11 And now you say, ‘Go and tell your master, “Elijah is here.”’
12 But as soon as I leave you, the Spirit of the lord will carry you away to who knows where. When Ahab comes and cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I have been a true servant of the lord all my life.
13 Has no one told you, my lord, about the time when Jezebel was trying to kill the lord’s prophets? I hid 100 of them in two caves and supplied them with food and water.
14 And now you say, ‘Go and tell your master, “Elijah is here.”’ Sir, if I do that, Ahab will certainly kill me.”
15 But Elijah said, “I swear by the lord Almighty, in whose presence I stand, that I will present myself to Ahab this very day.”
16 So Obadiah went to tell Ahab that Elijah had come, and Ahab went out to meet Elijah.
17 When Ahab saw him, he exclaimed, “So, is it really you, you troublemaker of Israel?”