KJV ORIGINAL
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
And now you're telling me, 'Go tell your master that Elijah is here'—but he'll kill me for it!
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Obadiah is afraid that King Ahab will execute him if he reports finding Elijah, since the king has been desperately searching for the prophet.
📚 Historical Context
This occurs during a severe drought in Israel when King Ahab was frantically hunting for the prophet Elijah, whom he blamed for the famine. Obadiah was Ahab's palace administrator who secretly protected God's prophets, putting him in a dangerous position between his loyalty to God and his service to the wicked king. Ahab had likely threatened death to anyone who might be hiding information about Elijah's whereabouts.
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