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And
it
came
to
pass
after many
days
, that
the word of Jehovah
came to Elijah ,
in
the
third
year,
saying,
Go ,
show
thyself
unto
Ahab ;
and I will send rain upon the earth.
After a
long
time
, in
the third
year
of
the
drought,
the
word of the
LORD
came to Elijah :
“
Go and
present
yourself
to
Ahab ,
and I will send rain upon the face
of
the
earth. ”
And
Elijah went to show
himself unto
Ahab. And
the famine was sore
in Samaria .
So
Elijah went to present
himself to
Ahab. The famine was severe
in Samaria ,
And Ahab called
Obadiah, who was over
the household
. (Now Obadiah feared
Jehovah
greatly :
and Ahab summoned
Obadiah, who was in
charge
of
the palace
. (Now Obadiah greatly feared
the
LORD,
for it
was
so,
when Jezebel cut
off
the prophets of Jehovah
, that
Obadiah took
a hundred prophets ,
and hid
them by
fifty in
a
cave, and
fed
them with bread
and water.)
for when Jezebel had
slaughtered
the prophets of the
LORD
, Obadiah had
taken
a hundred prophets and hidden
them ,
fifty men
per
cave, providing
them with food
and water.)
And
Ahab said unto
Obadiah, Go through
the land ,
unto
all
the
fountains
of
water,
and unto
all
the
brooks:
peradventure
we may
find grass and
save
the horses and mules alive ,
that we lose
not all
the
beasts
.
Then
Ahab said to
Obadiah, “
Go throughout
the land to
every
spring
and every
valley.
Perhaps
we will
find grass to
keep
the horses and mules alive so
that we will
not have
to
destroy
any
livestock
. ”
So they divided the land between
them
to pass
throughout
it:
Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another
way by himself.
So they divided the land to explore.
Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the
other
way by himself.
And
as Obadiah was
in
the
way, behold,
Elijah met him :
and
he
knew
him, and
fell on
his
face,
and said, Is it thou
, my lord Elijah?
Now
as Obadiah went
on
his
way, Elijah suddenly
met him .
When
Obadiah
recognized
him, he
fell facedown
and said, “
Is it you
, my lord Elijah? ”
And
he
answered
him,
It is I :
go
, tell thy
lord,
Behold
, Elijah `
is here '.
“
It is I, ”
he
answered.
“Go
tell your
master
, ‘
Elijah is here !’”
And
he
said
, Wherein
have I sinned, that thou
wouldest
deliver
thy
servant into
the
hand
of
Ahab ,
to slay
me?
But
Obadiah
replied
, “How
have I sinned, that you
are
handing
your
servant over
to
Ahab to put
me to
death
?
As Jehovah
thy
God liveth
, there is no nation or kingdom ,
whither
my lord hath
not sent to seek
thee:
and
when they said, He is not here, he took
an
oath
of
the
kingdom and
nation ,
that they found
thee
not.
As surely
as
the
LORD
your
God lives
, there is no nation or kingdom where
my lord has
not sent someone
to search
for
you.
When they said, ‘
He is not here, ’
he made
that
kingdom or
nation swear
that they had
not found
you
.
And now thou
sayest
, Go ,
tell thy
lord,
Behold,
Elijah `
is here '.
And now you
say
, ‘
Go tell your
master
that
Elijah is here !’
And
it
will
come
to
pass,
as
soon
as
I am
gone
from
thee,
that
the Spirit of Jehovah
will
carry thee
whither
I know
not;
and
so
when I come
and tell Ahab ,
and he cannot
find thee
, he will slay
me :
but I thy
servant fear
Jehovah
from my youth.
I do
not
know
where
the Spirit of the
LORD
may
carry you
off
when
I leave
you.
Then
when I go
and tell Ahab and he does
not
find you
, he will kill
me .
But I ,
your
servant ,
have
feared
the
LORD
from my youth.
Was it not told
my lord what I did when Jezebel slew
the prophets of Jehovah,
how
I hid a hundred men
of
Jehovah's
prophets by
fifty in
a
cave, and fed
them with bread
and water ?
Was it not reported
to
my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered
the prophets of the
LORD?
I hid a hundred prophets of
the
LORD,
fifty men
per
cave, and I
provided
them with food
and water .
And now thou
sayest
, Go ,
tell thy
lord ,
Behold,
Elijah `
is here ';
and
he will slay
me .
And now you
say
, ‘
Go tell your
lord that
Elijah is here !’
He will kill
me !”
And
Elijah said, As Jehovah
of hosts liveth
, before whom I stand, I will surely
show
myself unto
him
to -day
.
Then
Elijah said, “
As surely
as
the
LORD
of Hosts lives
, before whom I stand, I will present
myself to Ahab
today
. ”
So Obadiah went to meet
Ahab, and
told
him;
and
Ahab
went to meet Elijah.
So Obadiah went to inform
Ahab, who
went to meet Elijah.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when Ahab saw Elijah, that
Ahab
said unto
him, Is it
thou
, thou
troubler of Israel?
When Ahab saw Elijah, he
said to
him, “
Is that
you
, O
troubler of Israel? ”
And
he
answered,
I have not troubled Israel ;
but
thou
, and thy
father's
house, in
that
ye
have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah,
and thou
hast
followed the Baalim
.
“
I have not troubled Israel, ”
Elijah
replied,
“but
you
and your
father’s
house have
, for
you
have forsaken the commandments of the
LORD
and have
followed the Baals
.
Now therefore
send,
and
gather
to
me
all Israel unto
mount Carmel, and
the prophets
of
Baal
four hundred and fifty ,
and
the
prophets of the Asherah
four hundred ,
that
eat at Jezebel's
table.
Now summon
all Israel to
meet
me
on
Mount Carmel, along
with
the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal
and
the four hundred prophets
of
Asherah
who
eat at Jezebel’s
table. ”
So Ahab sent
unto
all the children
of
Israel,
and gathered
the prophets together
unto
mount Carmel.
So Ahab summoned
all the Israelites
and assembled
the prophets on
Mount Carmel.
And
Elijah came
near
unto
all the people ,
and said, How long go
ye
limping
between the
two sides
? if Jehovah
be
God, follow him ;
but if Baal, then
follow him. And
the people answered
him
not a word.
Then
Elijah approached
all the people and said, “
How long will
you
waver
between two opinions
? If the
LORD
is
God, follow Him .
But if Baal is
God
, follow him. ”
But
the people did
not answer
a word.
Then said
Elijah unto
the people, I,
even
I only,
am left
a
prophet of Jehovah;
but Baal's
prophets
are
four hundred and fifty men
.
Then Elijah said
to
the people, “
I am the
only
remaining
prophet of the
LORD,
but Baal
has
four hundred and fifty prophets
.
Let
them
therefore
give
us
two bullocks;
and
let them
choose one bullock
for themselves, and
cut it in
pieces, and lay
it on the wood ,
and
put
no
fire under;
and I will dress
the other bullock,
and lay
it on the wood ,
and
put
no
fire under
.
Get
two bulls
for
us.
Let the
prophets
of
Baal
choose one bull
for themselves, cut it into
pieces, and place
it on the wood but
not
light
the
fire .
And I will prepare
the other bull
and place
it on the wood but
not
light
the
fire.
And
call ye
on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Jehovah;
and
the God that
answereth
by fire, let
him
be
God. And all the people answered and
said
, It
is well
spoken
.
Then
you
may
call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD.
The
God who
answers
by fire, He
is
God. ”
And all the people answered, “What
you
say
is good
. ”
And
Elijah said unto
the prophets of Baal, Choose
you one
bullock
for yourselves ,
and dress
it first ;
for
ye
are
many;
and
call on the name of your god, but put
no
fire under
.
Then
Elijah said to
the prophets of Baal, “Since
you are
so
numerous,
choose
for yourselves one
bull
and prepare
it first .
Then
call on the name of your god, but do
not
light
the
fire. ”
And they took the bullock
which
was given them, and
they
dressed
it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even
until noon, saying
, O Baal, hear
us .
But there was no voice
, nor
any
that
answered.
And they leaped about
the altar which
was
made.
And they took the bull
that
was given them, prepared
it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting
, “
O Baal, answer
us !”
But there was no sound
, and no
one
answered
as
they leaped around
the altar they
had
made.
And
it
came
to
pass
at noon ,
that
Elijah mocked
them, and
said
, Cry
aloud;
for he is a god :
either
he is musing
, or he
is
gone
aside
, or he
is
on a journey ,
or
peradventure
he sleepeth
and must be awaked.
At noon Elijah began
to
taunt
them, saying
, “Shout
louder,
for he is a god !
Perhaps
he is deep
in
thought
, or occupied
, or on a journey .
Perhaps
he is
sleeping
and must be awakened!”
And
they cried
aloud,
and cut themselves after
their
manner
with knives and lances, till
the blood gushed out
upon
them.
So
they shouted
louder
and cut themselves with knives and lances, as
was
their
custom,
until
the blood gushed over
them.
And
it
was
so,
when
midday was
past
, that
they prophesied
until the time of the offering
of
the
`
evening '
oblation;
but there was neither
voice,
nor
any
to
answer
, nor
any
that
regarded
.
Midday passed
, and
they kept
on
raving
until the time of the evening sacrifice.
But there was no
response;
no
one
answered
, no
one
paid
attention
.
And
Elijah said unto
all the people, Come near unto
me ;
and
all the people came
near
unto
him .
And he repaired the altar of Jehovah
that was
thrown
down.
Then
Elijah said to
all the people, “
Come near to
me .”
So
all the people approached
him ,
and he repaired the altar of the
LORD
that had
been
torn
down.
And Elijah took twelve stones, according
to
the
number
of
the
tribes
of the sons of Jacob, unto
whom the word of Jehovah
came,
saying
, Israel shall be thy
name.
And Elijah took twelve stones, one
for
each
tribe
of the sons of Jacob, to
whom the word of the
LORD
had
come
and
said
, “
Israel shall be your
name. ”
And with the stones he
built an altar in the name of Jehovah;
and
he made
a trench about
the altar ,
as
great
as
would
contain
two measures
of seed.
And with the stones ,
Elijah
built an altar in the name of the
LORD.
Then
he dug
a trench around
the altar large
enough
to
hold
two seahs
of seed.
And
he put
the wood in
order
, and
cut the bullock
in
pieces
, and
laid
it on the wood .
And
he
said
, Fill
four
jars
with
water,
and
pour
it
on
the
burnt-offering,
and
on
the
wood.
Next,
he arranged
the wood, cut up
the bull
, placed
it on the wood,
And he
said, Do it the
second time ;
and they did it the
second time. And
he
said,
Do it the
third time ;
and they did it the
third time.
and said, “Fill
four
waterpots
and
pour
the
water
on
the
offering
and
on
the
wood.”
“
Do it a
second time ,”
he
said,
and they did it a
second time. “
Do it a
third time ,”
he
said,
and they did it a
third time.
And
the water ran round
about
the altar ;
and he
filled the trench also
with
water
.
So
the water ran down
around
the altar and even
filled the trench.
And
it
came
to
pass
at the time of the offering
of
the
`
evening '
oblation
, that
Elijah the prophet came
near,
and said, O Jehovah
, the
God of Abraham, of
Isaac, and of
Israel, let it be known this day that thou
art
God in Israel ,
and that I am thy
servant ,
and that
I
have done all these things at thy
word
.
At the time of the evening sacrifice
, Elijah the prophet approached
the
altar
and said, “
O LORD
, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You
are
God in Israel and that I am Your
servant and have done all these things at Your
command
.
Hear
me, O Jehovah,
hear
me, that this people may
know that thou
, Jehovah
, art
God, and `
that '
thou
hast
turned their heart
back again.
Answer
me, O LORD!
Answer
me, so
that this people will
know that You
, the
LORD
, are
God, and that You
have
turned their hearts
back again. ”
Then the fire of Jehovah
fell ,
and consumed the burnt-offering
, and
the wood, and
the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that
was
in the trench.
Then the fire of the
LORD
fell and consumed the sacrifice
, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it
licked up the water in the trench.
And
when all the people saw it
, they fell on
their
faces:
and they
said, Jehovah
, he is God ;
Jehovah
, he is God .
When all the people saw this
, they fell facedown
and said, “The
LORD
, He is God !
The
LORD
, He is God !”
and
Elijah said
unto
them, Take
the prophets of Baal ;
let
not one of
them
escape. And
they took
them ;
and Elijah brought them down to the brook
Kishon ,
and slew
them there.
Then
Elijah ordered
them, “Seize
the prophets of Baal !
Do
not let
a
single
one escape. ”
So
they seized
them ,
and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley
and slaughtered
them there.
And Elijah said unto
Ahab, Get
thee
up, eat and drink ;
for there is the sound of abundance
of
rain.
And Elijah said to
Ahab, “Go
up, eat and drink ,
for there is the sound of a
heavy
rain. ”
So Ahab went up to eat and to
drink. And
Elijah went
up
to the top
of Carmel ;
and
he
bowed
himself
down upon
the earth
, and put his face between his knees.
So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But
Elijah climbed
to the summit
of Carmel ,
bent
down on
the ground
, and put his face between his knees.
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
.
“Go
and look
toward
the
sea,”
he said to his servant. So
the
servant
went and looked, and he
said, “
There is nothing there
. ”
Seven
times
Elijah
said, “
Go back
. ”
And
it
came
to
pass
at
the seventh time ,
that
he
said,
Behold
, there ariseth
a cloud out
of
the
sea,
as small as a man's
hand. And he
said
, Go up,
say
unto
Ahab, Make
ready
`thy
chariot ',
and get
thee
down ,
that
the rain stop
thee
not
.
On
the seventh time the
servant
reported
, “
There is
a cloud as small as a man’s
hand rising
from
the
sea
. ”
And Elijah
replied
, “
Go and
tell
Ahab, ‘Prepare
your
chariot and go
down before
the rain stops
you
. ’”
And
it
came
to
pass
in
a
little
while
, that
the heavens
grew black
with clouds and wind, and there
was
a great
rain. And
Ahab rode ,
and went to Jezreel :
Meanwhile
, the sky
grew dark
with clouds and wind, and a heavy
rain began
to
fall
. So
Ahab rode away
and went to Jezreel .
and the hand of Jehovah
was
on
Elijah ;
and he girded
up
his loins,
and ran before
Ahab to
the entrance
of
Jezreel.
And the hand of the
LORD
came
upon
Elijah ,
and he tucked
his cloak
into
his
belt
and ran ahead
of
Ahab all
the way
to
Jezreel.
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