1Kings:18:16-46
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And Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him :
and Ahab went to meet Elijah .
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And it happened when Ahab saw Elijah ,
that Ahab said to him ,
Are you he ,
the disturber of Israel ?
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And he answered ,
I have not disturbed Israel ,
but you and the house of your father ,
in that you have forsaken the commands of Jehovah ,
and you have gone after the Baals .
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And now send ,
gather all Israel to me ,
to Mount Carmel and four hundred and fifty of the prophets of Baal ,
and four hundred of the prophets of Asherah ,
who eat at the table of Jezebel .
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And Ahab sent among all the sons of Israel and gathered the prophets to Mount Carmel .
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And Elijah came near all the people and said ,
Until when are you limping over two opinions ?
If Jehovah is God ,
follow Him ;
and if Baal ,
follow him .
But the people did not answer him a word .
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Then Elijah said to the people ,
I ,
I alone ,
remain a prophet of Jehovah ;
but the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men .
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Then let them give us two bullocks ;
and let them choose one bullock for themselves ,
and cut it in pieces ,
and place it on the wood ,
and place no fire .
And I ,
I will prepare the other bullock and will put it on the wood ,
and I will not place fire .
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And you shall call on the name of your god ;
and I ,
I will call on the name of Jehovah ;
and it shall be ,
the god who answers by fire ,
he is the God .
And all the people answered and said ,
The word is good .
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And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal ,
Choose the one bullock for yourself ,
and prepare first ,
for you are many ;
and you call on the name of your god ,
but place no fire .
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And they took the bullock that was given to them ,
and prepared ,
and called on the name of Baal from the morning even until noon ,
saying ,
O Baal ,
answer us !
And there was no sound ,
and no one was answering ;
and they leaped about the altar that one had made .
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And it happened at noon ,
that Elijah taunted them and said ,
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 and must be awakened .
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And they called with a loud voice ,
and cut themselves ,
according to their way ,
with swords and with spears until blood gushed out on them .
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And it happened as noon passed by ,
that they prophesied madly until the offering up of the offering ;
and no sound came ,
and no one was answering ,
and no one was paying attention .
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And Elijah said to all the people ,
Come near to me .
And all the people came near to him ;
and he healed the altar of Jehovah that had been broken down .
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And Elijah took twelve stones ,
according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob ,
to whom the word of Jehovah came ,
saying ,
Israel shall be your name .
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And he built an altar with the stones in the name of Jehovah ,
and made a trench around the altar large as two seahs of seed in space .
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And he arranged the wood ,
and cut the bullock in pieces ,
and placed it on the wood ,
and said ,
Fill four water jars of water and pour on the burnt offering and on the wood .
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And he said ,
Do it a second time ;
and they did it a second time ;
and he said ,
Do it a third time ;
and they did it a third time .
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And the water went around the altar ,
and also he filled the trench with water .
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And it happened at the offering of the sacrifice ,
that Elijah the prophet came near and said ,
O Jehovah ,
the God of Abraham ,
Isaac ,
and Israel ,
let it be known today that you are God in Israel ,
and I Your servant ,
that by Your word I have done all these things .
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Answer me ,
O Jehovah ,
answer me ;
and this people shall know that You are Jehovah God ;
and You shall turn their hearts back again .
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And fire fell from Jehovah and burned up the burnt offering ,
and the wood ,
and the stones ,
and the dust ,
and the water in the trench was licked up .
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And all the people saw ,
and fell on their faces ,
and said ,
Jehovah ,
He is the God ;
Jehovah ,
He is the God !
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And Elijah said to them ,
Seize the prophets of Baal ;
do not let a man of them escape .
And they caught them ,
and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon and killed them there .
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And Elijah said to Ahab ,
Go up ,
eat and drink ,
because of the sound of abundance of rain .
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And Ahab went up to eat ,
and to drink ;
and Elijah went up to the top of Carmel ,
and he stretched himself out on the earth ,
and he put his face between his knees ;
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and said to his young man ,
Now go up ,
look closely to the way of the sea .
And he went up and looked closely ,
and said ,
There is nothing ;
and he said ,
Go back seven times .
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And it happened at the seventh time ,
he said ,
Behold ,
a little cloud like the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea .
And he said ,
Go up and say to Ahab ,
Bind up and go down ,
that the rain may not stop you .
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And until this and this ,
it happened that the heavens became black with thick clouds and wind ,
and the rain was heavy ;
and Ahab rode and went to Jezreel ;
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and the hand of Jehovah was on Elijah ,
and he girded up his loins and ran before Ahab until you enter Jezreel .
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