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1 Kings 18

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1 And it came to pass <em>after</em> many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
1 After a long time, in the third year, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.”
2 And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And <em>there was</em> a severe famine in Samaria.
2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria,
3 And Ahab called Obadiah, who <em>was</em> the governor of <em>his</em> house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly,
3 and Ahab had summoned Obadiah, his palace administrator. (Obadiah was a devout believer in the LORD.
4 for when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in groups of fifty in caves and sustained them with bread and water.)
4 While Jezebel was killing off the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied them with food and water.)
5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go through the land to all the fountains of water and to all the brooks; peradventure we may find herbage to save the horses and mules alive that we not lose all the beasts.
5 Ahab had said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive so we will not have to kill any of our 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.
6 So they divided the land they were to cover, Ahab going in one direction and Obadiah in another.
7 And as Obadiah was in the way, Elijah met him; and when he recognized him, he fell on his face, and said, <em>Art</em> thou not my lord Elijah?
7 As Obadiah was walking along, Elijah met him. Obadiah recognized him, bowed down to the ground, and said, “Is it really you, my lord Elijah?”
8 And he answered him, I <em>am</em>; go, tell thy lord, <em>Behold</em> Elijah. {Heb. The LORD is God}
8 “Yes,” he replied. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.’ ”
9 And he said, In what have I sinned that thou should deliver thy slave into the hand of Ahab, for <em>him</em> to slay me?
9 “What have I done wrong,” asked Obadiah, “that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to be put to death?
10 <em>As</em> the LORD thy God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek thee; and when they <em>all</em> said, <em>He is</em> not <em>here</em>; he has caused kingdoms and nations to swear an oath if they have found thee <em>or</em> not.
10 As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to look for you. And whenever a nation or kingdom claimed you were not there, he made them swear they could not find you.
11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold Elijah.
11 But now you tell me to go to my master and say, ‘Elijah is here.’
12 And it shall come to pass <em>as soon as</em> I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee where I know not; and <em>so</em> when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me; but I, thy slave, fear the LORD from my youth.
12 I don’t know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you when I leave you. If I go and tell Ahab and he doesn’t find you, he will kill me. Yet I your servant have worshiped the LORD since my youth.
13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid one hundred men of the LORD’s prophets in groups of fifty in caves and sustained them with bread and water?
13 Haven’t you heard, my lord, what I did while Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred of the LORD’s prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with food and water.
14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, <em>Behold</em> Elijah; and he shall slay me.
14 And now you tell me to go to my master and say, ‘Elijah is here.’ He will kill me!”
15 And Elijah said unto him, As the LORD of the hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him today.
15 Elijah said, “As the LORD Almighty lives, whom I serve, I will surely present myself to Ahab today.”
16 Then Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab came to meet Elijah.
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, <em>Art</em> thou he that troubles Israel?
17 When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
18 “I have not made trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “But you and your father’s family have. You have abandoned the LORD’s commands and have followed the Baals.
19 Now therefore send <em>and</em> gather to me all Israel unto Mount Carmel, and the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of the groves, who eat at Jezebel’s table.
19 Now summon the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel. And bring the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
20 Then Ahab sent unto all the sons of Israel and gathered the prophets together unto Mount Carmel.
20 So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.
21 And Elijah came near unto all the people and said, How long shall ye halt between two opinions? If the LORD <em>is</em> God, follow him; but if Baal, <em>then</em> follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.
21 Elijah went before 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 said nothing.
22 Then Elijah spoke again unto the people, I, <em>even</em> I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets <em>are</em> four hundred and fifty men.
22 Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only one of the LORD’s prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.
23 Give us, therefore, two bullocks, and let them choose one bullock for themselves and cut it in pieces and lay <em>it</em> on wood and put no fire <em>under it</em>; and I will dress the other bullock and lay <em>it</em> on wood and put no fire <em>under it</em>.
23 Get two bulls for us. Let Baal’s prophets choose one for themselves, and let them cut it into pieces and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood but not set fire to it.
24 And invoke ye in the name of your gods, and I will invoke in the name of the LORD; and it shall be that the God that answers by fire is God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
24 Then you 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.” Then all the people said, “What you say is good.”
25 So Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves and dress <em>it</em> first, for ye <em>are</em> many, and invoke in the name of your gods, but put no fire <em>under it</em>.
25 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”
26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed <em>it</em> and invoked in the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, answer us. But <em>there was</em> no voice nor anyone that answered. And they jumped up and down near the altar which they had made.
26 So they took the bull given them and prepared it. Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. “Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.
27 And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them and said, Cry aloud, for he <em>is</em> a god; peradventure he is talking or he had to go to the latrine, or he is on a journey, <em>or</em> he sleeps and will awake.
27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.”
28 And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets until the blood gushed out upon them.
28 So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed.
29 And when midday was past, <em>even</em> so they prophesied until the <em>time</em> of the offering of the <em>evening</em> sacrifice, and <em>there was</em> neither voice nor anyone that answered nor anyone that heard.
29 Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.
30 Then Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD <em>that was</em> broken down.
30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come here to me.” They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD, which had been torn down.
31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name;
31 Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, “Your name shall be Israel.”
32 and with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD; then he made a trench round about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
32 With the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
33 And he put the wood in order and cut the bullock in pieces and laid <em>it</em> on the wood and said, Fill four pitchers with water and pour <em>it</em> on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood.
33 He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, “Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.”
34 And he said, Do <em>it</em> the second time, and they did <em>it</em> the second time. And he said, Do <em>it</em> the third time, and they did <em>it</em> the third time.
34 “Do it again,” he said, and they did it again. “Do it a third time,” he ordered, and they did it the third time.
35 So that the water ran round about the altar, and he had filled the trench also with water.
35 The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.
36 And it came to pass at <em>the time of</em> the offering of the <em>evening</em> sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, LORD God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou <em>art</em> God in Israel and <em>that I am</em> thy slave and <em>that</em> I have done all these things at thy word.
36 At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.
37 Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people may know that thou <em>art</em> the LORD God and <em>that</em> thou shalt convert their heart back again <em>to thee</em>.
37 Answer me, LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, LORD, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.”
38 Then fire of the LORD fell, which consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust and licked up the water that <em>was</em> in the trench.
38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.
39 And seeing it, all the people fell on their faces, and they said, The LORD, he <em>is</em> the God; the LORD, he <em>is</em> the God.
39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The LORD—he is God! The LORD—he is God!”
40 And Elijah said unto them, Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they seized them; and Elijah took them down to the brook Kishon and slew them there.
40 Then Elijah commanded them, “Seize the prophets of Baal. Don’t let anyone get away!” They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered there.
41 Then Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for <em>there is</em> a sound of abundance of rain.
41 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel, and he cast himself down upon the earth and put his face between his knees
42 So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.
43 and said to his slave, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up and looked and said, <em>There is</em> nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
43 “Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. And he went up and looked. “There is nothing there,” he said. Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
44 And the seventh time he said, Behold, a little cloud like the palm of a man’s <em>hand</em> arises out of the sea. And he said, Go and say to Ahab, Prepare <em>thy chariot</em> and descend that the rain not stop thee.
44 The seventh time the servant reported, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.” So Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’ ”
45 And it came to pass in the meanwhile that the heavens became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.
45 Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain started falling and Ahab rode off to Jezreel.
46 And the hand of the LORD was upon Elijah, who girded up his loins and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
46 The power of the LORD came on Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
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