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; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth. (1 Kings 18:12)
Obadiah had every confidence in God to take care of His servant Elijah. He was fearful that the “Spirit of the Lord” would sweep Elijah away from harm to some hidden refuge, before the contact with Ahab was made.