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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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