ASV_Strong : 1 Kings 18
1. And it came to pass after many[H7227] days[H3117], that the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came to Elijah[H452], in the third[H7992] year[H8141], saying[H559], Go[H3212], show[H7200] thyself unto Ahab[H256]; and I will send[H5414] rain[H4306] upon[H6440] the earth[H127].
2. And Elijah[H452] went[H3212] to show[H7200] himself unto Ahab[H256]. And the famine[H7458] was sore[H2389] in Samaria[H8111].
3. And Ahab[H256] called[H7121] Obadiah[H5662], who was over the household[H1004]. (Now Obadiah[H5662] feared[H3373] Jehovah[H3068] greatly[H3966]:
4. for it was so[H348], when Jezebel cut off[H3772] the prophets[H5030] of Jehovah[H3068], that Obadiah[H5662] took[H3947] a hundred[H3967] prophets[H5030], and hid[H2244] them by fifty[H376] in a cave[H4631], and fed[H3557] them with bread[H3899] and water[H4325].)
5. And Ahab[H256] said[H559] unto Obadiah[H5662], Go[H3212] through the land[H776], unto all the fountains[H4599] of water[H4325], and unto all the brooks[H5158]: peradventure[H194] we may find[H4672] grass[H2682] and save[H2421] the horses[H5483] and mules[H6505] alive[H2421], that we lose[H3772] not all the beasts[H929].
6. So they divided[H2505] the land[H776] between them to pass throughout[H5674] it[H256]: Ahab went[H1980] one[H259] way[H1870] by himself[H5662], and Obadiah went[H1980] another[H259] way by himself[H1870].
7. And as Obadiah[H5662] was in the way[H1870], behold[H452], Elijah met[H7125] him[H5234]: and he knew him[H5307], and fell on his face[H6440], and said[H559], Is it thou[H113], my lord Elijah[H452]?
8. And he answered[H559] him[H3212], It is I: go, tell[H559] thy lord[H113], Behold[H452], Elijah is here.
9. And he said[H559], Wherein have I sinned[H2398], that thou wouldest deliver[H5414] thy servant[H5650] into the hand[H3027] of Ahab[H256], to slay me[H4191]?
10. As Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] liveth[H2416], there is no[H3426] nation[H1471] or kingdom[H4467], whither[H834] my lord[H113] hath not sent[H7971] to seek[H1245] thee[H559]: and when they said, He is not here[H7650], he took an oath of the kingdom[H4467] and nation[H1471], that they found thee not[H4672].
11. And now thou sayest[H559], Go[H3212], tell[H559] thy lord[H113], Behold[H452], Elijah is here.
12. And it will come to pass[H3212], as soon as I am gone from thee[H7307], that the Spirit of Jehovah[H3068] will carry[H5375] thee whither I know[H3045] not[H935]; and so when I come and tell[H5046] Ahab[H256], and he cannot find[H4672] thee[H2026], he will slay me[H5650]: but I thy servant fear[H3372] Jehovah[H3068] from my youth[H5271].
13. Was it not told[H5046] my lord[H113] what I did[H6213] when Jezebel[H348] slew[H2026] the prophets[H5030] of Jehovah[H3068], how I hid[H2244] a hundred[H3967] men[H376] of Jehovah[H3068]'s prophets[H5030] by fifty[H2572] in a cave[H4631], and fed[H3557] them with bread[H3899] and water[H4325]?
14. And now thou sayest[H559], Go[H3212], tell[H559] thy lord[H113], Behold[H452], Elijah is here[H2026]; and he will slay me.
15. And Elijah[H452] said[H559], As Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] liveth[H2416], before[H6440] whom I stand[H5975], I will surely show[H7200] myself unto him to-day[H3117].
16. So Obadiah[H5662] went[H3212] to meet[H7125] Ahab[H256], and told[H5046] him[H256]; and Ahab went[H3212] to meet[H7125] Elijah[H452].
17. And it came to pass[H256], when Ahab saw[H7200] Elijah[H452], that Ahab[H256] said[H559] unto him[H5916], Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel[H3478]?
18. And he answered[H559], I have not troubled[H5916] Israel[H3478]; but thou[H1], and thy father's house[H1004], in that ye have forsaken[H5800] the commandments[H4687] of Jehovah[H3068], and thou hast followed[H3212] the Baalim[H1168].
19. Now therefore send[H7971], and gather[H6908] 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 Asherah[H842] four[H702] hundred[H3967], that eat[H398] at Jezebel[H348]'s table[H7979].
20. So Ahab[H256] sent[H7971] unto all the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], and gathered[H6908] the prophets[H5030] together[H6908] unto mount[H2022] Carmel[H3760].
21. And Elijah[H452] came[H5066] near unto all the people[H5971], and said[H559], How long[H5921] go ye limping[H6452] between the two[H8147] sides[H3068]? if Jehovah be God[H430], follow[H3212] him[H1168]; but if Baal, then follow[H3212] him[H5971]. And the people answered[H6030] him not a word[H1697].
22. Then said[H559] Elijah[H452] unto the people[H5971], I[H3498], even I only, am left a prophet[H5030] of Jehovah[H3068]; but Baal[H1168]'s prophets[H5030] are four[H702] hundred[H3967] and fifty[H2572] men[H376].
23. Let them therefore give[H5414] us two[H8147] bullocks[H6499]; and let them choose[H977] one[H259] bullock[H6499] for themselves[H5408], and cut it in pieces, and lay[H7760] it on the wood[H6086], and put[H7760] no fire[H784] under[H6213]; and I will dress the other[H259] bullock[H6499], and lay[H5414] it on the wood[H6086], and put[H7760] no fire under[H784].
24. And call[H7121] ye on the name[H8034] of your god[H430], and I will call[H7121] on the name[H8034] of Jehovah[H3068]; and the God[H430] that answereth[H6030] by fire[H784], let him be God[H430]. And all the people[H5971] answered[H6030] and said[H6030], It is well[H2896] spoken[H559].
25. And Elijah[H452] said[H559] unto the prophets[H5030] of Baal[H1168], Choose[H977] you one[H259] bullock[H6499] for yourselves[H6213], and dress it first[H7223]; for ye are many[H7227]; and call[H7121] on the name[H8034] of your god[H430], but put[H7760] no fire under[H784].
26. And they took[H3947] the bullock[H6499] which was given[H5414] them[H6213], and they dressed it[H7121], and called on the name[H8034] of Baal[H1168] from morning[H1242] even until noon[H6672], saying[H559], O Baal[H1168], hear[H6030] us[H369]. But there was no voice[H6963], nor any that answered[H6030]. And they leaped[H6452] about the altar[H4196] which was made[H6213].
27. And it came to pass at noon[H6672], that Elijah[H452] mocked[H2048] them[H559], and said, Cry[H7121] aloud[H1419]; for he is a god[H430]: either he is musing[H7879], or he is gone aside[H7873], or he is on a journey[H1870], or peradventure[H194] he sleepeth[H3463] and must be awaked[H3364].
28. And they cried[H7121] aloud[H6963], and cut[H1413] themselves after their manner[H4941] with knives[H2719] and lances[H7420], till the blood[H1818] gushed out upon them[H8210].
29. And it was so[H6672], when midday was past[H5674], that they prophesied[H5012] until the time of the offering[H5927] of the evening oblation[H5927]; but there was neither voice[H6963], nor any to answer[H6030], nor any that regarded[H7182].
30. And Elijah[H452] said[H559] unto all the people[H5971], Come near[H5066] unto me[H5971]; and all the people came near[H5066] unto him[H7495]. And he repaired the altar[H4196] of Jehovah[H3068] that was thrown down[H2040].
31. And Elijah[H452] took[H3947] 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 Jehovah[H3068] came[H559], saying, Israel[H3478] shall be thy name[H8034].
32. And with the stones[H68] he built[H1129] an altar[H4196] in the name[H8034] of Jehovah[H3068]; and he made[H6213] 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], and cut[H5408] the bullock[H6499] in pieces[H7760], and laid it on the wood[H6086]. And he said[H559], Fill[H4390] four[H702] jars[H3537] with water[H4325], and pour[H3332] it on the burnt-offering[H5930], and on the wood[H6086].
34. And he said[H559], Do it the second time[H8138]; and they did it the second time[H8138]. And he said[H559], Do it the third time[H8027]; and they did it the third time[H8027].
35. And the water[H4325] ran[H3212] round about[H5439] the altar[H4196]; and he filled[H4390] the trench[H8585] also with water[H4325].
36. And it came to pass at the time of the offering[H5927] of the evening oblation[H4503], that Elijah[H452] the prophet[H5030] came near[H5066], and said[H559], O Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Abraham[H85], of Isaac[H3327], and of Israel[H3478], let it be known[H3045] this day[H3117] that thou art God[H430] in Israel[H3478], and that I am thy servant[H5650], and that I have done[H6213] all these things at thy word[H1697].
37. Hear[H6030] me[H3068], O Jehovah, hear[H6030] me[H5971], that this people may know[H3045] that thou[H3068], Jehovah, art God[H430], and that thou hast turned[H5437] their heart[H3820] back[H5437] again[H322].
38. Then the fire[H784] of Jehovah[H3068] fell[H5307], and consumed[H398] the burnt-offering[H5930], and the wood[H6086], and the stones[H68], and the dust[H6083], and licked up[H3897] the water[H4325] that was in the trench[H8585].
39. And when all the people[H5971] saw[H7200] it[H5307], they fell on their faces[H6440]: and they said[H559], Jehovah[H3068], he is God[H430]; Jehovah[H3068], he is God[H430].
40. and Elijah[H452] said[H559] unto them[H8610], Take the prophets[H5030] of Baal[H1168]; let not one[H376] of them escape[H4422]. And they took[H8610] them[H452]; and Elijah brought them down[H3381] to the brook[H5158] Kishon[H7028], and slew them there[H7819].
41. And Elijah[H452] said[H559] unto Ahab[H256], Get thee up[H5927], eat[H398] and drink[H8354]; for there is the sound[H6963] of abundance[H1995] of rain[H1653].
42. So Ahab[H256] went up[H5927] to eat[H398] and to drink[H8354]. And Elijah[H452] went up[H5927] to the top[H7218] of Carmel[H3760]; and he bowed himself down[H1457] upon the earth[H776], and put[H7760] his face[H6440] between his knees[H1290].
43. And he said[H559] to his servant[H5288], Go up[H5927] now[H5027], look toward[H1870] the sea[H3220]. And he went up[H5927], and looked[H5027], and said[H559], There is nothing[H3972]. And he said[H559], Go again[H7725] seven[H7651] times[H6471].
44. And it came to pass at the seventh time[H7637], that he said[H559], Behold[H5927], there ariseth a cloud[H5645] out of the sea[H3220], as small[H6996] as a man[H376]'s hand[H3709]. And he said[H559], Go up[H5927], say[H559] unto Ahab[H256], Make ready[H631] thy chariot[H3381], and get thee down, that the rain[H1653] stop thee not[H6113].
45. And it came to pass in a little while[H3541], that the heavens[H8064] grew black[H6937] with clouds[H5645] and wind[H7307], and there was a great[H1419] rain[H1653]. And Ahab[H256] rode[H7392], and went[H3212] to Jezreel[H3157]:
46. and the hand[H3027] of Jehovah[H3068] was on Elijah[H452]; and he girded up[H8151] his loins[H4975], and ran[H7323] before[H6440] Ahab[H256] to the entrance[H935] of Jezreel[H3157].
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