BRAGADAYJAH
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Tell Ahab, “Behold Elijah is here.”
And after that the word of the Lord came
to Elijah and told him to go and show himself unto Ahab and He will send rain
upon the earth. And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab at a time when there
was a great famine in Samaria. And Ahab called Obadiah the governor of his
house, a man who feared the Lord, and who had, at a time when Ahab’s wife
Jezebel was killing the prophets, took one hundred of them and hid them in a
cave by fifties and fed them with bread and water. And Ahab told Obadiah to go
into the land and to seek out all fountains and brooks in search of grass to
feed the horses and mules, so that all the animals would not die. So Ahab
divided the land between himself and Obadiah to go in search each going a
separate way. And as Obadiah was on his way he met Elijah; and he fell on his
face and said “Art you my lord Elijah?” And Elijah acknowledged that he was and
told Obadiah to go and tell Ahab that he was there. But Obadiah was afraid that
if he went and took a message from Elijah to Ahab, he would kill him. He
informed Elijah that there was no place, no nation or kingdom where Ahab had
not sent to look for him. And when he was told he was not found, he made every
nation and kingdom take an oath they had not seen him. “And now,” said Obadiah,
“you expect me to walk up to Ahab and tell him, Behold Elijah is here.”
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