1 Kings 18:16 (YLT)

Passage

And Obadiah goeth to meet Ahab, and declareth <FI>it<Fi> to him, and Ahab goeth to meet Elijah,

Nearby Context

1 Kings 18:14 and now thou art saying, Go, say to my lord, Lo, Elijah--and he hath slain me!'

1 Kings 18:15 And Elijah saith, `Jehovah of Hosts liveth, before whom I have stood, surely to-day I appear unto him.'

1 Kings 18:16 And Obadiah goeth to meet Ahab, and declareth <FI>it<Fi> to him, and Ahab goeth to meet Elijah,

1 Kings 18:17 and it cometh to pass at Ahab's seeing Elijah, that Ahab saith unto him, `Art thou he--the troubler of Israel?'

1 Kings 18:18 And he saith, `I have not troubled Israel, but thou and the house of thy father, in your forsaking the commands of Jehovah, and thou goest after the Baalim;

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "And Elijah saith Jehovah of Hosts liveth..." into verse 17's "and it cometh to pass at Ahab's...", so "obadiah" and "goeth" 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 "goeth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.