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And Elijah the Tishbite ,
who was of the inhabitants of Gilead ,
said unto Ahab ,
As the LORD God of Israel liveth ,
before whom I stand ,
there shall not be dew nor rain these years ,
but according to my word .
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And the word of the LORD came unto him ,
saying ,
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Get thee hence ,
and turn thee eastward ,
and hide thyself by the brook Cherith ,
that is before Jordan .
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And it shall be ,
that thou shalt drink of the brook ;
and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there .
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So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD :
for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith ,
that is before Jordan .
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And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning ,
and bread and flesh in the evening ;
and he drank of the brook .
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And it came to pass after a while ,
that the brook dried up ,
because there had been no rain in the land .
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And the word of the LORD came unto him ,
saying ,
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Arise ,
get thee to Zarephath ,
which belongeth to Zidon ,
and dwell there :
behold ,
I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee .
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So he arose and went to Zarephath .
And when he came to the gate of the city ,
behold ,
the widow woman was there gathering of sticks :
and he called to her ,
and said ,
Fetch me ,
I pray thee ,
a little water in a vessel ,
that I may drink .
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And as she was going to fetch it ,
he called to her ,
and said ,
Bring me ,
I pray thee ,
a morsel of bread in thine hand .
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And she said ,
As the LORD thy God liveth ,
I have not a cake ,
but an handful of meal in a barrel ,
and a little oil in a cruse :
and ,
behold ,
I am gathering two sticks ,
that I may go in and dress it for me and my son ,
that we may eat it ,
and die .
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And Elijah said unto her ,
Fear not ;
go and do as thou hast said :
but make me thereof a little cake first ,
and bring it unto me ,
and after make for thee and for thy son .
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For thus saith the LORD God of Israel ,
The barrel of meal shall not waste ,
neither shall the cruse of oil fail ,
until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth .
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And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah :
and she ,
and he ,
and her house ,
did eat many days .
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And the barrel of meal wasted not ,
neither did the cruse of oil fail ,
according to the word of the LORD ,
which he spake by Elijah .
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And it came to pass after these things ,
that the son of the woman ,
the mistress of the house ,
fell sick ;
and his sickness was so sore ,
that there was no breath left in him .
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And she said unto Elijah ,
What have I to do with thee ,
O thou man of God ?
art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance ,
and to slay my son ?
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And he said unto her ,
Give me thy son .
And he took him out of her bosom ,
and carried him up into a loft ,
where he abode ,
and laid him upon his own bed .
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And he cried unto the LORD ,
and said ,
O LORD my God ,
hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn ,
by slaying her son ?
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And he stretched himself upon the child three times ,
and cried unto the LORD ,
and said ,
O LORD my God ,
I pray thee ,
let this child '
s soul come into him again .
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And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah ;
and the soul of the child came into him again ,
and he revived .
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And Elijah took the child ,
and brought him down out of the chamber into the house ,
and delivered him unto his mother :
and Elijah said ,
See ,
thy son liveth .
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And the woman said to Elijah ,
Now by this I know that thou art a man of God ,
and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth .
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And it came to pass after many days ,
that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year ,
saying ,
Go ,
shew thyself unto Ahab ;
and I will send rain upon the earth .
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And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab .
And there was a sore famine in Samaria .
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And Ahab called Obadiah ,
which was the governor of his house . (
Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly :
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For it was so ,
when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD ,
that Obadiah took an hundred prophets ,
and hid them by fifty in a cave ,
and fed them with bread and water .)
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And Ahab said unto Obadiah ,
Go into the land ,
unto all fountains of water ,
and unto all brooks :
peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive ,
that we lose not all the beasts .
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So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it :
Ahab went one way by himself ,
and Obadiah went another way by himself .
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And as Obadiah was in the way ,
behold ,
Elijah met him :
and he knew him ,
and fell on his face ,
and said ,
Art thou that my lord Elijah ?
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And he answered him ,
I am :
go ,
tell thy lord ,
Behold ,
Elijah is here .
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And he said ,
What have I sinned ,
that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab ,
to slay me ?
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As the LORD thy God liveth ,
there is no nation or kingdom ,
whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee :
and when they said ,
He is not there ;
he took an oath of the kingdom and nation ,
that they found thee not .
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And now thou sayest ,
Go ,
tell thy lord ,
Behold ,
Elijah is here .
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And it shall come to pass ,
as soon as I am gone from thee ,
that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not ;
and so when I come and tell Ahab ,
and he cannot find thee ,
he shall slay me :
but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth .
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Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD ,
how I hid an hundred men of the LORD '
S prophets by fifty in a cave ,
and fed them with bread and water ?
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And now thou sayest ,
Go ,
tell thy lord ,
Behold ,
Elijah is here :
and he shall slay me .
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And Elijah said ,
As the LORD of hosts liveth ,
before whom I stand ,
I will surely shew myself unto him to day .
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So Obadiah went to meet Ahab ,
and told him :
and Ahab went to meet Elijah .
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And it came to pass ,
when Ahab saw Elijah ,
that Ahab said unto him ,
Art thou he that troubleth Israel ?
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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 .
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Now therefore send ,
and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel ,
and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty ,
and the prophets of the groves four hundred ,
which eat at Jezebel '
s table .
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So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel ,
and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel .
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And Elijah came unto all the people ,
and said ,
How long halt ye between two opinions ?
if the LORD be God ,
follow him :
but if Baal ,
then follow him .
And the people answered him not a word .
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Then said Elijah unto the people ,
I ,
even I only ,
remain a prophet of the LORD ;
but Baal '
s prophets are four hundred and fifty men .
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Let them therefore give us two bullocks ;
and let them choose one bullock for themselves ,
and cut it in pieces ,
and lay it on wood ,
and put no fire under :
and I will dress the other bullock ,
and lay it on wood ,
and put no fire under :
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And call ye on the name of your gods ,
and I will call on the name of the LORD :
and the God that answereth by fire ,
let him be God .
And all the people answered and said ,
It is well spoken .
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And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal ,
Choose you one bullock for yourselves ,
and dress it first ;
for ye are many ;
and call on the name of your gods ,
but put no fire under .
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And they took the bullock which was given them ,
and they dressed it ,
and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon ,
saying ,
O Baal ,
hear us .
But there was no voice ,
nor any that answered .
And they leaped upon the altar which was made .
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And it came to pass at noon ,
that Elijah mocked them ,
and said ,
Cry aloud :
for he is a god ;
either he is talking ,
or he is pursuing ,
or he is in a journey ,
or peradventure he sleepeth ,
and must be awaked .
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And they cried aloud ,
and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets ,
till the blood gushed out upon them .
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And it came to pass ,
when midday was past ,
and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice ,
that there was neither voice ,
nor any to answer ,
nor any that regarded .
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And 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 that was broken down .
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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 :
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And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD :
and he made a trench about the altar ,
as great as would contain two measures of seed .
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And he put the wood in order ,
and cut the bullock in pieces ,
and laid him on the wood ,
and said ,
Fill four barrels with water ,
and pour it on the burnt sacrifice ,
and on the wood .
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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 .
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And the water ran round about the altar ;
and he filled the trench also with water .
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And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice ,
that Elijah the prophet came near ,
and said ,
LORD God of Abraham ,
Isaac ,
and of Israel ,
let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel ,
and that I am thy servant ,
and that I have done all these things at thy word .
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Hear me ,
O LORD ,
hear me ,
that this people may know that thou art the LORD God ,
and that thou hast turned their heart back again .
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Then the fire of the LORD fell ,
and consumed the burnt sacrifice ,
and the wood ,
and the stones ,
and the dust ,
and licked up the water that was in the trench .
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And when all the people saw it ,
they fell on their faces :
and they said ,
The LORD ,
he is the God ;
the LORD ,
he is the God .
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And Elijah said unto them ,
Take the prophets of Baal ;
let not one of them escape .
And they took them :
and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon ,
and slew them there .
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And Elijah said unto Ahab ,
Get thee up ,
eat and drink ;
for there is a sound of abundance of rain .
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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 ,
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And said to his servant ,
Go up now ,
look toward the sea .
And he went up ,
and looked ,
and said ,
There is nothing .
And he said ,
Go again seven times .
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And it came to pass at the seventh time ,
that he said ,
Behold ,
there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea ,
like a man '
s hand .
And he said ,
Go up ,
say unto Ahab ,
Prepare thy chariot ,
and get thee down ,
that the rain stop thee not .
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And it came to pass in the mean while ,
that the heaven was black with clouds and wind ,
and there was a great rain .
And Ahab rode ,
and went to Jezreel .
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And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah ;
and he girded up his loins ,
and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel .
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And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done ,
and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword .
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Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah ,
saying ,
So let the gods do to me ,
and more also ,
if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time .
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And when he saw that ,
he arose ,
and went for his life ,
and came to Beersheba ,
which belongeth to Judah ,
and left his servant there .
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But he himself went a day '
s journey into the wilderness ,
and came and sat down under a juniper tree :
and he requested for himself that he might die ;
and said ,
It is enough ;
now ,
O LORD ,
take away my life ;
for I am not better than my fathers .
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And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree ,
behold ,
then an angel touched him ,
and said unto him ,
Arise and eat .
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And he looked ,
and ,
behold ,
there was a cake baken on the coals ,
and a cruse of water at his head .
And he did eat and drink ,
and laid him down again .
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And the angel of the LORD came again the second time ,
and touched him ,
and said ,
Arise and eat ;
because the journey is too great for thee .
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And he arose ,
and did eat and drink ,
and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God .
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And he came thither unto a cave ,
and lodged there ;
and ,
behold ,
the word of the LORD came to him ,
and he said unto him ,
What doest thou here ,
Elijah ?
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And he said ,
I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts :
for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant ,
thrown down thine altars ,
and slain thy prophets with the sword ;
and I ,
even I only ,
am left ;
and they seek my life ,
to take it away .
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And he said ,
Go forth ,
and stand upon the mount before the LORD .
And ,
behold ,
the LORD passed by ,
and a great and strong wind rent the mountains ,
and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD ;
but the LORD was not in the wind :
and after the wind an earthquake ;
but the LORD was not in the earthquake :
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And after the earthquake a fire ;
but the LORD was not in the fire :
and after the fire a still small voice .
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And it was so ,
when Elijah heard it ,
that he wrapped his face in his mantle ,
and went out ,
and stood in the entering in of the cave .
And ,
behold ,
there came a voice unto him ,
and said ,
What doest thou here ,
Elijah ?
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And he said ,
I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts :
because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant ,
thrown down thine altars ,
and slain thy prophets with the sword ;
and I ,
even I only ,
am left ;
and they seek my life ,
to take it away .
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And the LORD said unto him ,
Go ,
return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus :
and when thou comest ,
anoint Hazael to be king over Syria :
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And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel :
and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room .
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And it shall come to pass ,
that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay :
and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay .
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Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel ,
all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal ,
and every mouth which hath not kissed him .
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So he departed thence ,
and found Elisha the son of Shaphat ,
who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him ,
and he with the twelfth :
and Elijah passed by him ,
and cast his mantle upon him .
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And he left the oxen ,
and ran after Elijah ,
and said ,
Let me ,
I pray thee ,
kiss my father and my mother ,
and then I will follow thee .
And he said unto him ,
Go back again :
for what have I done to thee ?
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And he returned back from him ,
and took a yoke of oxen ,
and slew them ,
and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen ,
and gave unto the people ,
and they did eat .
Then he arose ,
and went after Elijah ,
and ministered unto him .
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And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together :
and there were thirty and two kings with him ,
and horses ,
and chariots :
and he went up and besieged Samaria ,
and warred against it .
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And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city ,
and said unto him ,
Thus saith Benhadad ,
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Thy silver and thy gold is mine ;
thy wives also and thy children ,
even the goodliest ,
are mine .
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And the king of Israel answered and said ,
My lord ,
O king ,
according to thy saying ,
I am thine ,
and all that I have .
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And the messengers came again ,
and said ,
Thus speaketh Benhadad ,
saying ,
Although I have sent unto thee ,
saying ,
Thou shalt deliver me thy silver ,
and thy gold ,
and thy wives ,
and thy children ;
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Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time ,
and they shall search thine house ,
and the houses of thy servants ;
and it shall be ,
that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes ,
they shall put it in their hand ,
and take it away .
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Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land ,
and said ,
Mark ,
I pray you ,
and see how this man seeketh mischief :
for he sent unto me for my wives ,
and for my children ,
and for my silver ,
and for my gold ;
and I denied him not .
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And all the elders and all the people said unto him ,
Hearken not unto him ,
nor consent .
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Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad ,
Tell my lord the king ,
All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do :
but this thing I may not do .
And the messengers departed ,
and brought him word again .
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And Benhadad sent unto him ,
and said ,
The gods do so unto me ,
and more also ,
if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me .
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And the king of Israel answered and said ,
Tell him ,
Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off .
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And it came to pass ,
when Benhadad heard this message ,
as he was drinking ,
he and the kings in the pavilions ,
that he said unto his servants ,
Set yourselves in array .
And they set themselves in array against the city .
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And ,
behold ,
there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel ,
saying ,
Thus saith the LORD ,
Hast thou seen all this great multitude ?
behold ,
I will deliver it into thine hand this day ;
and thou shalt know that I am the LORD .
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And Ahab said ,
By whom ?
And he said ,
Thus saith the LORD ,
Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces .
Then he said ,
Who shall order the battle ?
And he answered ,
Thou .
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Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces ,
and they were two hundred and thirty two :
and after them he numbered all the people ,
even all the children of Israel ,
being seven thousand .
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And they went out at noon .
But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions ,
he and the kings ,
the thirty and two kings that helped him .
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And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first ;
and Benhadad sent out ,
and they told him ,
saying ,
There are men come out of Samaria .
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And he said ,
Whether they be come out for peace ,
take them alive ;
or whether they be come out for war ,
take them alive .
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So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city ,
and the army which followed them .
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And they slew every one his man :
and the Syrians fled ;
and Israel pursued them :
and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen .
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And the king of Israel went out ,
and smote the horses and chariots ,
and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter .
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And the prophet came to the king of Israel ,
and said unto him ,
Go ,
strengthen thyself ,
and mark ,
and see what thou doest :
for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee .
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And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him ,
Their gods are gods of the hills ;
therefore they were stronger than we ;
but let us fight against them in the plain ,
and surely we shall be stronger than they .
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And do this thing ,
Take the kings away ,
every man out of his place ,
and put captains in their rooms :
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And number thee an army ,
like the army that thou hast lost ,
horse for horse ,
and chariot for chariot :
and we will fight against them in the plain ,
and surely we shall be stronger than they .
And he hearkened unto their voice ,
and did so .
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And it came to pass at the return of the year ,
that Benhadad numbered the Syrians ,
and went up to Aphek ,
to fight against Israel .
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And the children of Israel were numbered ,
and were all present ,
and went against them :
and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids ;
but the Syrians filled the country .
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And there came a man of God ,
and spake unto the king of Israel ,
and said ,
Thus saith the LORD ,
Because the Syrians have said ,
The LORD is God of the hills ,
but he is not God of the valleys ,
therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand ,
and ye shall know that I am the LORD .
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And they pitched one over against the other seven days .
And so it was ,
that in the seventh day the battle was joined :
and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day .
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But the rest fled to Aphek ,
into the city ;
and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left .
And Benhadad fled ,
and came into the city ,
into an inner chamber .
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And his servants said unto him ,
Behold now ,
we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings :
let us ,
I pray thee ,
put sackcloth on our loins ,
and ropes upon our heads ,
and go out to the king of Israel :
peradventure he will save thy life .
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So they girded sackcloth on their loins ,
and put ropes on their heads ,
and came to the king of Israel ,
and said ,
Thy servant Benhadad saith ,
I pray thee ,
let me live .
And he said ,
Is he yet alive ?
he is my brother .
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Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him ,
and did hastily catch it :
and they said ,
Thy brother Benhadad .
Then he said ,
Go ye ,
bring him .
Then Benhadad came forth to him ;
and he caused him to come up into the chariot .
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And Benhadad said unto him ,
The cities ,
which my father took from thy father ,
I will restore ;
and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus ,
as my father made in Samaria .
Then said Ahab ,
I will send thee away with this covenant .
So he made a covenant with him ,
and sent him away .
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And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD ,
Smite me ,
I pray thee .
And the man refused to smite him .
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Then said he unto him ,
Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD ,
behold ,
as soon as thou art departed from me ,
a lion shall slay thee .
And as soon as he was departed from him ,
a lion found him ,
and slew him .
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Then he found another man ,
and said ,
Smite me ,
I pray thee .
And the man smote him ,
so that in smiting he wounded him .
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So the prophet departed ,
and waited for the king by the way ,
and disguised himself with ashes upon his face .
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And as the king passed by ,
he cried unto the king :
and he said ,
Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle ;
and ,
behold ,
a man turned aside ,
and brought a man unto me ,
and said ,
Keep this man :
if by any means he be missing ,
then shall thy life be for his life ,
or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver .
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And as thy servant was busy here and there ,
he was gone .
And the king of Israel said unto him ,
So shall thy judgment be ;
thyself hast decided it .
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And he hasted ,
and took the ashes away from his face ;
and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets .
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And he said unto him ,
Thus saith the LORD ,
Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction ,
therefore thy life shall go for his life ,
and thy people for his people .
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And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased ,
and came to Samaria .
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And it came to pass after these things ,
that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard ,
which was in Jezreel ,
hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria .
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And Ahab spake unto Naboth ,
saying ,
Give me thy vineyard ,
that I may have it for a garden of herbs ,
because it is near unto my house :
and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it ;
or ,
if it seem good to thee ,
I will give thee the worth of it in money .
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And Naboth said to Ahab ,
The LORD forbid it me ,
that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee .
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And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him :
for he had said ,
I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers .
And he laid him down upon his bed ,
and turned away his face ,
and would eat no bread .
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But Jezebel his wife came to him ,
and said unto him ,
Why is thy spirit so sad ,
that thou eatest no bread ?
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And he said unto her ,
Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite ,
and said unto him ,
Give me thy vineyard for money ;
or else ,
if it please thee ,
I will give thee another vineyard for it :
and he answered ,
I will not give thee my vineyard .
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And Jezebel his wife said unto him ,
Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel ?
arise ,
and eat bread ,
and let thine heart be merry :
I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite .
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So she wrote letters in Ahab '
s name ,
and sealed them with his seal ,
and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city ,
dwelling with Naboth .
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And she wrote in the letters ,
saying ,
Proclaim a fast ,
and set Naboth on high among the people :
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And set two men ,
sons of Belial ,
before him ,
to bear witness against him ,
saying ,
Thou didst blaspheme God and the king .
And then carry him out ,
and stone him ,
that he may die .
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And the men of his city ,
even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city ,
did as Jezebel had sent unto them ,
and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them .
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They proclaimed a fast ,
and set Naboth on high among the people .
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And there came in two men ,
children of Belial ,
and sat before him :
and the men of Belial witnessed against him ,
even against Naboth ,
in the presence of the people ,
saying ,
Naboth did blaspheme God and the king .
Then they carried him forth out of the city ,
and stoned him with stones ,
that he died .
*
Then they sent to Jezebel ,
saying ,
Naboth is stoned ,
and is dead .
*
And it came to pass ,
when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned ,
and was dead ,
that Jezebel said to Ahab ,
Arise ,
take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite ,
which he refused to give thee for money :
for Naboth is not alive ,
but dead .
*
And it came to pass ,
when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead ,
that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite ,
to take possession of it .
*
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite ,
saying ,
*
Arise ,
go down to meet Ahab king of Israel ,
which is in Samaria :
behold ,
he is in the vineyard of Naboth ,
whither he is gone down to possess it .
*
And thou shalt speak unto him ,
saying ,
Thus saith the LORD ,
Hast thou killed ,
and also taken possession ?
And thou shalt speak unto him ,
saying ,
Thus saith the LORD ,
In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood ,
even thine .
*
And Ahab said to Elijah ,
Hast thou found me ,
O mine enemy ?
And he answered ,
I have found thee :
because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD .
*
Behold ,
I will bring evil upon thee ,
and will take away thy posterity ,
and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall ,
and him that is shut up and left in Israel ,
*
And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat ,
and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah ,
for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger ,
and made Israel to sin .
*
And of Jezebel also spake the LORD ,
saying ,
The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel .
*
Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat ;
and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat .
*
But there was none like unto Ahab ,
which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD ,
whom Jezebel his wife stirred up .
*
And he did very abominably in following idols ,
according to all things as did the Amorites ,
whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel .
*
And it came to pass ,
when Ahab heard those words ,
that he rent his clothes ,
and put sackcloth upon his flesh ,
and fasted ,
and lay in sackcloth ,
and went softly .
*
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite ,
saying ,
*
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me ?
because he humbleth himself before me ,
I will not bring the evil in his days :
but in his son '
s days will I bring the evil upon his house .
*
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel .
*
And it came to pass in the third year ,
that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel .
*
And the king of Israel said unto his servants ,
Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours ,
and we be still ,
and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria ?
*
And he said unto Jehoshaphat ,
Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead ?
And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel ,
I am as thou art ,
my people as thy people ,
my horses as thy horses .
*
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel ,
Enquire ,
I pray thee ,
at the word of the LORD to day .
*
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together ,
about four hundred men ,
and said unto them ,
Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle ,
or shall I forbear ?
And they said ,
Go up ;
for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king .
*
And Jehoshaphat said ,
Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides ,
that we might enquire of him ?
*
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat ,
There is yet one man ,
Micaiah the son of Imlah ,
by whom we may enquire of the LORD :
but I hate him ;
for he doth not prophesy good concerning me ,
but evil .
And Jehoshaphat said ,
Let not the king say so .
*
Then the king of Israel called an officer ,
and said ,
Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah .
*
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne ,
having put on their robes ,
in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria ;
and all the prophets prophesied before them .
*
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron :
and he said ,
Thus saith the LORD ,
With these shalt thou push the Syrians ,
until thou have consumed them .
*
And all the prophets prophesied so ,
saying ,
Go up to Ramothgilead ,
and prosper :
for the LORD shall deliver it into the king '
s hand .
*
And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him ,
saying ,
Behold now ,
the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth :
let thy word ,
I pray thee ,
be like the word of one of them ,
and speak that which is good .
*
And Micaiah said ,
As the LORD liveth ,
what the LORD saith unto me ,
that will I speak .
*
So he came to the king .
And the king said unto him ,
Micaiah ,
shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle ,
or shall we forbear ?
And he answered him ,
Go ,
and prosper :
for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king .
*
And the king said unto him ,
How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD ?
*
And he said ,
I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills ,
as sheep that have not a shepherd :
and the LORD said ,
These have no master :
let them return every man to his house in peace .
*
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat ,
Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me ,
but evil ?
*
And he said ,
Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD :
I saw the LORD sitting on his throne ,
and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left .
*
And the LORD said ,
Who shall persuade Ahab ,
that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead ?
And one said on this manner ,
and another said on that manner .
*
And there came forth a spirit ,
and stood before the LORD ,
and said ,
I will persuade him .
*
And the LORD said unto him ,
Wherewith ?
And he said ,
I will go forth ,
and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets .
And he said ,
Thou shalt persuade him ,
and prevail also :
go forth ,
and do so .
*
Now therefore ,
behold ,
the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets ,
and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee .
*
But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near ,
and smote Micaiah on the cheek ,
and said ,
Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee ?
*
And Micaiah said ,
Behold ,
thou shalt see in that day ,
when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself .
*
And the king of Israel said ,
Take Micaiah ,
and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city ,
and to Joash the king '
s son ;
*
And say ,
Thus saith the king ,
Put this fellow in the prison ,
and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction ,
until I come in peace .
*
And Micaiah said ,
If thou return at all in peace ,
the LORD hath not spoken by me .
And he said ,
Hearken ,
O people ,
every one of you .
*
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead .
*
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat ,
I will disguise myself ,
and enter into the battle ;
but put thou on thy robes .
And the king of Israel disguised himself ,
and went into the battle .
*
But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots ,
saying ,
Fight neither with small nor great ,
save only with the king of Israel .
*
And it came to pass ,
when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat ,
that they said ,
Surely it is the king of Israel .
And they turned aside to fight against him :
and Jehoshaphat cried out .
*
And it came to pass ,
when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel ,
that they turned back from pursuing him .
*
And a certain man drew a bow at a venture ,
and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness :
wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot ,
Turn thine hand ,
and carry me out of the host ;
for I am wounded .
*
And the battle increased that day :
and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians ,
and died at even :
and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot .
*
And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun ,
saying ,
Every man to his city ,
and every man to his own country .
*
So the king died ,
and was brought to Samaria ;
and they buried the king in Samaria .
*
And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria ;
and the dogs licked up his blood ;
and they washed his armour ;
according unto the word of the LORD which he spake .
*
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab ,
and all that he did ,
and the ivory house which he made ,
and all the cities that he built ,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ?
*
So Ahab slept with his fathers ;
and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead .
*
And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel .
*
Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign ;
and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem .
And his mother '
s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi .
*
And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father ;
he turned not aside from it ,
doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD :
nevertheless the high places were not taken away ;
for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places .
*
And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel .
*
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat ,
and his might that he shewed ,
and how he warred ,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ?
*
And the remnant of the sodomites ,
which remained in the days of his father Asa ,
he took out of the land .
*
There was then no king in Edom :
a deputy was king .
*
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold :
but they went not ;
for the ships were broken at Eziongeber .
*
Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat ,
Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships .
But Jehoshaphat would not .
*
And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers ,
and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father :
and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead .
*
Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah ,
and reigned two years over Israel .
*
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD ,
and walked in the way of his father ,
and in the way of his mother ,
and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat ,
who made Israel to sin :
*
For he served Baal ,
and worshipped him ,
and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel ,
according to all that his father had done .
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