1. And it came to pass after many days that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
2. And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And there was a severe famine in Samaria.
3. And Ahab called Obadiah, who was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly,
4. for when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in groups of fifty in caves and sustained them with bread and water.)