The Bible Study Podcast, episode 560. Today, the Bible Study podcast continues the study of the

kings of Israel and Judah with First Kings 18.

Welcome to the Bible Study podcast. I'm your host, Chris Christensen.

This is one of the chapters that made me want to do a study of the kings of Israel and Judah,

and it's because of this section, the second section here on Elijah, but first a section,

Elijah and Obadiah.

After a long time in the third year, the word of the Lord came to Elijah.

Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send reign on the land.

So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab.

Now, the famine was severe in Samaria, and Ahab had summoned Obadiah, his palace administrator.

Obadiah was a devout believer in the Lord. When Jezebo was killing

off the Lord's prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them in two caves, 50 in each,

and had supplied them with food and water. Ahab had said to Obadiah, go through the land to all the springs and

valleys. Maybe we can find some

grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to kill any of our animals.

So they divided the land they were to cover, Ahab going in one direction and Obadiah in another.

As Obadiah was walking along, Elijah met him. Obadiah recognized him,

bowed down to the ground, and said, is it really you, my Lord Elijah? Yes, he replied, go tell your

master, Elijah is here. What have I done wrong? asked Obadiah, that you are handing me over

to Ahab to be put to death. As surely as the Lord your God

lives, there is not a nation or a kingdom where my master has not sent someone to look for you.

And whenever a nation or kingdom claimed you were not there, he made them swear they could not find

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