² So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab.

Now the famine was severe^(A) in Samaria, ³ and Ahab had summoned Obadiah, his palace administrator.^(B) (Obadiah was a devout believer^(C) in the Lord. ⁴ While Jezebel^(D) was killing off the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden^(E) them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied^(F) them with food and water.) ⁵ Ahab had said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs^(G) and valleys. Maybe we can find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive so we will not have to kill any of our animals.”^{(H) 6} So they divided the land they were to cover, Ahab going in one direction and Obadiah in another.

⁷ As Obadiah was walking along, Elijah met him. Obadiah recognized^(I) him, bowed down to the ground, and said, “Is it really you, my lord Elijah?”

⁸ “Yes,” he replied. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.’”

¹³ Haven’t you heard, my lord, what I did while Jezebel was killing the prophets of the Lord? I hid a hundred of the Lord’s prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with food and water.