1. After many days, the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, "Go and show yourself to Ahab, so that I may grant rain upon the face of the earth."
2. Therefore, Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. For there was a severe famine in Samaria.
3. And Ahab called Obadiah, the manager of his household. Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly.