5. And Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go into the land, to all the springs of water and to all the brooks. Perhaps we will find grass to save the horses and mules, so that we do not lose all the beasts.”
6. So they divided the land between them to search throughout it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
7. As Obadiah was going along, he met Elijah, and he recognized him and fell on his face and said, “Is that you, my lord Elijah?”
8. And he answered him, “I am. Go, tell your lord, ‘Elijah is here.’ ”
9. He said, “What evil have I done that you would hand your servant into the hand of Ahab to put me to death?