is not a nation or kingdom whither my Lord hath not sent to seek thee ;
and when they said ,
He is not here :
he caused that kingdom and nation to take an oath ,
that no one could find thee .
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And now thou sayest ,
Go ,
say unto thy Lord ,
Behold ,
here is Elijah .
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And it may come to pass ,
that ,
when I go from thee ,
the spirit of the Lord may carry thee whither I know not ;
and when I come to inform Achab ,
and he cannot find thee ,
he will slay me ;
but I thy servant have feared the Lord from my youth .
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Hath it not been told unto my Lord what I did when Izebel slew the prophets of the Lord ,
how I hid a hundred men of the prophets of the Lord ,
fifty each in one cave ,
and provided them with bread and water ?
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And now thou sayest ,
Go say to thy lord ,
Behold ,
Elijah is here :
and he will slay me .
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Then said Elijah ,
As the Lord of hosts liveth ,
before whom I have stood ,
surely today will I show myself unto him .
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