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|1 Reyes 18:1|
After a long time, in the third year, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.”
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2
|1 Reyes 18:2|
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria,
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3
|1 Reyes 18:3|
and Ahab had summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of his palace. (Obadiah was a devout believer in the LORD.
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4
|1 Reyes 18:4|
While Jezebel was killing off the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied them with food and water.)
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|1 Reyes 18:5|
Ahab had said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive so we will not have to kill any of our animals.”
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|1 Reyes 18:6|
So they divided the land they were to cover, Ahab going in one direction and Obadiah in another.
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|1 Reyes 18:7|
As Obadiah was walking along, Elijah met him. Obadiah recognised him, bowed down to the ground, and said, “Is it really you, my lord Elijah?”
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8
|1 Reyes 18:8|
“Yes,” he replied. “Go tell your master, `Elijah is here.’“
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9
|1 Reyes 18:9|
“What have I done wrong,” asked Obadiah, “that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to be put to death?
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10
|1 Reyes 18:10|
As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to look for you. And whenever a nation or kingdom claimed you were not there, he made them swear they could not find you.
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