And it came to pass [after] many days, that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. (18:1)

And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And [there was] a sore famine in Samaria. (18:2)

And Ahab called Obadiah, which [was] the governor of [his] house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly: (18:3)

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.) (18:4)

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. (18:5)

So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. (18:6)

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? (18:7)

And he answered him, I [am]: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]. (18:8)

And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? (18:9)

[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. (18:10)

And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]. (18:11)

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. (18:12)

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? (18:13)

And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]: and he shall slay me. (18:14)

And Elijah said, [As] the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to day. (18:15)

So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. (18:16)