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Has my lord not had word of what I did when Jezebel was putting the Lord's prophets to death? how I kept a hundred of them in a secret hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water?
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And now you say, Go and say to your Lord, Elijah is here; and he will put me to death.
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And Elijah said, By the life of the Lord of armies, whose servant I am, I will certainly let him see me today.
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So Obadiah went to Ahab and gave him the news; and Ahab went to see Elijah.
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And when he saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, Is it you, you troubler of Israel?
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Then he said in answer, I have not been troubling Israel, but you and your family; because, turning away from the orders of the Lord, you have gone after the Baals.
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Now send, and get Israel together before me at Mount Carmel, with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal who get their food at Jezebel's table.
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So Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and got the prophets together at Mount Carmel.
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And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go on balancing between two opinions? if the Lord is God, then give worship to him; but if Baal, give worship to him. And the people said not a word in answer.
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Then Elijah said to the people, I, even I, am the only living prophet of the Lord; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
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Now, let them give us two oxen; and let them take one for themselves, and have it cut up, and put it on the wood, but put no fire under it; I will get the other ox ready, and put it on the wood, and put no fire under it.