8. “It is I,” he replied. “Go tell your lord, ‘Elijah is here! ’ ”
9. But Obadiah said, “What sin have I committed, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?
10. As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear they had not found you.
11. “Now you say, ‘Go tell your lord, “Elijah is here! ” ’
12. But when I leave you, the Spirit of the Lord may carry you off to some place I don’t know. Then when I go report to Ahab and he doesn’t find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the Lord from my youth.
13. Wasn’t it reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the Lord’s prophets? I hid 100 of the prophets of the Lord, 50 men to a cave, and I provided them with food and water.
14. Now you say, ‘Go tell your lord, “Elijah is here! ” ’ He will kill me! ”
15. Then Elijah said, “As the Lord of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, today I will present myself to Ahab.”
16. Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him. Then Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17. When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you destroyer of Israel? ”
18. He replied, “I have not destroyed Israel, but you and your father’s house have, because you have abandoned the Lord’s commands and followed the Baals.
19. Now summon all Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel, along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
20. So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and gathered the prophets at Mount Carmel.
21. Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If Yahweh is God, follow Him. But if Baal, follow him.” But the people didn’t answer him a word.
22. Then Elijah said to the people, “I am the only remaining prophet of the Lord, but Baal’s prophets are 450 men.