³ and Ahab had summoned Obadiah, his palace administrator.^(A) (Obadiah was a devout believer^(B) in the Lord. ⁴ While Jezebel^(C) was killing off the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden^(D) them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied^(E) them with food and water.)

⁴ Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.

⁵ “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ ⁶ If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you. ⁷ Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages.^(A) Do not move around from house to house.

¹² The Spirit told^(A) me to have no hesitation about going with them.^(B) These six brothers^(C) also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.

¹⁵ When she and the members of her household^(A) were baptized,^(B) she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.