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[1] After many days, Yahweh’s word came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth.” [2] Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria. [3] Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly; [4] for when Jezebel cut off Yahweh’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) [5] Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.” [6] So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. [7] As Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. He recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?” [8] He answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here!’ ” [9] He said, “How have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me? [10] As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he took an oath of the kingdom and nation that they didn’t find you. [11] Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here.” ’ [12] It will happen, as soon as I leave you, that Yahweh’s Spirit will carry you I don’t know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can’t find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared Yahweh from my youth. [13] Wasn’t it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed Yahweh’s prophets, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh’s prophets with fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water? [14] Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”.’ He will kill me.” [15] Elijah said, “As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.” [16] So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah. [17] When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?” [18] He answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house, in that you have forsaken Yahweh’s commandments and you have followed the Baals. [19] Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel, and four hundred fifty of the prophets of Baal, and four hundred of the prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.” [20] So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel. [21] Elijah came near to all the people, and said, “How long will you waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.”The people didn’t say a word. [22] Then Elijah said to the people, “I, even I only, am left as a prophet of Yahweh; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred fifty men. [23] Let them therefore give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bull, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under it. [24] You call on the name of your god, and I will call on Yahweh’s name. The God who answers by fire, let him be God.”All the people answered, “What you say is good.” [25] Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one bull for yourselves, and dress it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.” [26] They took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, “Baal, hear us!” But there was no voice, and nobody answered. They leaped about the altar which was made. [27] At noon, Elijah mocked them, and said, “Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is deep in thought, or he has gone somewhere, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he sleeps and must be awakened.” [28] They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances until the blood gushed out on them. [29] When midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the evening offering; but there was no voice, no answer, and nobody paid attention. [30] Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me!”; and all the people came near to him. He repaired Yahweh’s altar that had been thrown down. [31] Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom Yahweh’s word came, saying, “Israel shall be your name.” [32] With the stones he built an altar in Yahweh’s name. He made a trench around the altar large enough to contain two seahsⓘ of seed. [33] He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. He said, “Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.” [34] He said, “Do it a second time;” and they did it the second time. He said, “Do it a third time;” and they did it the third time. [35] The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water. [36] At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word. [37] Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.” [38] Then Yahweh’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust; and it licked up the water that was in the trench. [39] When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!” [40] Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let one of them escape!”They seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there. [41] Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.” [42] So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees. [43] He said to his servant, “Go up now and look toward the sea.”He went up and looked, then said, “There is nothing.”He said, “Go again” seven times. [44] On the seventh time, he said, “Behold, a small cloud, like a man’s hand, is rising out of the sea.”He said, “Go up, tell Ahab, ‘Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn’t stop you.’ ” [45] In a little while, the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. [46] Yahweh’s hand was on Elijah; and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

Footnotes

  1. ⓘ 18:32 1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks
King James Version

In Samaria

[1] And it came to pass after many H7227 days, H3117 that the word H1697 of the Lord H3068 came to Elijah H452 in the third H7992 year, H8141 saying, H559 (QalInf) Go, H3212 (QalImpv) shew H7200 (NiphImpv) thyself unto Ahab; H256 and I will send H5414 (QalImpf) rain H4306 upon H6440 the earth. H127 [2] And Elijah H452 went H3212 (QalImpf) to shew H7200 (NiphInf) himself unto Ahab. H256 And there was a sore H2389 famine H7458 in Samaria. H8111 [3] And Ahab H256 called H7121 (QalImpf) Obadiah, H5662§ which was the governor§ of his house. H1004 (Now Obadiah H5662 feared H3373 the Lord H3068 greatly: H3966 [4] for it was so, when Jezebel§ H348 cut off H3772 (HiphInf) the prophets H5030 of the Lord, H3068 that Obadiah H5662 took H3947 (QalImpf) an hundred H3967 prophets, H5030 and hid H2244 (HiphImpf) them by fifty H376 in a cave, H4631 and fed H3557 (PilpPerf) them with bread H3899 and water.) H4325 [5] And Ahab H256 said H559 (QalImpf) unto Obadiah, H5662 Go H3212 (QalImpv) into the land, H776 unto all fountains H4599 of water, H4325 and unto all brooks: H5158 peradventure H194 we may find H4672 (QalImpf) grass H2682 to save H2421 (PielImpf) the horses H5483 and mules H6505 alive, H2421 (PielImpf) that we lose H3772 (HiphImpf) not all the beasts. H929 [6] So they divided H2505 (PielImpf) the land H776 between them to pass throughout H5674 (QalInf) it: Ahab H256 went H1980 (QalPerf) one H259 way H1870 by himself, and Obadiah H5662 went H1980 (QalPerf) another H259 way H1870 by himself. [7] And as Obadiah H5662 was in the way, H1870 behold, Elijah H452 met H7125 (QalInf) him: and he knew H5234 (HiphImpf) him, and fell H5307 (QalImpf) on his face, H6440 and said, H559 (QalImpf) Art thou that my lord H113 Elijah? H452 [8] And he answered H559 (QalImpf) him, I am: go, H3212 (QalImpv) tell H559 (QalImpv) thy lord, H113 Behold, Elijah H452 is here. [9] And he said, H559 (QalImpf) What have I sinned, H2398 (QalPerf) that thou wouldest deliver H5414 (QalActPtc) thy servant H5650 into the hand H3027 of Ahab, H256 to slay H4191 (HiphInf) me? [10] As the Lord H3068 thy God H430 liveth, H2416 there is no H3426 nation H1471 or kingdom, H4467 whither H834 my lord H113 hath not sent H7971 (QalPerf) to seek H1245 (PielInf) thee: and when they said, H559 (QalPerf) He is not there; he took an oath H7650 (HiphPerf) of the kingdom H4467 and nation, H1471 that they found H4672 (QalImpf) thee not. [11] And now thou sayest, H559 (QalActPtc) Go, H3212 (QalImpv) tell H559 (QalImpv) thy lord, H113 Behold, Elijah H452 is here. [12] And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone H3212 (QalImpf) from thee, that the Spirit H7307 of the Lord H3068 shall carry H5375 (QalImpf) thee whither I know H3045 (QalImpf) not; and so when I come H935 (QalPerf) and tell H5046 (HiphInf) Ahab, H256 and he cannot find H4672 (QalImpf) thee, he shall slay H2026 (QalPerf) me: but I thy servant H5650 fear H3372 (QalPerf) the Lord H3068 from my youth. H5271 [13] Was it not told H5046 (HophPerf) my lord H113 what I did H6213 (QalPerf) when Jezebel H348 slew H2026 (QalInf) the prophets H5030 of the Lord, H3068 how I hid H2244 (HiphImpf) an hundred H3967 men H376 of the Lord’s H3068 prophets H5030 by fifty H2572 in a cave, H4631 and fed H3557 (PilpImpf) them with bread H3899 and water? H4325 [14] And now thou sayest, H559 (QalActPtc) Go, H3212 (QalImpv) tell H559 (QalImpv) thy lord, H113 Behold, Elijah H452 is here: and he shall slay H2026 (QalPerf) me. [15] And Elijah H452 said, H559 (QalImpf) As the Lord H3068 of hosts H6635 liveth, H2416 before H6440 whom I stand, H5975 (QalPerf) I will surely shew H7200 (NiphImpf) myself unto him to day. H3117 [16] So Obadiah H5662 went H3212 (QalImpf) to meet H7125 (QalInf) Ahab, H256 and told H5046 (HiphImpf) him: and Ahab H256 went H3212 (QalImpf) to meet H7125 (QalInf) Elijah. H452 [17] And it came to pass, when Ahab H256 saw H7200 (QalInf) Elijah, H452 that Ahab H256 said H559 (QalImpf) unto him, Art thou he that troubleth H5916 (QalActPtc) Israel? H3478 [18] And he answered, H559 (QalImpf) I have not troubled H5916 (QalPerf) Israel; H3478 but thou, and thy father’s H1 house, H1004 in that ye have forsaken H5800 (QalInf) the commandments H4687 of the Lord, H3068 and thou hast followed H3212 (QalImpf) Baalim. H1168 [19] Now therefore send, H7971 (QalImpv) and gather H6908 (QalImpv) to me all Israel H3478 unto mount H2022 Carmel, H3760 and the prophets H5030 of Baal H1168 four H702 hundred H3967 and fifty, H2572 and the prophets H5030 of the groves H842 four H702 hundred, H3967 which eat H398 (QalActPtc) at Jezebel’s H348 table. H7979

Mount Carmel

[20] So Ahab H256 sent H7971 (QalImpf) unto all the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 and gathered H6908 the prophets H5030 together H6908 (QalImpf) unto mount H2022 Carmel. H3760 [21] And Elijah H452 came H5066 (QalImpf) unto all the people, H5971 and said, H559 (QalImpf) How long H5921 halt H6452 (QalActPtc) ye between two H8147 opinions? H5587§ if the Lord H3068 be God, H430 follow him: but if Baal, H1168 then follow H3212 (QalImpv) him. And the people H5971 answered H6030 (QalPerf) him not a word. H1697 [22] Then said H559 (QalImpf) Elijah H452 unto the people, H5971 I, even I only, remain H3498 (NiphPerf) a prophet H5030 of the Lord; H3068 but Baal’s H1168 prophets H5030 are four H702 hundred H3967 and fifty H2572 men. H376 [23] Let them therefore give H5414 (QalImpf) us two H8147 bullocks; H6499 and let them choose H977 (QalImpf) one H259 bullock H6499 for themselves, and cut it in pieces, H5408 (PielImpf) and lay H7760 (QalImpf) it on wood, H6086 and put H7760 (QalImpf) no fire H784 under: and I will dress H6213 (QalImpf) the other H259 bullock, H6499 and lay H5414 (QalPerf) it on wood, H6086 and put H7760 (QalImpf) no fire H784 under: [24] and call H7121 (QalPerf) ye on the name H8034 of your gods, H430 and I will call H7121 (QalImpf) on the name H8034 of the Lord: H3068 and the God H430 that answereth H6030 (QalImpf) by fire, H784 let him be God. H430 And all the people H5971 answered H6030 (QalImpf) and said, H559 (QalImpf) It is well H2896 spoken. H1697§ [25] And Elijah H452 said H559 (QalImpf) unto the prophets H5030 of Baal, H1168 Choose H977 (QalImpv) you one H259 bullock H6499 for yourselves, and dress H6213 (QalImpv) it first; H7223 for ye are many; H7227 and call H7121 (QalImpv) on the name H8034 of your gods, H430 but put H7760 (QalImpf) no fire H784 under. [26] And they took H3947 (QalImpf) the bullock H6499 which was given H5414 (QalPerf) them, and they dressed H6213 (QalImpf) it, and called H7121 (QalImpf) on the name H8034 of Baal H1168 from morning H1242 even until noon, H6672 saying, H559 (QalInf) O Baal, H1168 hear H6030 (QalImpv)§ us. But there was no H369 voice, H6963 nor any that answered. H6030 (QalActPtc)§ And they leaped H6452 (PielImpf) upon the altar H4196 which was made. H6213 (QalPerf) [27] And it came to pass at noon, H6672 that Elijah H452 mocked H2048 (PielImpf) them, and said, H559 (QalImpf) Cry H7121 (QalImpv) aloud: H1419§ for he is a god; H430 either he is talking, H7879§ or he is pursuing, H7873§ or he is in a journey, H1870 or peradventure H194 he sleepeth, H3463 and must be awaked. H3364 (QalImpf) [28] And they cried H7121 (QalImpf) aloud, H6963 and cut H1413 (HipoImpf) themselves after their manner H4941 with knives H2719 and lancets, H7420 till the blood H1818 gushed out H8210 (QalInf) upon them.§ [29] And it came to pass, when midday H6672 was past, H5674 (QalInf) and they prophesied H5012 (HithImpf) until the time of the offering§ H5927 (QalInf) of the evening sacrifice, H4503 that there was neither voice, H6963 nor any to answer, H6030 (QalActPtc) nor any that regarded. H7182§ [30] And Elijah H452 said H559 (QalImpf) unto all the people, H5971 Come near H5066 (QalImpv) unto me. And all the people H5971 came near H5066 (QalImpf) unto him. And he repaired H7495 (PielImpf) the altar H4196 of the Lord H3068 that was broken down. H2040 (QalPasPtc) [31] And Elijah H452 took H3947 (QalImpf) twelve H8147 stones, H68 according to the number H4557 of the tribes H7626 of the sons H1121 of Jacob, H3290 unto whom the word H1697 of the Lord H3068 came, saying, H559 (QalInf) Israel H3478 shall be thy name: H8034 [32] and with the stones H68 he built H1129 (QalImpf) an altar H4196 in the name H8034 of the Lord: H3068 and he made H6213 (QalImpf) a trench H8585 about H5439 the altar, H4196 as great as would contain H1004 two measures H5429 of seed. H2233 [33] And he put H6186 the wood H6086 in order, H6186 (QalImpf) and cut H5408 (PielImpf) the bullock H6499 in pieces, and laid H7760 (QalImpf) him on the wood, H6086 and said, H559 (QalImpf) Fill H4390 (QalImpv) four H702 barrels H3537 with water, H4325 and pour H3332 (QalImpv) it on the burnt sacrifice, H5930 and on the wood. H6086 [34] And he said, H559 (QalImpf) Do it the second time. H8138 (QalImpv) And they did it the second time. H8138 (QalImpf) And he said, H559 (QalImpf) Do it the third time. H8027 (PielImpv) And they did it the third time. H8027 (PielImpf) [35] And the water H4325 ran H3212 (QalImpf)§ round about H5439 the altar; H4196 and he filled H4390 (PielPerf) the trench H8585 also with water. H4325 [36] And it came to pass at the time of the offering H5927 (QalInf) of the evening sacrifice, H4503 that Elijah H452 the prophet H5030 came near, H5066 (QalImpf) and said, H559 (QalImpf) Lord H3068 God H430 of Abraham, H85 Isaac, H3327 and of Israel, H3478 let it be known H3045 (NiphImpf) this day H3117 that thou art God H430 in Israel, H3478 and that I am thy servant, H5650 and that I have done H6213 (QalPerf) all these things at thy word. H1697 [37] Hear H6030 (QalImpv) me, O Lord, H3068 hear H6030 (QalImpv) me, that this people H5971 may know H3045 (QalImpf) that thou art the Lord H3068 God, H430 and that thou hast turned H5437 their heart H3820 back H5437 (HiphPerf) again. H322 [38] Then the fire H784 of the Lord H3068 fell, H5307 (QalImpf) and consumed H398 (QalImpf) the burnt sacrifice, H5930 and the wood, H6086 and the stones, H68 and the dust, H6083 and licked up H3897 (PielPerf) the water H4325 that was in the trench. H8585 [39] And when all the people H5971 saw H7200 (QalImpf) it, they fell H5307 (QalImpf) on their faces: H6440 and they said, H559 (QalImpf) The Lord, H3068 he is the God; H430 the Lord, H3068 he is the God. H430 [40] And Elijah H452 said H559 (QalImpf) unto them, Take H8610 (QalImpv)§ the prophets H5030 of Baal; H1168 let not one H376 of them escape. H4422 (NiphImpf) And they took H8610 (QalImpf) them: and Elijah H452 brought them down H3381 (HiphImpf) to the brook H5158 Kishon, H7028 and slew H7819 (QalImpf) them there. [41] And Elijah H452 said H559 (QalImpf) unto Ahab, H256 Get thee up, H5927 (QalImpv) eat H398 (QalImpv) and drink; H8354 (QalImpv) for there is a sound H6963 of abundance H1995 of rain. H1653§ [42] So Ahab H256 went up H5927 (QalImpf) to eat H398 (QalInf) and to drink. H8354 (QalInf) And Elijah H452 went up H5927 (QalPerf) to the top H7218 of Carmel; H3760 and he cast himself down H1457 (QalImpf) upon the earth, H776 and put H7760 (QalImpf) his face H6440 between his knees, H1290 [43] and said H559 (QalImpf) to his servant, H5288 Go up H5927 (QalImpv) now, look H5027 (HiphImpv) toward H1870 the sea. H3220 And he went up, H5927 (QalImpf) and looked, H5027 (HiphImpf) and said, H559 (QalImpf) There is nothing. H3972 And he said, H559 (QalImpf) Go again H7725 (QalImpv) seven H7651 times. H6471 [44] And it came to pass at the seventh time, H7637 that he said, H559 (QalImpf) Behold, there ariseth H5927 (QalActPtc) a little H6996 cloud H5645 out of the sea, H3220 like a man’s H376 hand. H3709 And he said, H559 (QalImpf) Go up, H5927 (QalImpv) say H559 (QalImpv) unto Ahab, H256 Prepare H631 (QalImpv)§ thy chariot, and get thee down, H3381 (QalImpv) that the rain H1653 stop H6113 (QalImpf) thee not. [45] And it came to pass in the mean while, H3541 that the heaven H8064 was black H6937 (HithPerf) with clouds H5645 and wind, H7307 and there was a great H1419 rain. H1653 And Ahab H256 rode, H7392 (QalImpf) and went H3212 (QalImpf) to Jezreel. H3157 [46] And the hand H3027 of the Lord H3068 was on Elijah; H452 and he girded up H8151 (PielImpf) his loins, H4975 and ran H7323 (QalImpf) before H6440 Ahab H256 to the entrance H935 (QalInf) of Jezreel. H3157§

Footnotes

  1. § 18:3a Heb. Obadiahu
  2. § 18:3b Heb. over his house
  3. § 18:4 Heb. Izebel
  4. § 18:21 Or, thoughts
  5. § 18:24 Heb. the word is good
  6. § 18:26a Or, answer
  7. § 18:26b Or, heard
  8. § 18:27a Heb. with a great voice
  9. § 18:27b Or, he meditateth
  10. § 18:27c Heb. hath a pursuit
  11. § 18:28 Heb. poured out blood upon them
  12. § 18:29a Heb. ascending
  13. § 18:29b Heb. attention
  14. § 18:35 Heb. went
  15. § 18:40 Or, apprehend
  16. § 18:41 Or, a sound of a noise of rain
  17. § 18:44 Heb. tie, or bind
  18. § 18:46 Heb. till thou come to Jezreel
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