rotherham 1Kings:17-18
rotherham@1Kings:17:1 @ Then said Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, unto Ahab, By the life of Yahweh, God of Israel, before whom I stand, there shall not, these two years, be either dew or rain, save at the bidding of my word.
rotherham@1Kings:17:2 @ Then came the word of Yahweh unto him, saying:
rotherham@1Kings:17:3 @ Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself in the ravine of Cherith, which faceth the Jordan;
rotherham@1Kings:17:4 @ and it shall be that, of the torrent, shalt thou drink, and, the ravens, have I commanded to sustain thee, there.
rotherham@1Kings:17:5 @ So he went and did, according to the word of Yahweh, yea he went and dwelt in the ravine of Cherith, which faceth the Jordan.
rotherham@1Kings:17:6 @ And, the ravens, used to bring him bread and flesh, in the morning, and bread and flesh, in the evening, and, of the torrent, used he to drink.
rotherham@1Kings:17:7 @ But it came to pass, at the end of
rotherham@1Kings:17:8 @ Then came the word of Yahweh unto him, saying
rotherham@1Kings:17:9 @ Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there, Lo! I have commanded, there, a widow woman, to sustain thee.
rotherham@1Kings:17:10 @ So he arose and went to Zarephath, and, when he came to the entrance of the city, lo! there, a widow woman gathering sticks, and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
rotherham@1Kings:17:11 @ And, as she went to fetch it, he called to her and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread, in thy hand.
rotherham@1Kings:17:12 @ And she said By the life of Yahweh, thy God, verily I have not a cake, only a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse, and lo! I have been gathering a couple of sticks, so I shall go in and make it ready for me and for my son, that we may eat itand die!
rotherham@1Kings:17:13 @ And Elijah said unto her Do not fear, go inmake ready according to thy word, howbeit, make me thereof a little cake, first, and bring it out to me, and, for thyself and thy son, make ready, afterwards.
rotherham@1Kings:17:14 @ For, thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, The jar of meal, shall not waste, and, the cruse of oil, shall not fail, until the day that Yahweh giveth rain upon the face of the ground.
rotherham@1Kings:17:15 @ So she went and made ready, according to the word of Elijah, and did eat, she, and he, and her house, days:
rotherham@1Kings:17:16 @ The jar of meal, did not waste, and, the cruse of oil, did not fail, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spake through Elijah.
rotherham@1Kings:17:17 @ And it came to pass, after these things, that the son of the woman, owner of the house, fell sick, yea it came to pass that his sickness was very severe, until no, breath, was left in him.
rotherham@1Kings:17:18 @ Then said she unto Elijah, What have I in common with thee, O man of God? Hast thou come unto me, to call to remembrance mine iniquity, and to cause the death of my son?
rotherham@1Kings:17:19 @ And he said unto her Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him unto the upper room, where, he, was staying, and laid him upon his own bed.
rotherham@1Kings:17:20 @ Then cried he unto Yahweh, and said, O Yahweh, my God! Even upon the widow with whom I am sojourning, hast thou brought misfortune by causing the death of her son?
rotherham@1Kings:17:21 @ And he stretched himself out upon the boy, three times, and cried unto Yahweh, and said, O Yahweh, my God! Let the life of this boy, I pray thee, come again within him.
rotherham@1Kings:17:22 @ And Yahweh hearkened unto the voice of Elijah, and the life of the boy came again within him, and he lived.
rotherham@1Kings:17:23 @ Then Elijah took the boy, and carried him down out of the upper room, into the house, and gave him to his mother, and Elijah said, See! thy son liveth.
rotherham@1Kings:17:24 @ And the woman said unto Elijah, Now, then I know, that, a man of God, thou art, and that, the word of Yahweh, is in thy mouth, of a truth.
rotherham@1Kings:18:1 @ And it came to pass, after many days, that, the word of Yahweh, came unto Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab, that I may send rain upon the face of the ground.
rotherham@1Kings:18:2 @ And Elijah went, to show himself unto Ahab. Now, the famine, was severe in Samaria.
rotherham@1Kings:18:3 @ And Ahab had called for Obadiah, who was over his house. Now, Obadiah, was one who revered Yahweh, exceedingly.
rotherham@1Kings:18:4 @ And so it came to pass, when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of Yahweh, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifties in caves, and sustained them, with bread and water.
rotherham@1Kings:18:5 @ So then Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go, and let us pass throughout the land, unto all the fountains of water, and unto all the ravines, peradventure we may find grass, and save alive horse and mule, and not have more of the beasts cut off.
rotherham@1Kings:18:6 @ So they divided to them the land, to pass through it, Ahab, went one way, by himself, and, Obadiah, went another way, by himself.
rotherham@1Kings:18:7 @ And so it was, as Obadiah was on the road, that lo! Elijah, met him, and he recognised him, and fell upon his face, and said Now art, thou, my lord Elijah?
rotherham@1Kings:18:8 @ And he said to him I, am! Go, say to thy lord: Here, is, Elijah!
rotherham@1Kings:18:9 @ And he said How have I sinned, that, thou, art delivering thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to put me to death?
rotherham@1Kings:18:10 @ By the life of Yahweh thy God, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee, and, when they have said Nay! he hath taken an oath of the kingdom or the nation, that no one could find thee;
rotherham@1Kings:18:11 @ and, now, thou, art saying, Go say to thy lord, Here, is, Elijah;
rotherham@1Kings:18:12 @ so shall it come to pass, as soon as, I, go from thee, that, the spirit of Yahweh, shall carry thee awaywhither I know not, and so, when I go in to tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, then will he slay me, and yet, thy servant, hath revered Yahweh, from my youth.
rotherham@1Kings:18:13 @ Was it not told my lord, what I did when Jezebel was slaying the prophets of Yahweh, how I hid, of the prophets of Yahweh, a hundred menby fiftiesin caves, and sustained them with bread and water?
rotherham@1Kings:18:14 @ and yet, now, thou, art saying, Go, tell thy lord Here, is, Elijah; and so he will slay me!
rotherham@1Kings:18:15 @ Then said Elijah By the life of Yahweh of hosts, before whom I stand, to-day, will I show myself unto him.
rotherham@1Kings:18:16 @ So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him, and, Ahab, went to meet, Elijah.
rotherham@1Kings:18:17 @ And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Now, art, thou, troubling Israel?
rotherham@1Kings:18:18 @ And he said I have not troubled Israel, but, thou and the house of thy father, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Yahweh, and followed Baal.
rotherham@1Kings:18:19 @ Now, therefore, send, gather unto me all Israel, unto Mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal, four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the Sacred Stem, four hundred, who do eat at the table of Jezebel.
rotherham@1Kings:18:20 @ So Ahab sent among all the sons of Israel, and gathered the prophets unto Mount Carmel.
rotherham@1Kings:18:21 @ And Elijah drew near unto all the people, and said How long are ye limping on the two divided opinions? If, Yahweh, be GOD, follow, him, but, if, Baal, follow, him. But the people answered him, not a word.
rotherham@1Kings:18:22 @ Then said Elijah unto the people I, am left, Yahwehs, only, prophet, but, the prophets of Baal, are four hundred and fifty men.
rotherham@1Kings:18:23 @ Let there be given us, therefore, two bullocks, and let them choose for themselves one bullock, and cut it in pieces, and lay it upon the wood, but, fire, shall they not put, then, I, will make ready the other bullock, and place upon the wood, but, fire, will I not put.
rotherham@1Kings:18:24 @ Then shall ye call on the name of your god, and, I, will call on the name of Yahweh, and it shall be, the God that respondeth by fire, he, is GOD. And all the people responded Well spoken!
rotherham@1Kings:18:25 @ Then said Elijah to the prophets of Baal Choose for yourselves one bullock, and make ye ready, first, for, ye, are many, and call ye on the name of your god, but, fire, shall ye not put.
rotherham@1Kings:18:26 @ So they took the bullock which was given them, and made ready, and called on the name of Baalfrom the morning even until the noon, saying O Baal! answer us. But them was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped about by the altar which had been made.
rotherham@1Kings:18:27 @ And it came to pass, at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said Cry with a loud voice, for, a god, he is, either he hath, a meditation, or an occasion to retire, or he hath, a journey, peradventure, he, sleepeth, and must be awaked.
rotherham@1Kings:18:28 @ And they cried, with a loud voice, and cut themselves, after their custom, with swords, and with lances, until the blood gushed out upon them.
rotherham@1Kings:18:29 @ And so it was, when noon was passed, that although they prophesied until the offering up of the evening gift, yet was there no voice nor any that answered, nor any that hearkened.
rotherham@1Kings:18:30 @ Then said Elijah unto all the people: Draw near unto, me. And all the people drew near unto, him. Then repaired he the broken-down altar of Yahweh; yea Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob,
rotherham@1Kings:18:31 @ unto whom the word of Yahweh came, saying Israel, shall be thy name;
rotherham@1Kings:18:32 @ and built, with the stones, an altar, in the name of Yahweh, and he made a trench, as large as would contain two measures of seed, round about the altar;
rotherham@1Kings:18:33 @ and he put in order the wood, and cut in pieces the bullock, and laid upon the wood. Then said he Fill four pitchers with water, and pour out upon the ascending-sacrifice, and upon the wood. And they did so.
rotherham@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.
rotherham@1Kings:18:35 @ And the water ran round about the altar, moreover also, the trench, filled he with water.
rotherham@1Kings:18:36 @ And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the gift, that Elijah the prophet drew near, and said, O Yahweh, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel! To-day, let it be known That, thou, art God in Israel, and that, I, am thy servant, and that, by thy word, have I done all these things.
rotherham@1Kings:18:37 @ Answer me, O Yahweh! answer me, That this people may know, that, thou Yahweh, art GOD, so shalt, thou thyself, have turned their heart back again.
rotherham@1Kings:18:38 @ Then fell fire from Yahweh, and consumed the ascending-sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, even the water that was in the trench, it licked up.
rotherham@1Kings:18:39 @ And, when all the people saw it, they fell upon their faces, and said, Yahweh, he, is GOD, Yahweh, he, is GOD.
rotherham@1Kings:18:40 @ And Elijah said unto them Seize ye the prophets of Baallet not, a man, of them escape. So they seized them. And Elijah took them down unto the ravine of Kishon, and slaughtered them there.
rotherham@1Kings:18:41 @ Then said Elijah unto Ahab, Go up, eat and drink, for there is a sound of a downpour of rain.
rotherham@1Kings:18:42 @ So Ahab went up, to eat and to drink, but, Elijah, went up to the top of Carmel, and bowed himself to the earth, and put his face between his knees.
rotherham@1Kings:18:43 @ Then said he unto his young man Go up, I pray thee, and look about in the direction of the sea. So he went up, and looked about, and said There is, nothing whatever. Then said he Go again, seven times.
rotherham@1Kings:18:44 @ And it came to pass, at the seventh time, that he said, Lo! a little cloud, like a mans hand coming up from the sea. Then he said Go up, say unto Ahab Harness, and get thee down, lest the rain shut thee in.
rotherham@1Kings:18:45 @ And it came to pass, meanwhile, that, the heavens, had enshrouded themselves with clouds and wind, and there came a great rain, and Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel;
rotherham@1Kings:18:46 @ but, the hand of Yahweh, came upon Elijah, so he girded his loins, and ran before Ahab, until thou enterest Jezreel.
rotherham@1Kings:19:1 @ 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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