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So Obadiah went to meete Ahab ,
and tolde him :
And Ahab went to meete Eliiah .
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And when Ahab saw Eliiah ,
Ahab said vnto him ,
Art thou he that troubleth Israel ?
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And he answered ,
I have not troubled Israel ;
but (
note :)
The true ministers of God should not only not permit falsehoods ,
but should boldly reprove the wicked slanderers without respect of persons .(:
note )
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 vnto mount Carmel ,
and the prophets of Baal foure hundreth and fiftie ,
and the prophets of the groues foure hundreth ,
which eate at Iezebels table .
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So Ahab sent vnto all the children of Israel ,
and gathered the prophets together vnto mount Carmel .
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And Elijah came unto all the people ,
and said ,
How long (
note :)
Be consistent in religion and do not be indifferent ,
whether you follow God or Baal ,
or whether you serve God wholly or in part , (
Zep_1
:5 ).(:
note )
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 Eliiah vnto the people ,
I onely remayne a Prophet of the Lorde :
but Baals prophets are foure hundreth and fiftie men .
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Let them therefore giue vs two bullockes ,
and let them chuse the one , &
amp ;
cut him in pieces ,
and lay him on the wood ,
but put no fire vnder ,
and I will prepare the other bullocke ,
and lay him on the wood ,
and will put no fire vnder .
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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 (
note :)
By sending down fire from heaven to burn the sacrifice .(:
note )
by fire ,
let him be God .
And all the people answered and said ,
It is well spoken .
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And Eliiah said vnto the prophets of Baal ,
Chuse you a bullocke ,
and prepare him first , (
for ye are many )
and call on the name of your gods ,
but put no fire vnder .
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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 (
note :)
As men possessed by some strange spirit .(:
note )
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 (
note :)
He mocks their beastly madness ,
who think that by any instance or suit ,
the dead and vile idols can help their worshippers in their necessity .(:
note )
awaked .
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And they cryed loude ,
and cut them selues as their maner was ,
with kniues and launcers ,
till the blood gushed out vpon them .
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And when midday was passed , &
amp ;
they had prophecied vntil the offring of the euening sacrifice ,
there was neither voyce ,
nor one to answere ,
nor any that regarded .
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And Eliiah said vnto all the people ,
Come to me ;
all the people came to him ;
he repayred the altar of the Lorde that was broken downe .
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And Eliiah tooke twelue stones ,
according to the nomber of the tribes of the sonnes of Iaakob , (
vnto whome the worde of the Lord came ,
saying ,
Israel shalbe thy name )
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And with the stones he buylt an altar in the Name of the Lorde :
and he made a ditch round about the altar ,
as great as woulde conteine two measures of seede .
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And he put the wood in order ,
and hewed the bullocke in pieces , &
amp ;
layd him on the wood ,
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And said ,
Fill foure barrels with water ,
and powre it on the burnt offring and on the wood .
Againe he said ,
Doe so againe ;
they did so the second time ;
he sayde ,
Doe it the third time ;
they did it the third time .
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And the water ran round about the altar ;
and he (
note :)
By this he declared the excellent power of God ,
who contrary to nature could make the fire burn even in the water ,
so that they should have no opportunity to doubt that he is the only God .(:
note )
filled the trench also with water .
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And when they should offer the euening sacrifice ,
Eliiah the Prophet came ,
and sayd ,
Lord God of Abraham ,
Izhak and of Israel ,
let it be knowen this day ,
that thou art the God of Israel ,
and that I am thy seruant ,
and that I haue done all these things at thy commandement .
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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 (
note :)
Though God permits his to run in blindness and error for a time ,
yet eventually he calls them home to him by some notorious sign and work .(:
note )
again .
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Then the fire of the Lord fell ,
and consumed the burnt offring ,
and the wood ,
and the stones ,
and the dust ,
and licked vp the water that was in the ditche .
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And when all the people sawe it ,
they fell on their faces ,
and saide ,
The Lord is God ,
the Lord is God .
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And Elijah said unto them ,
Take the prophets of Baal ;
let not (
note :)
He commanded them that as they were truly persuaded to confess the only God :
so they should serve him with all their power ,
and destroy the idolaters his enemies .(:
note )
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 Eliiah sayde vnto Ahab ,
Get thee vp ,
eate and drinke ,
for there is a sound of much rayne .
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So Ahab went vp to eate and to drinke ,
and Eliiah went vp to the top of Carmel :
and he crouched vnto the earth , &
amp ;
put his face betweene 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 (
note :)
As God '
s spirit moved him to pray ,
so was he strengthened by the same that he did not faint ,
but continued still till he had obtained .(:
note )
seven times .
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And at the seuenth time he sayd ,
Behold ,
there ariseth a litle cloude out of the sea like a mans hand .
Then he sayd ,
Vp ,
and say vnto Ahab ,
Make readie thy charet ,
and get thee downe ,
that the raine stay thee not .
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And in the meane while the heauen was blacke with cloudes and winde ,
and there was a great rayne .
Then Ahab went vp and came to Izreel .
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And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah ;
and he girded up his loins ,
and ran (
note :)
He was so strengthened by God '
s spirit that he ran faster than the chariot was able to run .(:
note )
before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel .