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And now thou sayest, Go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah!
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And it shall come to pass when I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah shall carry thee whither I know not; and when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will kill me; and I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth.
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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 maintained them with bread and water?
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And now thou sayest, Go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah! and he will kill me.
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And Elijah said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will certainly shew myself to him to-day.
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Then Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.
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And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, the troubler of Israel?
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And he said, 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 Baals.
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And now send, gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the Asherah four hundred, who eat at Jezebel's table.
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So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
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Then Elijah drew near to all the people, and said, How long do ye halt between two opinions? if Jehovah be God, follow him; and if Baal, follow him. And the people answered him not a word.