1Kings:18

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ylt @1Kings:18:1 @And the days are many , and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Elijah in the third year , saying , 'Go , appear unto Ahab , and I give rain on the face of the ground ;' ylt @1Kings:18:2 @and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab . And the famine is severe in Samaria , ylt @1Kings:18:3 @and Ahab calleth unto Obadiah , who [is ] over the house -- and Obadiah hath been fearing Jehovah greatly , ylt @1Kings:18:4 @and it cometh to pass , in Jezebel 's cutting off the prophets of Jehovah , that Obadiah taketh a hundred prophets , and hideth them , fifty men in a cave , and hath sustained them with bread and water -- ylt @1Kings:18:5 @and Ahab saith unto Obadiah , 'Go through the land , unto all fountains of waters , and unto all the brooks , if so be we find hay , and keep alive horse and mule , and do not cut off any of the cattle .' ylt @1Kings:18:6 @And they apportion to themselves the land , to pass over into it ; Ahab hath gone in one way by himself , and Obadiah hath gone in another way by himself ; ylt @1Kings:18:7 @and Obadiah [is ] in the way , and lo , Elijah -- to meet him ; and he discerneth him , and falleth on his face , and saith , 'Art thou he -- my lord Elijah ?' ylt @1Kings:18:8 @And he saith to him , 'I [am ]; go , say to thy lord , Lo , Elijah .' ylt @1Kings:18:9 @And he saith , 'What have I sinned , that thou art giving thy servant into the hand of Ahab -- to put me to death ? ylt @1Kings:18:10 @Jehovah thy God liveth , if there is a nation and kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee ; and they said , He is not , then he caused the kingdom and the nation to swear , that it doth not find thee ; ylt @1Kings:18:11 @and now , thou art saying , Go , say to thy lord , Lo , Elijah ; ylt @1Kings:18:12 @and it hath been , I go from thee , and the Spirit of Jehovah doth lift thee up , whither I know not , and I have come to declare to Ahab , and he doth not find thee , and he hath slain me ; and thy servant is fearing Jehovah from my youth . ylt @1Kings:18:13 @'Hath it not been declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel 's slaying the prophets of Jehovah , that I hide of the prophets of Jehovah a hundred men , fifty by fifty in a cave , and sustained them with bread and water ? ylt @1Kings:18:14 @and now thou art saying , Go , say to my lord , Lo , Elijah -- and he hath slain me !' ylt @1Kings:18:15 @And Elijah saith , 'Jehovah of Hosts liveth , before whom I have stood , surely to-day I appear unto him .' ylt @1Kings:18:16 @And Obadiah goeth to meet Ahab , and declareth [it ] to him , and Ahab goeth to meet Elijah , ylt @1Kings:18:17 @and it cometh to pass at Ahab 's seeing Elijah , that Ahab saith unto him , 'Art thou he -- the troubler of Israel ?' ylt @1Kings:18:18 @And he saith , 'I have not troubled Israel , but thou and the house of thy father , in your forsaking the commands of Jehovah , and thou goest after the Baalim ; ylt @1Kings:18:19 @and now , send , gather unto me all Israel , unto the mount of Carmel , and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty , and the prophets of the shrine , four hundred -- eating at the table of Jezebel .' ylt @1Kings:18:20 @And Ahab sendeth among all the sons of Israel , and gathereth the prophets unto the mount of Carmel ; ylt @1Kings:18:21 @and Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people , and saith , 'Till when are ye leaping on the two branches ? -- if Jehovah [is ] God , go after Him ; and if Baal , go after him ;' and the people have not answered him a word . ylt @1Kings:18:22 @And Elijah saith unto the people , 'I -- I have been left a prophet of Jehovah -- by myself ; and the prophets of Baal [are ] four hundred and fifty men ; ylt @1Kings:18:23 @and let them give to us two bullocks , and they choose for themselves the one bullock , and cut it in pieces , and place [it ] on the wood , and place no fire ; and I -- I prepare the other bullock , and have put [it ] on the wood , and fire I do not place ; -- ylt @1Kings:18:24 @and ye have called in the name of your god , and I -- I call in the name of Jehovah , and it hath been , the god who answereth by fire -- He [is ] the God .' And all the people answer and say , 'Good [is ] the word .' ylt @1Kings:18:25 @And Elijah saith to the prophets of Baal , 'Choose for you the one bullock , and prepare first , for ye [are ] the multitude , and call ye in the name of your god , and place no fire .' ylt @1Kings:18:26 @And they take the bullock that [one ] gave to them , and prepare , and call in the name of Baal from the morning even till the noon , saying , 'O Baal , answer us !' and there is no voice , and there is none answering ; and they leap on the altar that one had made . ylt @1Kings:18:27 @And it cometh to pass , at noon , that Elijah playeth on them , and saith , 'Call with a loud voice , for he [is ] a god , for he is meditating , or pursuing , or on a journey ; it may be he is asleep , an doth awake .' ylt @1Kings:18:28 @And they call with a loud voice , and cut themselves , according to their ordinance , with swords and with spears , till a flowing of blood [is ] on them ; ylt @1Kings:18:29 @and it cometh to pass , at the passing by of the noon , that they feign themselves prophets till the going up of the present , and there is no voice , and there is none answering , and there is none attending . ylt @1Kings:18:30 @And Elijah saith to all the people , 'Come nigh unto me ;' and all the people come nigh unto him , and he repaireth the altar of Jehovah that is broken down ; ylt @1Kings:18:31 @and Elijah taketh twelve stones , according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob , unto whom the word of Jehovah was , saying , 'Israel is thy name ;' ylt @1Kings:18:32 @and he buildeth with the stones an altar , in the name of Jehovah , and maketh a trench , as about the space of two measures of seed , round about the altar . ylt @1Kings:18:33 @And he arrangeth the wood , and cutteth in pieces the bullock , and placeth [it ] on the wood , and saith , 'Fill ye four pitchers of water , and pour on the burnt-offering , and on the wood ; ylt @1Kings:18:34 @and he saith , 'Do [it ] a second time ;' and they do [it ] a second time ; and he saith , 'Do [it ] a third time ;' and they do [it ] a third time ; ylt @1Kings:18:35 @and the water goeth round about the altar , and also , the trench he hath filled with water . ylt @1Kings:18:36 @And it cometh to pass , at the going up of the [evening -]present , that Elijah the prophet cometh nigh and saith , 'Jehovah , God of Abraham , Isaac , and Israel , to-day let it be known that Thou [art ] God in Israel , and I Thy servant , that by Thy word I have done the whole of these things ; ylt @1Kings:18:37 @answer me , O Jehovah , answer me , and this people doth know that Thou [art ] Jehovah God ; and Thou hast turned their heart backward .' ylt @1Kings:18:38 @And there falleth a fire of Jehovah , and consumeth the burnt-offering , and the wood , and the stones , and the dust , and the water that [is ] in the trench it hath licked up . ylt @1Kings:18:39 @And all the people see , and fall on their faces , and say , 'Jehovah , He [is ] the God , Jehovah , He [is ] the God .' ylt @1Kings:18:40 @And Elijah saith to them , 'Catch ye the prophets of Baal ; let not a man escape of them ;' and they catch them , and Elijah bringeth them down unto the stream Kishon , and doth slaughter them there . ylt @1Kings:18:41 @And Elijah saith to Ahab , 'Go up , eat and drink , because of the sound of the noise of the shower .' ylt @1Kings:18:42 @And Ahab goeth up to eat , and to drink , and Elijah hath gone up unto the top of Carmel , and he stretcheth himself out on the earth , and he placeth his face between his knees , ylt @1Kings:18:43 @and saith unto his young man , 'Go up , I pray thee , look attentively the way of the sea ;' and he goeth up and looketh attentively , and saith , 'There is nothing ;' and he saith , 'Turn back ,' seven times . ylt @1Kings:18:44 @And it cometh to pass , at the seventh , that he saith , 'Lo , a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea .' And he saith , 'Go up , say unto Ahab , 'Bind -- and go down , and the shower doth not restrain thee .' ylt @1Kings:18:45 @And it cometh to pass , in the meantime , that the heavens have become black -- thick clouds and wind -- and the shower is great ; and Ahab rideth , and goeth to Jezreel , ylt @1Kings:18:46 @and the hand of Jehovah hath been on Elijah , and he girdeth up his loins , and runneth before Ahab , till thine entering Jezreel .

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