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1 Kings 18

And it came to pass [after] many
<07227>
days
<03117>_,
that the word
<01697>
of the LORD
<03068>
came to Elijah
<0452>
in the third
<07992>
year
<08141>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Go
<03212> (8798)_,
shew
<07200> (8734)
thyself unto Ahab
<0256>_;
and I will send
<05414> (8799)
rain
<04306>
upon
<06440>
the earth
<0127>_.
And Elijah
<0452>
went
<03212> (8799)
to shew
<07200> (8736)
himself unto Ahab
<0256>_.
And [there was] a sore
<02389>
famine
<07458>
in Samaria
<08111>_.
And Ahab
<0256>
called
<07121> (8799)
Obadiah
<05662>_,
which [was] the governor of [his] house
<01004>_.
(Now Obadiah
<05662>
feared
<03373>
the LORD
<03068>
greatly
<03966>_:
{Obadiah: Heb. Obadiahu} {the governor...: Heb. over his house}
For it was [so], when Jezebel
<0348>
cut off
<03772> (8687)
the prophets
<05030>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
that Obadiah
<05662>
took
<03947> (8799)
an hundred
<03967>
prophets
<05030>_,
and hid
<02244> (8686)
them by fifty
<0376> <02572>
in a cave
<04631>_,
and fed
<03557> (8773)
them with bread
<03899>
and water
<04325>.)
{Jezebel: Heb. Izebel}
And Ahab
<0256>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Obadiah
<05662>_,
Go
<03212> (8798)
into the land
<0776>_,
unto all fountains
<04599>
of water
<04325>_,
and unto all brooks
<05158>_:
peradventure
<0194>
we may find
<04672> (8799)
grass
<02682>
to save
<02421> (8762)
the horses
<05483>
and mules
<06505>
alive
<02421> (8762)_,
that we lose
<03772> (8686)
not all the beasts
<0929>_.
{that...: Heb. that we cut not off ourselves from the beasts}
So they divided
<02505> (8762)
the land
<0776>
between them to pass throughout
<05674> (8800)
it: Ahab
<0256>
went
<01980> (8804)
one
<0259>
way
<01870>
by himself, and Obadiah
<05662>
went
<01980> (8804)
another
<0259>
way
<01870>
by himself.
And as Obadiah
<05662>
was in the way
<01870>_,
behold, Elijah
<0452>
met
<07125> (8800)
him: and he knew
<05234> (8686)
him, and fell
<05307> (8799)
on his face
<06440>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
[Art] thou that my lord
<0113>
Elijah
<0452>_?
And he answered
<0559> (8799)
him, I [am]: go
<03212> (8798)_,
tell
<0559> (8798)
thy lord
<0113>_,
Behold, Elijah
<0452>
[is here].
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
What have I sinned
<02398> (8804)_,
that thou wouldest deliver
<05414> (8802)
thy servant
<05650>
into the hand
<03027>
of Ahab
<0256>_,
to slay
<04191> (8687)
me?
[As] the LORD
<03068>
thy God
<0430>
liveth
<02416>_,
there is no
<03426>
nation
<01471>
or kingdom
<04467>_,
whither
<0834>
my lord
<0113>
hath not sent
<07971> (8804)
to seek
<01245> (8763)
thee: and when they said
<0559> (8804)_,
[He is] not [there]; he took an oath
<07650> (8689)
of the kingdom
<04467>
and nation
<01471>_,
that they found
<04672> (8799)
thee not.
And now thou sayest
<0559> (8802)_,
Go
<03212> (8798)_,
tell
<0559> (8798)
thy lord
<0113>_,
Behold, Elijah
<0452>
[is here].
And it shall come to pass, [as soon as] I am gone
<03212> (8799)
from thee, that the Spirit
<07307>
of the LORD
<03068>
shall carry
<05375> (8799)
thee whither I know
<03045> (8799)
not; and [so] when I come
<0935> (8804)
and tell
<05046> (8687)
Ahab
<0256>_,
and he cannot find
<04672> (8799)
thee, he shall slay
<02026> (8804)
me: but I thy servant
<05650>
fear
<03372> (8804)
the LORD
<03068>
from my youth
<05271>_.
Was it not told
<05046> (8717)
my lord
<0113>
what I did
<06213> (8804)
when Jezebel
<0348>
slew
<02026> (8800)
the prophets
<05030>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
how I hid
<02244> (8686)
an hundred
<03967>
men
<0376>
of the LORD'S
<03068>
prophets
<05030>
by fifty
<02572>
in a cave
<04631>_,
and fed
<03557> (8770)
them with bread
<03899>
and water
<04325>_?
And now thou sayest
<0559> (8802)_,
Go
<03212> (8798)_,
tell
<0559> (8798)
thy lord
<0113>_,
Behold, Elijah
<0452>
[is here]: and he shall slay
<02026> (8804)
me.
And Elijah
<0452>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
[As] the LORD
<03068>
of hosts
<06635>
liveth
<02416>_,
before
<06440>
whom I stand
<05975> (8804)_,
I will surely shew
<07200> (8735)
myself unto him to day
<03117>_.
So Obadiah
<05662>
went
<03212> (8799)
to meet
<07125> (8800)
Ahab
<0256>_,
and told
<05046> (8686)
him: and Ahab
<0256>
went
<03212> (8799)
to meet
<07125> (8800)
Elijah
<0452>_.
And it came to pass, when Ahab
<0256>
saw
<07200> (8800)
Elijah
<0452>_,
that Ahab
<0256>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, [Art] thou he that troubleth
<05916> (8802)
Israel
<03478>_?
And he answered
<0559> (8799)_,
I have not troubled
<05916> (8804)
Israel
<03478>_;
but thou, and thy father's
<01>
house
<01004>_,
in that ye have forsaken
<05800> (8800)
the commandments
<04687>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
and thou hast followed
<03212> (8799) <0310>
Baalim
<01168>_.
Now therefore send
<07971> (8798)_,
[and] gather
<06908> (8798)
to me all Israel
<03478>
unto mount
<02022>
Carmel
<03760>_,
and the prophets
<05030>
of Baal
<01168>
four
<0702>
hundred
<03967>
and fifty
<02572>_,
and the prophets
<05030>
of the groves
<0842>
four
<0702>
hundred
<03967>_,
which eat
<0398> (8802)
at Jezebel's
<0348>
table
<07979>_.
So Ahab
<0256>
sent
<07971> (8799)
unto all the children
<01121>
of Israel
<03478>_,
and gathered
<06908> (0)
the prophets
<05030>
together
<06908> (8799)
unto mount
<02022>
Carmel
<03760>_.
And Elijah
<0452>
came
<05066> (8799)
unto all the people
<05971>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
How long
<05921>
halt
<06452> (8802)
ye between two
<08147>
opinions
<05587>_?
if the LORD
<03068>
[be] God
<0430>_,
follow him: but if Baal
<01168>_,
[then] follow
<03212> (8798) <0310>
him. And the people
<05971>
answered
<06030> (8804)
him not a word
<01697>_.
{opinions: or, thoughts}
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Elijah
<0452>
unto the people
<05971>_,
I, [even] I only, remain
<03498> (8738)
a prophet
<05030>
of the LORD
<03068>_;
but Baal's
<01168>
prophets
<05030>
[are] four
<0702>
hundred
<03967>
and fifty
<02572>
men
<0376>_.
Let them therefore give
<05414> (8799)
us two
<08147>
bullocks
<06499>_;
and let them choose
<0977> (8799)
one
<0259>
bullock
<06499>
for themselves, and cut it in pieces
<05408> (8762)_,
and lay
<07760> (8799)
[it] on wood
<06086>_,
and put
<07760> (8799)
no fire
<0784>
[under]: and I will dress
<06213> (8799)
the other
<0259>
bullock
<06499>_,
and lay
<05414> (8804)
[it] on wood
<06086>_,
and put
<07760> (8799)
no fire
<0784>
[under]:
And call
<07121> (8804)
ye on the name
<08034>
of your gods
<0430>_,
and I will call
<07121> (8799)
on the name
<08034>
of the LORD
<03068>_:
and the God
<0430>
that answereth
<06030> (8799)
by fire
<0784>_,
let him be God
<0430>_.
And all the people
<05971>
answered
<06030> (8799)
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
It is well
<02896>
spoken
<01697>_.
{It is...: Heb. The word is good}
And Elijah
<0452>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the prophets
<05030>
of Baal
<01168>_,
Choose
<0977> (8798)
you one
<0259>
bullock
<06499>
for yourselves, and dress
<06213> (8798)
[it] first
<07223>_;
for ye [are] many
<07227>_;
and call
<07121> (8798)
on the name
<08034>
of your gods
<0430>_,
but put
<07760> (8799)
no fire
<0784>
[under].
And they took
<03947> (8799)
the bullock
<06499>
which was given
<05414> (8804)
them, and they dressed
<06213> (8799)
[it], and called
<07121> (8799)
on the name
<08034>
of Baal
<01168>
from morning
<01242>
even until noon
<06672>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
O Baal
<01168>_,
hear
<06030> (8798)
us. But [there was] no
<0369>
voice
<06963>_,
nor any that answered
<06030> (8802)_.
And they leaped
<06452> (8762)
upon the altar
<04196>
which was made
<06213> (8804)_.
{hear: or, answer} {answered: or, heard} {leaped...: or, leaped up and down at the altar}
And it came to pass at noon
<06672>_,
that Elijah
<0452>
mocked
<02048> (8762)
them, and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Cry
<07121> (8798)
aloud
<01419> <06963>_:
for he [is] a god
<0430>_;
either he is talking
<07879>_,
or he is pursuing
<07873>_,
or he is in a journey
<01870>_,
[or] peradventure
<0194>
he sleepeth
<03463>_,
and must be awaked
<03364> (8799)_.
{aloud: Heb. with a great voice} {he is talking: or, he meditateth} {is pursuing: Heb. hath a pursuit}
And they cried
<07121> (8799)
aloud
<06963> <01419>_,
and cut
<01413> (8704)
themselves after their manner
<04941>
with knives
<02719>
and lancets
<07420>_,
till the blood
<01818>
gushed out
<08210> (8800)
upon them. {the blood...: Heb. poured out blood upon them}
And it came to pass, when midday
<06672>
was past
<05674> (8800)_,
and they prophesied
<05012> (8691)
until the [time] of the offering
<05927> (8800)
of the [evening] sacrifice
<04503>_,
that [there was] neither voice
<06963>_,
nor any to answer
<06030> (8802)_,
nor any that regarded
<07182>_.
{offering: Heb. ascending} {that regarded: Heb. attention}
And Elijah
<0452>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto all the people
<05971>_,
Come near
<05066> (8798)
unto me. And all the people
<05971>
came near
<05066> (8799)
unto him. And he repaired
<07495> (8762)
the altar
<04196>
of the LORD
<03068>
[that was] broken down
<02040> (8803)_.
And Elijah
<0452>
took
<03947> (8799)
twelve
<08147> <06240>
stones
<068>_,
according to the number
<04557>
of the tribes
<07626>
of the sons
<01121>
of Jacob
<03290>_,
unto whom the word
<01697>
of the LORD
<03068>
came, saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Israel
<03478>
shall be thy name
<08034>_:
And with the stones
<068>
he built
<01129> (8799)
an altar
<04196>
in the name
<08034>
of the LORD
<03068>_:
and he made
<06213> (8799)
a trench
<08585>
about
<05439>
the altar
<04196>_,
as great as would contain
<01004>
two measures
<05429>
of seed
<02233>_.
And he put
<06186> (0)
the wood
<06086>
in order
<06186> (8799)_,
and cut
<05408> (8762)
the bullock
<06499>
in pieces, and laid
<07760> (8799)
[him] on the wood
<06086>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Fill
<04390> (8798)
four
<0702>
barrels
<03537>
with water
<04325>_,
and pour
<03332> (8798)
[it] on the burnt sacrifice
<05930>_,
and on the wood
<06086>_.
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Do [it] the second time
<08138> (8798)_.
And they did [it] the second time
<08138> (8799)_.
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Do [it] the third time
<08027> (8761)_.
And they did [it] the third time
<08027> (8762)_.
And the water
<04325>
ran
<03212> (8799)
round about
<05439>
the altar
<04196>_;
and he filled
<04390> (8765)
the trench
<08585>
also with water
<04325>_.
{ran: Heb. went}
And it came to pass at [the time of] the offering
<05927> (8800)
of the [evening] sacrifice
<04503>_,
that Elijah
<0452>
the prophet
<05030>
came near
<05066> (8799)_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
LORD
<03068>
God
<0430>
of Abraham
<085>_,
Isaac
<03327>_,
and of Israel
<03478>_,
let it be known
<03045> (8735)
this day
<03117>
that thou [art] God
<0430>
in Israel
<03478>_,
and [that] I [am] thy servant
<05650>_,
and [that] I have done
<06213> (8804)
all these things at thy word
<01697>_.
Hear
<06030> (8798)
me, O LORD
<03068>_,
hear
<06030> (8798)
me, that this people
<05971>
may know
<03045> (8799)
that thou [art] the LORD
<03068>
God
<0430>_,
and [that] thou hast turned
<05437> (0)
their heart
<03820>
back
<05437> (8689)
again
<0322>_.
Then the fire
<0784>
of the LORD
<03068>
fell
<05307> (8799)_,
and consumed
<0398> (8799)
the burnt sacrifice
<05930>_,
and the wood
<06086>_,
and the stones
<068>_,
and the dust
<06083>_,
and licked up
<03897> (8765)
the water
<04325>
that [was] in the trench
<08585>_.
And when all the people
<05971>
saw
<07200> (8799)
[it], they fell
<05307> (8799)
on their faces
<06440>_:
and they said
<0559> (8799)_,
The LORD
<03068>_,
he [is] the God
<0430>_;
the LORD
<03068>_,
he [is] the God
<0430>_.
And Elijah
<0452>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto them, Take
<08610> (8798)
the prophets
<05030>
of Baal
<01168>_;
let not one
<0376>
of them escape
<04422> (8735)_.
And they took
<08610> (8799)
them: and Elijah
<0452>
brought them down
<03381> (8686)
to the brook
<05158>
Kishon
<07028>_,
and slew
<07819> (8799)
them there. {Take: or, Apprehend}
And Elijah
<0452>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Ahab
<0256>_,
Get thee up
<05927> (8798)_,
eat
<0398> (8798)
and drink
<08354> (8798)_;
for [there is] a sound
<06963>
of abundance
<01995>
of rain
<01653>_.
{a sound...: or, a sound of a noise of rain}
So Ahab
<0256>
went up
<05927> (8799)
to eat
<0398> (8800)
and to drink
<08354> (8800)_.
And Elijah
<0452>
went up
<05927> (8804)
to the top
<07218>
of Carmel
<03760>_;
and he cast himself down
<01457> (8799)
upon the earth
<0776>_,
and put
<07760> (8799)
his face
<06440>
between his knees
<01290>_,
And said
<0559> (8799)
to his servant
<05288>_,
Go up
<05927> (8798)
now, look
<05027> (8685)
toward
<01870>
the sea
<03220>_.
And he went up
<05927> (8799)_,
and looked
<05027> (8686)_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
[There is] nothing
<03972>_.
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Go again
<07725> (8798)
seven
<07651>
times
<06471>_.
And it came to pass at the seventh time
<07637>_,
that he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Behold, there ariseth
<05927> (8802)
a little
<06996>
cloud
<05645>
out of the sea
<03220>_,
like a man's
<0376>
hand
<03709>_.
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Go up
<05927> (8798)_,
say
<0559> (8798)
unto Ahab
<0256>_,
Prepare
<0631> (8798)
[thy chariot], and get thee down
<03381> (8798)_,
that the rain
<01653>
stop
<06113> (8799)
thee not. {Prepare: Heb. Tie, or, Bind}
And it came to pass in the mean while
<03541>_,
that the heaven
<08064>
was black
<06937> (8694)
with clouds
<05645>
and wind
<07307>_,
and there was a great
<01419>
rain
<01653>_.
And Ahab
<0256>
rode
<07392> (8799)_,
and went
<03212> (8799)
to Jezreel
<03157>_.
And the hand
<03027>
of the LORD
<03068>
was on Elijah
<0452>_;
and he girded up
<08151> (8762)
his loins
<04975>_,
and ran
<07323> (8799)
before
<06440>
Ahab
<0256>
to the entrance
<0935> (8800)
of Jezreel
<03157>_.
{to the...: Heb. till thou come to Jezreel}


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