And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all the fountains of water, and unto all the rivers, if so be that we may find grass to save the horses and the mules alive, lest we deprive the land of the beasts.

And so they divided the land between them to walk through it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

¶ And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah [a]met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art not thou my lord Elijah?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 18:7 God pitieth oft times the wicked for the godly’s sake, and causeth Elijah to meet with Obadiah, that the benefit might be known to be granted for God’s children’s sake.

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