Nehemiah 12:25World English Bible British Edition

1 Kings 18:3

Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly;

1 Kings 18:4

for when Jezebel cut off the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

1 Kings 18:5

Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.”

1 Kings 18:6

So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

1 Kings 18:7

As Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. He recognised him, and fell on his face, and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”