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My Bible 1 A long time passed. Then God's word came to Elijah.
The drought was now in its third year. The message: "Go and
present yourself to Ahab; I'm about to make it rain on the
country." 2 Elijah set out to present himself to Ahab. The
drought in Samaria at the time was most severe. 3 Ahab called
for Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. Obadiah feared God
- he was very devout. 4 Earlier, when Jezebel had tried to kill
off all the prophets of God, Obadiah had hidden away a hundred
of them in two caves, fifty in a cave, and then supplied them
with food and water. 5 Ahab ordered Obadiah, "Go through the
country; locate every spring and every stream. Let's see if we
can find enough grass to keep our horses and mules from dying."
6 So they divided the country between them for the search - Ahab
went one way, Obadiah the other. 7 Obadiah went his way and
suddenly there he was - Elijah! Obadiah fell on his knees,
bowing in reverence, and exclaim