Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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
the days
are
many
, and
the word of Jehovah
hath
been
unto
Elijah in
the
third
year,
saying,
`
Go ,
appear
unto
Ahab, and I give
rain on
the face of the ground;'
So
Elijah went
to
present
himself
to Ahab. The famine was
severe in Samaria,
and
Elijah goeth
to appear
unto
Ahab. And
the famine is
severe in Samaria,
and Ahab summoned
Obadiah, who was
in
charge
of
the palace.
(Now
Obadiah greatly feared
the
LORD
,
and Ahab calleth
unto
Obadiah, who `is'
over
the house
--
and
Obadiah hath
been
fearing
Jehovah
greatly,
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
it
cometh
to
pass,
in
Jezebel's
cutting
off
the prophets of Jehovah
, that
Obadiah taketh
a hundred prophets ,
and hideth
them, fifty men in
a
cave, and
hath
sustained
them with bread
and water --
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
. ”
and
Ahab saith
unto
Obadiah, `
Go through
the land ,
unto
all
fountains
of
waters,
and unto
all
the
brooks,
if
so
be
we find hay,
and keep
alive horse
and
mule,
and
do
not cut
off
any of
the
cattle
. '
So
they divided
the land to explore.
Ahab went
one way by himself, and Obadiah went
the
other
way by himself .
And
they apportion
to
themselves
the land ,
to pass
over
into
it;
Ahab hath
gone
in
one way by himself, and Obadiah hath
gone
in
another
way by himself ;
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
Obadiah `is'
in
the
way, and
lo,
Elijah --
to
meet
him ;
and
he
discerneth
him, and falleth
on
his
face
, and
saith
, `Art
thou
he
--
my lord Elijah? '
“It
is
I,”
he answered.
“
Go tell
your
master
, ‘
Elijah is
here!’”
And
he saith
to
him,
`I
`am';
go, say
to
thy
lord,
Lo,
Elijah .'
But
Obadiah
replied
, “How
have I sinned, that you
are
handing
your
servant over
to
Ahab to put me to death?
And
he
saith
, `What
have I sinned, that thou
art
giving
thy
servant into
the
hand
of
Ahab --
to put me to death?
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.
Jehovah
thy
God liveth
, if
there is a
nation and
kingdom whither
my lord hath
not sent to seek
thee;
and
they said, He is not, then
he caused
the
kingdom and
the
nation to
swear ,
that it
doth
not find
thee;
And now you
say
, ‘
Go tell
your
master
that
Elijah is
here!’
and now, thou
art
saying,
Go ,
say
to
thy
lord,
Lo,
Elijah ;
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.
and
it
hath
been,
I go
from
thee,
and
the Spirit of Jehovah
doth
lift
thee
up,
whither
I know
not,
and I
have
come
to
declare
to
Ahab ,
and he doth
not find thee
, and
he hath
slain
me ;
and
thy
servant is
fearing
Jehovah
from my youth.
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 .
`Hath
it not been
declared
to my lord that
which
I have
done
in
Jezebel's
slaying
the prophets of Jehovah,
that
I hide
of the prophets
of
Jehovah
a
hundred
men
, fifty by
fifty
in
a
cave, and sustained
them with bread
and water ?
And now you
say
, ‘
Go tell
your
lord that
Elijah is
here!’
He will
kill
me! ”
and now thou
art
saying
, Go ,
say
to
my
lord ,
Lo,
Elijah --
and
he hath
slain
me! '
Then
Elijah said
, “As
surely
as
the
LORD
of Hosts lives
, before whom I stand
, I
will
present
myself
to Ahab
today
. ”
And
Elijah saith
, `Jehovah
of Hosts liveth
, before whom I have
stood
, surely
to -day
I
appear
unto
him
. '
So
Obadiah went
to inform
Ahab, who
went
to meet Elijah .
And
Obadiah goeth
to meet
Ahab, and
declareth
`it'
to him,
and
Ahab
goeth
to
meet Elijah ,
When
Ahab
saw
Elijah,
he
said
to him
, “Is
that you
, O
troubler of Israel? ”
and
it
cometh
to pass
at
Ahab's
seeing
Elijah
, that Ahab
saith
unto
him
, `Art
thou
he
--
the
troubler of Israel? '
“
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.
And
he
saith,
`
I have not troubled Israel, but thou
and the
house of
thy
father
, in
your
forsaking
the commands
of Jehovah,
and thou
goest
after
the Baalim;
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. ”
and
now ,
send,
gather
unto
me
all Israel ,
unto
the
mount of
Carmel, and
the prophets
of
Baal
four hundred and fifty ,
and
the
prophets of the shrine,
four hundred --
eating
at the
table of
Jezebel
. '
So
Ahab summoned
all the Israelites
and assembled
the prophets on
Mount Carmel .
And
Ahab sendeth
among
all the sons
of
Israel,
and gathereth
the prophets unto
the
mount of
Carmel ;
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.
and
Elijah cometh
nigh
unto
all the people ,
and saith
, `Till
when
are
ye
leaping
on
the
two branches
? --
if Jehovah
`
is '
God, go
after
Him ;
and
if Baal, go
after
him ;'
and
the people have
not answered
him
a word.
Then
Elijah said
to
the people, “
I am
the
only
remaining
prophet of the LORD,
but
Baal has
four hundred and fifty prophets.
And
Elijah saith
unto
the people, `
I --
I
have
been
left
a
prophet of Jehovah
--
by
myself;
and
the prophets
of
Baal `are'
four hundred and fifty men;
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
let them
give
to
us
two
bullocks,
and
they
choose for themselves the
one
bullock
, and
cut it in
pieces, and place `
it '
on the wood ,
and
place
no
fire ;
and I --
I
prepare the other bullock,
and have
put
`
it '
on the wood ,
and
fire I
do
not
place;
--
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
ye
have
called
in
the name of your god, and I --
I
call in
the name of Jehovah,
and
it
hath
been,
the god who answereth
by fire --
He `
is '
the
God. '
And all the people answer
and
say ,
`
Good `is'
the
word
. '
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
Elijah saith
to the prophets of Baal, `
Choose for you
the
one bullock,
and prepare first ,
for
ye
`are'
the
multitude,
and
call ye
in
the name of your god, and
place
no
fire. '
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 they take
the bullock
that `one'
gave
to
them, and
prepare
, and call
in
the name of Baal from the
morning even
till
the
noon, saying
, `
O Baal, answer us! '
and
there is
no voice
, and there
is
none
answering;
and
they leap
on
the altar that
one
had made.
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
it
cometh
to
pass,
at noon ,
that
Elijah playeth
on
them, and
saith
, `Call
with
a
loud
voice
, for he `
is '
a god ,
for
he is meditating
, or pursuing
, or on a journey ;
it
may
be
he is asleep,
an
doth
awake.'
So
they shouted
louder
and cut themselves with
knives
and
lances
, as
was
their custom
, until
the
blood gushed
over
them .
And
they call
with
a
loud
voice,
and cut themselves, according
to
their ordinance
, with
swords
and
with
spears,
till
a
flowing
of
blood `is'
on
them ;
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 it
cometh
to
pass,
at
the
passing
by
of
the
noon,
that
they feign
themselves
prophets
till
the going
up
of the present,
and
there is
no voice
, and
there
is
none
answering,
and
there
is
none
attending
.
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 saith
to all the people, `
Come nigh
unto
me ;'
and
all the people come
nigh
unto
him, and he repaireth
the altar of Jehovah
that is
broken
down ;
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 Elijah taketh
twelve stones, according
to
the
number
of the tribes
of
the
sons of Jacob, unto
whom the word of Jehovah
was
, saying,
`
Israel is
thy
name ;'
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
buildeth
with the stones an altar ,
in the name of Jehovah,
and
maketh
a trench ,
as
about
the space
of
two measures
of seed ,
round
about
the
altar
.
Next,
he arranged
the wood, cut
up
the bull
, placed
it on the wood,
And
he arrangeth
the wood, and
cutteth
in
pieces
the bullock
, and
placeth
`
it '
on the wood, and
saith,
`Fill
ye
four
pitchers
of
water,
and
pour
on
the
burnt-offering,
and
on
the
wood;
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 he
saith
, `
Do `
it '
a second time ;'
and they do
`
it '
a second time ;
and
he
saith,
`
Do `
it '
a third time ;'
and they do
`
it '
a third time ;
So
the water ran
down
around
the altar and even
filled
the trench.
and
the water goeth
round
about
the altar ,
and also,
the trench he
hath
filled
with
water
.
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.
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
at the going
up
of the `
evening -'present
, that
Elijah the prophet cometh
nigh
and saith
, `Jehovah
, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to-day
let it be known that Thou
`art'
God in Israel ,
and I Thy
servant ,
that
by
Thy
word
I
have done the
whole
of
these things ;
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
. ”
answer me, O Jehovah,
answer me, and
this people doth
know that Thou
`art'
Jehovah
God ;
and Thou
hast
turned their heart
backward
. '
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
there
falleth
a
fire of Jehovah,
and consumeth
the burnt-offering
, and
the wood, and
the stones, and the dust, and the water that
`is'
in the trench it
hath
licked
up
.
When
all the people saw
this
, they
fell
facedown
and said
, “The
LORD
, He is God!
The LORD
, He is God !”
And
all the people see
, and fall
on
their
faces
, and
say
, `Jehovah,
He `
is '
the God
, Jehovah,
He `
is '
the
God .'
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 saith
to
them, `Catch
ye
the prophets of Baal ;
let not
a man
escape of
them;'
and
they catch
them, and Elijah bringeth
them down unto
the stream
Kishon ,
and doth
slaughter
them there.
And Elijah said
to Ahab, “
Go up, eat and drink, for
there
is
the sound of a
heavy
rain
. ”
And Elijah saith
to Ahab, `
Go up, eat and drink, because
of
the sound of the
noise
of
the
shower
. '
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
Ahab goeth
up to eat ,
and to
drink ,
and
Elijah hath
gone
up
unto
the top
of Carmel, and
he
stretcheth
himself
out
on the earth
, and he
placeth
his face between his knees ,
“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 saith
unto
his
young
man,
`Go
up,
I
pray
thee,
look attentively
the way
of
the
sea ;'
and
he goeth
up
and looketh
attentively
, and saith
, `
There is nothing ;'
and
he
saith
, `Turn
back ,'
seven
times
.
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
cometh
to
pass,
at
the seventh, that
he
saith,
`Lo,
a little
thickness
as the
palm
of
a man
is
coming
up
out
of
the sea. '
And he
saith
, `
Go up,
say
unto
Ahab, `Bind
--
and go down ,
and
the shower
doth
not
restrain
thee
. '
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
it
cometh
to
pass
, in
the meantime,
that
the
heavens
have
become
black
--
thick
clouds and wind --
and the
shower
is
great;
and
Ahab rideth,
and goeth
to 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.
and the hand of Jehovah
hath
been
on
Elijah, and he girdeth
up
his loins,
and runneth
before
Ahab ,
till
thine
entering
Jezreel.
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