5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go through the land to all the fountains of water and to all the brooks; peradventure we may find herbage to save the horses and mules alive that we not lose all the beasts.
6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it; Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
7 And as Obadiah was in the way, Elijah met him; and when he recognized him, he fell on his face, and said, Art thou not my lord Elijah?
8 And he answered him, I am; go, tell thy lord, Behold Elijah. {Heb. The Lord is God}
9 And he said, In what have I sinned that thou should deliver thy slave into the hand of Ahab, for him to slay me?
10 As the Lord thy God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek thee; and when they all said, He is not here; he has caused kingdoms and nations to swear an oath if they have found thee or not.
11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold Elijah.