1 Kings 18:7 (GNV)

Passage

And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Eliiah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art not thou my lord Eliiah?

Nearby Context

1 Kings 18:5 And Ahab saide vnto Obadiah, Goe into the land, vnto all the fountaines of water, and vnto all the riuers, if so be that we may finde grasse to saue the horses and the mules aliue, lest we depriue the lande of the beastes.

1 Kings 18:6 And so they deuided the lande betweene them to walke thorowe it. Ahab went one way by him selfe, and Obadiah went another way by him selfe.

1 Kings 18:7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Eliiah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art not thou my lord Eliiah?

1 Kings 18:8 And he answered him, Yea, goe tell thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here.

1 Kings 18:9 And he said, What haue I sinned, that thou wouldest deliuer thy seruant into the hande of Ahab, to slay me?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "obadiah", "behold", "eliiah", "knew", "fell", "face", "said", and "thou". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "obadiah" and "behold", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And so they deuided the lande betweene..." into verse 8's "And he answered him Yea goe tell...", so "obadiah" and "behold" 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 "behold" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.