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1
Now it happened
after many
days
that the word
of the LORD
came
to Elijah
in the third
year,
saying,
"Go,
show
yourself to Ahab,
and I will send
rain
on the face
of the earth."
2
So Elijah
went
to show
himself to Ahab.
Now the famine
was severe
in Samaria.
3
Ahab
called
Obadiah
who
was over
the household.
(Now
Obadiah
feared
the LORD
greatly;
4
for when Jezebel
destroyed
the
prophets
of the LORD,
Obadiah
took
a hundred
prophets
and hid
them by fifties
in a cave,
and provided
them with bread
and water.)
5
Then Ahab
said
to Obadiah,
"Go
through the land
to all
the springs
of water
and
to all
the valleys;
perhaps
we will find
grass
and keep
the horses
and mules
alive,
and not have to kill
some
of the cattle."
6
So they divided
the land
between them to survey
it; Ahab
went
one
way
by himself
and Obadiah
went
another
way
by himself
.
7
Now as Obadiah
was on the way,
behold,
Elijah
met
him, and he recognized
him and fell
on his face
and said,
"Is this
you,
Elijah
my master?"
8
He said
to him, "It is I. Go,
say
to your master,
'Behold,
Elijah
is here.'"
9
He said,
"What
sin have I committed,
that you are giving
your servant
into the hand
of Ahab
to put me to death?
10
"As the LORD
your God
lives,
there
is no
nation
or kingdom
where
my master
has not sent
to search
for you; and when they said,
'He
is no
t here,' he made the kingdom
or
nation
swear
that they could not find
you.
11
"And now
you are saying,
'Go,
say
to your master,
"Behold,
Elijah
is here."'
12
"It will come
about when I leave
you that the Spirit
of
the LORD
will carry
you where
I do not know;
so when I come
and tell
Ahab
and he cannot
find
you, he will kill
me, although I your servant
have feared
the LORD
from my youth.
13
"Has it not been told
to my master
what
I did
when Jezebel
killed
the
prophets
of the LORD
,
that I hid
a hundred
prophets
of the LORD
by fifties
in a cave,
and provided
them with bread
and water?
14
"And now
you are saying,
'Go,
say
to your master,
"Behold,
Elijah
is here"'; he will then kill
me."
15
Elijah
said,
"As the LORD
of hosts
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 this
you, you troubler
of Israel?"
18
He said,
"I have not troubled
Israel,
but you and your father's
house
have, because you have forsaken
the commandments
of the LORD
and you have followed
the Baals.
19
"Now
then send
and gather
to me all
Israel
at Mount
Carmel,
together with 450
prophets
of Baal
and 400
prophets
of the Asherah,
who eat
at Jezebel's
table."
20
So Ahab
sent
a message among all
the sons
of Israel
and brought
the prophets
together
at Mount
Carmel.
21
Elijah
came near
to all
the people
and said,
"How
long
will you hesitate
between
two
opinions?
If
the LORD
is God,
follow
Him; but if
Baal,
follow
him." But
the people
did not answer
him a word.
22
Then Elijah
said
to the people,
"I alone
am left
a prophet
of the LORD,
but Baal's
prophets
are 450
men.
23
"Now let them give
us two
oxen;
and let them choose
one
ox
for themselves and cut
it up, and place
it on the wood,
but put
no
fire
under it; and I will prepare
the other
ox
and lay
it on the wood,
and I will not put
a
fire
under it.
24
"Then you call
on the name
of your god,
and I will call
on the name
of the LORD,
and the God
who
answers
by fire,
He is God."
And all
the people
said,
"That is a good
idea."
25
So Elijah
said
to the prophets
of Baal,
"Choose
one
ox
for yourselves and prepare
it first
for you are many,
and call
on the name
of your god,
but put
no
fire
under it."
26
Then they took
the ox
which
was given
them and they prepared
it and called
on the name
of Baal
from morning
until
noon
saying,
"O Baal,
answer
us." But there
was no
voice
and no one
answered.
And they leaped
about
the altar
which
they made.
27
It came
about at noon,
that Elijah
mocked
them and said,
"Call
out with a loud
voice,
for he is a god;
either
he is occupied
or gone aside,
or is on a journey,
or perhaps
he is asleep
and needs to be awakened."
28
So they cried
with a loud
voice
and cut
themselves according to their custom
with swords
and lances
until
the blood
gushed
out on them.
29
When midday
was past,
they raved
until
the time of the offering
of the evening sacrifice;
but there
was no
voice,
no one
answered,
and
no one
paid attention.
30
Then Elijah
said
to all
the people
,
"Come
near
to me." So all
the people
came
near
to him. And he repaired
the altar
of the LORD
which had been torn down.
31
Elijah
took
twelve
stones
according to the number
of the tribes
of the sons
of Jacob,
to whom
the word
of the LORD
had come,
saying,
"Israel
shall be your name."
32
So with the stones
he built
an altar
in the name
of the LORD,
and he made
a trench
around
the altar,
large enough to hold
two measures
of seed.
33
Then he arranged
the wood
and cut
the ox
in pieces
and laid
it on
the wood
.
34
And he said,
"Fill
four
pitchers
with water
and pour
it on the burnt offering
and on the wood."
And he said,
"Do
it a second time," and they did it a second time.
And he said,
"Do
it a third time," and they did it a third time.
35
The water
flowed
around
the altar
and he also
filled
the trench
with water.
36
At the time
of the offering
of the evening sacrifice,
Elijah
the prophet
came near
and said,
"O LORD,
the God
of Abraham,
Isaac
and Israel,
today
let it be known
that You are God
in Israel
and that I am Your servant
and I have done
all
these
things
at Your word.
37
"Answer
me, O LORD,
answer
me, that this
people
may know
that You, O LORD,
are God,
and that You have turned
their heart
back again."
38
Then the fire
of the LORD
fell
and consumed
the burnt offering
and the wood
and the stones
and the dust,
and licked
up the water
that was in the trench.
39
When all
the people
saw
it, they fell
on their faces;
and they said,
"The LORD,
He is God;
the LORD,
He is God."
40
Then Elijah
said
to them, "Seize
the prophets
of Baal;
do not let one
of them escape."
So they seized
them; and Elijah
brought them down
to the brook
Kishon,
and slew
them there.
41
Now Elijah
said
to Ahab,
"Go
up, eat
and drink;
for there is the sound
of the roar
of a heavy shower."
42
So Ahab
went
up to eat
and drink.
But Elijah
went
up to the top
of Carmel;
and he crouched down
on the earth
and put
his face
between
his knees.
43
He said
to his servant,
"Go
up now,
look
toward
the sea."
So he went
up and looked
and said,
"There is nothing."
And he said,
"Go
back "
seven
times.
44
It came
about at the seventh
time, that he said,
"Behold,
a cloud
as small
as a man's
hand
is coming
up from the sea."
And he said,
"Go
up, say
to Ahab,
'
Prepare
your chariot and go down,
so that the heavy shower
does not stop
you.'"
45
In a little
while
the sky
grew black
with clouds
and wind,
and there was a heavy
shower.
And Ahab
rode
and went
to Jezreel.
46
Then the hand
of the LORD
was on Elijah,
and he girded
up his loins
and outran
Ahab
to Jezreel.
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