Searching for water

Elijah at Mount Carmel · 1 Kings 18

Story guide: Two figures head in separate directions across the parched land, matching the way Ahab and Obadiah split up to hunt for water and grass; their faces and the terrain are not specified in the passage.

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5Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and all the streambeds. Perhaps we can find grass to keep the horses and mules alive, so that we do not have to kill some of the livestock.”

6So they divided the land between them to search it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

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