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As Obadiah was traveling along, Elijah met him.[a] When he recognized him, he fell facedown to the ground and said, “Is it really you, my master, Elijah?” He replied, “Yes,[b] go and say to your master, ‘Elijah is back.’”[c] Obadiah[d] said, “What sin have I committed that you are ready to hand your servant over to Ahab for execution?[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 18:7 tn Heb “look, Elijah [came] to meet him.”
  2. 1 Kings 18:8 tn Heb “[It is] I.”
  3. 1 Kings 18:8 tn Heb “Look, Elijah”; or “Elijah is here.”
  4. 1 Kings 18:9 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Obadiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  5. 1 Kings 18:9 tn Heb “to kill me.”