1 Kings 18
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1 Kings 18:4-13

4for it wasH1961 so, when JezebelH348 cutH3772 off the prophetsH5030 of Jehovah, that ObadiahH5662 tookH3947 a hundredH3967 prophetsH5030, and hidH2244 them by fiftyH2572 in a caveH4631, and fed them with breadH3899 and waterH4325.) 5And AhabH256 saidH559 unto ObadiahH5662, Go through the landH776, unto all the fountains of waterH4325, and unto all the brooks: peradventure we may findH4672 grassH2682 and save the horsesH5483 and mulesH6505 aliveH2421, that we lose not all the beasts. 6So they dividedH2505 the landH776 between them to passH5674 throughout it: AhabH256 wentH1980 oneH259 wayH1870 by himself, and ObadiahH5662 wentH1980 another wayH1870 by himself.

7And as ObadiahH5662 wasH1961 in the wayH1870, behold, ElijahH452 met him: and he knew him, and fellH5307 on his faceH6440, and saidH559, Is it thou, my lordH113 ElijahH452? 8And he answered him, It is I: go, tell thy lordH113, Behold, ElijahH452 is hereH2009. 9And he saidH559, Wherein have I sinnedH2398, that thou wouldest deliver thy servantH5650 into the handH3027 of AhabH256, to slay me? 10As Jehovah thy GodH430 liveth, there is no nationH1471 or kingdomH4467, whither my lord hath not sentH7971 to seekH1245 thee: and when they saidH559, He is not here, he took an oathH7650 of the kingdomH4467 and nationH1471, that they foundH4672 thee not. 11And nowH6258 thou sayest, Go, tell thy lordH113, Behold, ElijahH452 is hereH2009. 12And it will comeH935 to pass, as soon as I am goneH935 from thee, that the SpiritH7307 of Jehovah will carryH5375 thee whither I knowH3045 not; and so when I comeH935 and tellH5046 AhabH256, and he cannot findH4672 thee, he will slayH2026 me: but I thy servantH5650 fearH3372 Jehovah from my youthH5271. 13Was it not toldH5046 my lord what I did whenH834 JezebelH348 slewH2026 the prophetsH5030 of Jehovah, how I hidH2244 a hundredH3967 menH376 of Jehovah’s prophetsH5030 by fiftyH2572 in a caveH4631, and fed them with breadH3899 and waterH4325?

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