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Now as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him, and he recognized him and fell on his face and said, "Is it you, Elijah my master?"

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?

And he said to him, "It is I. Go, say to your master, 'Behold, Elijah is here.'"

And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

But he said, "What sin have I committed, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab, to put me to death?

And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

"As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom to which my master has not sent word to search for you; and whenever they say, 'He is not here,' he makes the kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you.

As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

"Yet now you are saying, 'Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah is here!"'

And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

"And it will come about when I leave you that the Spirit of the LORD will carry you to where I do not know; so when I come and inform Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, though I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.

And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth.

"Has it not been reported to my master what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, that I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water?

Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord , how I hid an hundred men of the Lord 's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

"Yet now you are saying, 'Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah is here"'; he will then kill me!"

And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.

Then Elijah said, "As surely as the LORD of armies lives, before whom I stand, I will certainly present myself to him today."

And Elijah said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.

So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and informed him; then Ahab went to meet Elijah.

So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.