mkjv - 1Kings:16-18

mkjv@1Kings:16:1 @ And the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

mkjv@1Kings:16:2 @ Since I exalted you out of the dust, and made you ruler over My people Israel, and since you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made My people Israel to sin, to provoke Me to anger with their sins,

mkjv@1Kings:16:3 @ behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house. And I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

mkjv@1Kings:16:4 @ Those of Baasha who die in the city shall the dogs eat. And those of his who die in the fields, the birds of the air shall eat.

mkjv@1Kings:16:5 @ And the rest of the acts of Baasha and what he did, and his might, [are] they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Israel?

mkjv@1Kings:16:6 @ And Baasha lay with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah. And Elah his son reigned in his place.

mkjv@1Kings:16:7 @ And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he killed him.

mkjv@1Kings:16:8 @ In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and he reigned two years.

mkjv@1Kings:16:9 @ And his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, plotted against him; and he [was] in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza the steward of [his] house in Tirzah.

mkjv@1Kings:16:10 @ And Zimri went in and struck him, and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.

mkjv@1Kings:16:11 @ And it happened when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, he killed all the house of Baasha. He did not leave him one who urinated against a wall, nor of his kinsmen, nor of his friends.

mkjv@1Kings:16:12 @ And Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,

mkjv@1Kings:16:13 @ for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned and that they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

mkjv@1Kings:16:14 @ And the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Israel?

mkjv@1Kings:16:15 @ In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. And the people [were] camped against Gibbethon which [was] to the Philistines.

mkjv@1Kings:16:16 @ And the people [that were] camped heard it said that Zimri had plotted and had also slain the king. And all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.

mkjv@1Kings:16:17 @ And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they laid siege to Tirzah.

mkjv@1Kings:16:18 @ And it happened when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the palace of the king's house and burned the king's house over him with fire, and died,

mkjv@1Kings:16:19 @ for his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did to make Israel sin.

mkjv@1Kings:16:20 @ And the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason which he did, [are] they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Israel?

mkjv@1Kings:16:21 @ And the people of Israel were divided into two parts. Half the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king. And half followed Omri.

mkjv@1Kings:16:22 @ But the people who followed Omri were stronger than the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. And Tibni died and Omri reigned.

mkjv@1Kings:16:23 @ In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel. He reigned twelve years, six years in Tirzah.

mkjv@1Kings:16:24 @ And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill, Samaria.

mkjv@1Kings:16:25 @ And Omri did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all who [were] before him.

mkjv@1Kings:16:26 @ For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

mkjv@1Kings:16:27 @ And the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, [are] they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Israel?

mkjv@1Kings:16:28 @ And Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria. And Ahab his son reigned in his place.

mkjv@1Kings:16:29 @ And in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel. And Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

mkjv@1Kings:16:30 @ And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all who [were] before him.

mkjv@1Kings:16:31 @ And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he also took Jezebel, the daughter of Eth-baal king of the Sidonians, for a wife. And he went and served Baal, and worshiped him.

mkjv@1Kings:16:32 @ And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

mkjv@1Kings:16:33 @ And Ahab made an Asherah. And Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

mkjv@1Kings:16:34 @ In his days Hiel the man of Bethel built Jericho. He laid the foundation of it in Abiram his first-born, and set up the gates of it in his youngest [son] Segub, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.

mkjv@1Kings:17:1 @ And Elijah the Tishbite, of the sojourners of Gilead, said to Ahab, [As] the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except according to my word.

mkjv@1Kings:17:2 @ And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

mkjv@1Kings:17:3 @ Go away from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, before Jordan.

mkjv@1Kings:17:4 @ And it shall be, you shall drink of the brook. And I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.

mkjv@1Kings:17:5 @ So he went and did according to the word of the LORD. For he went and lived by the torrent Cherith, before Jordan.

mkjv@1Kings:17:6 @ And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the torrent.

mkjv@1Kings:17:7 @ And it happened after a while, the torrent dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

mkjv@1Kings:17:8 @ And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

mkjv@1Kings:17:9 @ Arise, go to Zarephath which [belongs] to Sidon, and live there. Behold, I have commanded a widow to keep you there.

mkjv@1Kings:17:10 @ And he arose and went to Zarephath, and came in to the entrance of the city, and, behold, the widow was gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, Please, bring me a little water in a vessel so that I may drink.

mkjv@1Kings:17:11 @ And as she was going to bring [it], he called to her and said, Please, bring me a piece of bread in your hand.

mkjv@1Kings:17:12 @ And she said, [As] the LORD your God lives, I do not have a cake, but only a handful of meal in a pitcher and a little oil in a jar. And behold, I [am] gathering two sticks, so that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, so that we may eat it and die.

mkjv@1Kings:17:13 @ And Elijah said to her, Do not fear, go. Do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it, and bring [it] to me. And then make for you and for your son.

mkjv@1Kings:17:14 @ For so says the LORD God of Israel, The pitcher of meal shall not be emptied, nor shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the earth.

mkjv@1Kings:17:15 @ And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah. And she and he and her house ate [many] days;

mkjv@1Kings:17:16 @ the pitcher of meal was not consumed, and the jar of oil did not fail, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by Elijah.

mkjv@1Kings:17:17 @ And it happened after these things the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick. And his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.

mkjv@1Kings:17:18 @ And she said to Elijah, What do I have to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to me to call my sin to remembrance and to kill my son?

mkjv@1Kings:17:19 @ And he said to her, Give me your son. And he took him out of her bosom and carried him up into a loft, where he stayed, and laid him on his own bed.

mkjv@1Kings:17:20 @ And he cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, have You also brought evil on the widow with whom I am staying, by slaying her son?

mkjv@1Kings:17:21 @ And he stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, please let this child's soul come to him again.

mkjv@1Kings:17:22 @ And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came into him again, and he lived.

mkjv@1Kings:17:23 @ And Elijah took the child and brought him down out of the room into the house and delivered him to his mother. And Elijah said, See! Your son lives!

mkjv@1Kings:17:24 @ And the woman said to Elijah, Now I know this, that you [are] a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth [is] truth.

mkjv@1Kings:18:1 @ And it happened [after] many days 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 earth.

mkjv@1Kings:18:2 @ And Elijah went to be seen himself to Ahab. And [there was] a great famine in Samaria.

mkjv@1Kings:18:3 @ And Ahab called Obadiah, who [was] over the house. (And Obadiah feared the LORD greatly,

mkjv@1Kings:18:4 @ for it happened when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

mkjv@1Kings:18:5 @ And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go into the land, to all fountains of water, and to all the torrents. Perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, so that we do not lose all the animals.

mkjv@1Kings:18:6 @ And they divided the land between them to pass throughout it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

mkjv@1Kings:18:7 @ And as Obadiah was in the way, and behold! Elijah met him. And he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, [Are] you my lord Elijah?

mkjv@1Kings:18:8 @ and he answered him, I [am]. Go, tell your lord, behold, Elijah [is here].

mkjv@1Kings:18:9 @ And he said, What have I sinned that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab to kill me?

mkjv@1Kings:18:10 @ [As] the LORD your God lives, there is no nation nor kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. And when they said, He is not there, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation that they did not find you.

mkjv@1Kings:18:11 @ And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]!

mkjv@1Kings:18:12 @ And it will be as soon as I have gone from you, the Spirit of the LORD shall carry you where I know not. And when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.

mkjv@1Kings:18:13 @ Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave and fed them with bread and water?

mkjv@1Kings:18:14 @ And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah! And he will kill me!

mkjv@1Kings:18:15 @ And Elijah said, [As] the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely be seen by him today.

mkjv@1Kings:18:16 @ And Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.

mkjv@1Kings:18:17 @ And it happened when Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, [Are] you he that troubles Israel?

mkjv@1Kings:18:18 @ And he answered, I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and you have followed the Baals.

mkjv@1Kings:18:19 @ And now send [and] gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and four hundred and fifty of the prophets of Baal, and four hundred of the prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table.

mkjv@1Kings:18:20 @ And Ahab sent to all the sons of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to mount Carmel.

mkjv@1Kings:18:21 @ And Elijah came to all the people and said, How long are you limping over two opinions? If Jehovah [is] God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, [then] follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.

mkjv@1Kings:18:22 @ And Elijah said to the people, I, I alone, remain a prophet of Jehovah. But Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

mkjv@1Kings:18:23 @ And let them give us two bulls, and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces and lay [it] on wood. But place no fire. And I will dress the other bull and lay it on wood, and place no fire.

mkjv@1Kings:18:24 @ And you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of Jehovah. And it shall be, the god that answers by fire, He is God. And all the people answered and said, The word [is] good.

mkjv@1Kings:18:25 @ And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose one bull for yourselves, and prepare first, for you [are] many. And call on the name of your god, but place no fire.

mkjv@1Kings:18:26 @ And they took the bull which was given them, and they dressed, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any who answered. And they leaped on the altar which was made.

mkjv@1Kings:18:27 @ And it happened at noon Elijah mocked them and said, Cry with a great voice, for he [is] a god. Either he is meditating, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey; perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened!

mkjv@1Kings:18:28 @ And they cried with a loud voice and cut themselves with knives and spears until the blood gushed out on them, as is their way.

mkjv@1Kings:18:29 @ And it happened when midday was past, and when they prophesied until the [time] of the offering of the evening sacrifice, there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor anyone who paid attention.

mkjv@1Kings:18:30 @ And Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me. And all the people came near him. And he repaired the broken down altar of the LORD.

mkjv@1Kings:18:31 @ And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be your name.

mkjv@1Kings:18:32 @ And with stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD. And he made a trench around the altar big enough to contain two measures of seed.

mkjv@1Kings:18:33 @ And he arranged the wood, and cut the bull in pieces, and placed [it] on the wood, and said, Fill four water jars with water and pour on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood.

mkjv@1Kings:18:34 @ And he said, Do [it] the second time. And they did [it] the second time. And he said, Do [it] the third time. And they did [it] the third time.

mkjv@1Kings:18:35 @ And the water ran all around the altar. And he filled the trench also with water.

mkjv@1Kings:18:36 @ And it happened at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet came near and said, LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that You [are] God in Israel, and that I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your word.

mkjv@1Kings:18:37 @ Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that You [are] Jehovah God, and that You have turned their heart back again.

mkjv@1Kings:18:38 @ And the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the burnt sacrifice and the wood, and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that [was] in the trench.

mkjv@1Kings:18:39 @ And when all the people saw, they fell on their faces. And they said, Jehovah, He [is] the God! Jehovah, He [is] the God!

mkjv@1Kings:18:40 @ And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal. Do not let one of them escape. And they took them. And Elijah brought them down to the torrent Kishon and killed them there.

mkjv@1Kings:18:41 @ And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink, because of the [sound of] plenty of rain.

mkjv@1Kings:18:42 @ So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel. And he threw himself down on the earth and put his face between his knees.

mkjv@1Kings:18:43 @ And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up and looked and said, Nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

mkjv@1Kings:18:44 @ And it happened at the seventh [time,] he said, Behold, there arises a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up and say to Ahab, Bind up and go down, so that the rain does not stop you.

mkjv@1Kings:18:45 @ And it happened in the meantime the heaven was black [with] clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rose and went to Jezreel.

mkjv@1Kings:18:46 @ And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah. And he girded up his loins and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

mkjv@1Kings:19:1 @ And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and all that he killed, all the prophets with the sword.