1 Kings 13:1
13:1 Just then
a prophet
from Judah, sent by the
Lord, arrived in Bethel,
as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.
1 Kings 14:7-16
14:7 Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘This is what the
Lord God of Israel says: “I raised you up
from among the people and made you ruler over my people Israel.
14:8 I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve.
14:9 You have sinned more than all who came before you. You went and angered me by making other gods, formed out of metal; you have completely disregarded me.
14:10 So I am ready to bring disaster
on the dynasty
of Jeroboam. I will cut off every last male belonging to Jeroboam in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.
I will burn up the dynasty of Jeroboam, just as one burns manure until it is completely consumed.
14:11 Dogs will eat the members of your family
who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”’ Indeed, the
Lord has announced it!
14:12 “As for you, get up and go home. When you set foot in the city, the boy will die.
14:13 All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good.
14:14 The Lord will raise up a king over Israel who will cut off Jeroboam’s dynasty. It is ready to happen!
14:15 The Lord will attack Israel, making it like a reed that sways in the water. He will remove Israel from this good land he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they angered the Lord by making Asherah poles.
14:16 He will hand Israel over to their enemies because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit.”
1 Kings 17:1
Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory
17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.”
1 Kings 18:21-40
18:21 Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision?
If the
Lord is the true God,
then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.
18:22 Elijah said to them:
“I am the only prophet of the
Lord who is left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.
18:23 Let them bring us two bulls. Let them choose one of the bulls for themselves, cut it up into pieces, and place it on the wood. But they must not set it on fire. I will do the same to the other bull and place it on the wood. But I will not set it on fire.
18:24 Then you
will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the
Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.”
All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.”
18:25 Elijah told the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire.”
18:26 So they took a bull, as he had suggested, and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us.” But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped around on the altar they had made.
18:27 At noon Elijah mocked them, “Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened.”
18:28 So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual, mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood.
18:29 Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, but there was no sound, no answer, and no response.
18:30 Elijah then told all the people, “Approach me.” So all the people approached him. He repaired the altar of the Lord that had been torn down.
18:31 Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, “Israel will be your new name.”
18:32 With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord. Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs of seed.
18:33 He arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood.
18:34 Then he said, “Fill four water jars and pour the water on the offering and the wood.” When they had done so, he said, “Do it again.” So they did it again. Then he said, “Do it a third time.” So they did it a third time.
18:35 The water flowed down all sides of the altar and filled the trench.
18:36 When it was time for the evening offering, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.
18:37 Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, O Lord, are the true God and that you are winning back their allegiance.”
18:38 Then fire from the Lord fell from the sky. It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the water in the trench.
18:39 When all the people saw this, they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, “The Lord is the true God! The Lord is the true God!”
18:40 Elijah told them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let even one of them escape!” So they seized them, and Elijah led them down to the Kishon Valley and executed them there.
1 Kings 19:10
19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal
to the
Lord, the sovereign God,
even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you,
torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”
1 Kings 19:2
19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning,
“May the gods judge me severely
if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!”
1 Kings 17:13
17:13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you planned.
But first make a small cake for me and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son.
Nehemiah 9:30
9:30 You prolonged your kindness
with them for many years, and you solemnly admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they paid no attention,
so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
Jeremiah 25:4
25:4 Over and over again
the
Lord has sent
his servants the prophets to you. But you have not listened or paid attention.
Amos 7:14
7:14 Amos replied to Amaziah, “I was not a prophet by profession. No, I was a herdsman who also took care of sycamore fig trees.