Contemporary English Version Anglicised

1 Kings 18:5-10 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

5. and said, “We have to find something for our horses and mules to eat. If we don't, we will have to kill them. Let's look around every brook and spring in the country for some grass.

6. You go one way, and I'll go the other.” Then they left in separate directions.

7. As Obadiah was walking along, he met Elijah. Obadiah recognized him, bowed down, and asked, “Elijah, is it really you?”

8. “Yes. Go and tell Ahab I'm here.”

9. Obadiah replied:King Ahab would kill me if I told him that. And I haven't even done anything wrong.

10. I swear to you in the name of the living Lord your God that the king has looked everywhere for you. He sent people to look in every country, and when they couldn't find you, he made the leader of each country swear that you were not in that country.