1 Kings 18:16 (DBY)

Passage

Then 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, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah! and he will kill me.

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

1 Kings 18:16 Then 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 to him, Is it thou, the troubler of Israel?

1 Kings 18:18 And he said, 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 Baals.

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.