Verse 12
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not ,.... This he supposed might possibly, and very probably, be the case, since small raptures might have been already, and known to Obadiah, as there were afterwards, see 2 Kings 2:16 , and then he should not know where he was, nor be able to direct his master where to find him:
and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me ; for telling him a lie, and deceiving and mocking him; or for not seizing on Elijah, and bringing him, when he knew he was so desirous of getting him into his hands:
but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth ; and therefore did not deserve to be treated after this manner, having been an early and conscientious worshipper of the true God.
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