1 Kings 18:16 (ASV)

Passage

So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 18:14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]; and he will slay me.

1 Kings 18:15 And Elijah said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to-day.

1 Kings 18:16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

1 Kings 18:17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel?

1 Kings 18:18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father`s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and thou hast followed the Baalim.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "obadiah", "went", "meet", "ahab", and "told". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "obadiah" and "went", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "And Elijah said As Jehovah of hosts..." into verse 17's "And it came to pass when Ahab...", so "obadiah" and "went" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "obadiah" and "went" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.