And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

And their father said to them, Which way went he? for his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.

And he went and did according to the word of Jehovah; he went and abode by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan.

And they divided the land between them to pass through it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

Then Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.

And Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.

And it came to pass at the seventh time that he said, Behold there is a cloud, small as a man's hand, arising out of the sea. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Harness and go down, that the pour of rain stop thee not.