1Kings:18:16-46
bes@1Kings:18:16 @ And Abdiu went to meet Achaab, and told him: and Achaab (note:)Gr. ran forth(:note) hasted forth, and went to meet Eliu.
bes@1Kings:18:17 @ And it came to pass when Achaab saw Eliu, that Achaab said to Eliu, Art thou he that perverts Israel?
bes@1Kings:18:18 @ And Eliu said, I do not pervert Israel; but it is thou and thy father’s house, in that ye forsake the Lord your God, and thou hast gone after Baalim.
bes@1Kings:18:19 @ And now send, gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and the prophets of (note:)Hebrews. Baal; See Jer strkjv@11:13; Ho strkjv@9:10(:note) shame four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, that eat at Jezabel’s table.
bes@1Kings:18:20 @ And Achaab sent to all Israel, and gathered all the prophets to mount Carmel.
bes@1Kings:18:21 @ And Eliu drew near to them all: and Eliu said to them, How long wilt ye halt on both (note:)Gr. the hams, from gonu, the knee(:note) feet? if the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, follow him. And the people answered not a word.
bes@1Kings:18:22 @ And Eliu said to the people, I am left, the (note:)Or, quite alone(:note) only one prophet of the Lord; and the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men, and the prophets of the groves four hundred.
bes@1Kings:18:23 @ Let them give us two oxen, and let them choose one for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire on the wood: and I will dress the other bullock, and put on no fire.
bes@1Kings:18:24 @ And do ye call loudly on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord my God, and it shall come to pass that the God who shall answer by fire, he is God. And all the people answered and said, The word which thou hast spoken is good.
bes@1Kings:18:25 @ And Eliu said to the prophets of shame, Choose to yourselves one calf, and dress it first, for ye are many; and call ye on the name of your god; but apply no fire.
bes@1Kings:18:26 @ And they took the calf and drest it, and called on the name of Baal from morning till noon, and said, hear us, O Baal, hear us. And there was no voice, neither was there hearing, and they ran up and down on the alter which they had made.
bes@1Kings:18:27 @ And it was noon, and Eliu the Thesbite mocked them, and said, Call with a loud voice, for he is a god; for he is meditating, or else perhaps he is (note:)Or, preparing an answer(:note) engaged in business, or perhaps he is asleep, and Gr. will awake or arise is to be awaked.
bes@1Kings:18:28 @ And they cried with a loud voice, and cut themselves according to their custom with knives and lancets until the (note:)Gr. shedding of blood upon them(:note) blood gushed out upon them.
bes@1Kings:18:29 @ And they prophesied until the evening came; and it came to pass as it was the time of the (note:)Gr. sacrifice going up(:note) offering of the sacrifice, that Eliu the Thesbite spoke to the prophets of the abominations, saying, Stand by for the present, and I will offer my sacrifice. And they stood aside and departed.
bes@1Kings:18:30 @ And Eliu said to the people, Come near to me. And all the people came near to him.
bes@1Kings:18:31 @ And Eliu took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of Israel, as the Lord spoke to him, saying, Israel shall be thy name.
bes@1Kings:18:32 @ And he built up the stones in the name of the Lord, and (note:)Gr. healed(:note) repaired the altar that had been broken down; and he made a Gr. sea trench that would hold two measures of seed round about the altar.
bes@1Kings:18:33 @ And he piled the cleft wood on the altar which he had made, and divided the whole-burnt-offering, and laid it on the wood, and laid it in order on the altar, and said, Fetch me four pitchers of water, and pour it on the whole-burnt-offering, and on the wood. And they did so.
bes@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.
bes@1Kings:18:35 @ And the water ran round about the altar, and they filled the trench with water.
bes@1Kings:18:36 @ And Eliu cried aloud to the heaven, and said, Lord God of Abraam, and Isaac, and Israel, (note:)Or, hearken unto me(:note) answer me, O Lord, answer me this day by fire, and let all this people know that thou art the Lord, the God of Israel, and I am thy servant, and for thy sake I have wrought these works.
bes@1Kings:18:37 @ Hear me, O Lord, hear me, and let this people know that thou art the Lord God, and thou hast turned back the heart of this people.
bes@1Kings:18:38 @ Then fire fell from the Lord out of heaven, and devoured the whole-burnt-offerings, and the wood and the water that was in the (note:)Gr. sea(:note) trench, and the fire licked up the stones and the earth.
bes@1Kings:18:39 @ And all the people fell upon their faces, and said, Truly the Lord is God; he is God.
bes@1Kings:18:40 @ And Eliu said to the people, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Eliu brings them down to the brook Kisson, and he slew them there.
bes@1Kings:18:41 @ And Eliu said to Achaab, Go up, and eat and drink, for there is a sound of the (note:)Gr. feet of rain(:note) coming of rain.
bes@1Kings:18:42 @ And Achaab went up to eat and to drink; and Eliu went up to Carmel, and stooped to the ground, and put his face between his knees,
bes@1Kings:18:43 @ and said to his servant, Go up, and look toward the sea. And the servant looked, and said, There is nothing: and Eliu said, Do thou then go again seven times.
bes@1Kings:18:44 @ And the servant went again seven times: and it came to pass at the seventh time, that, behold, a little cloud like the sole of a man’s foot (note:)Gr. bringing(:note) brought water; and he said, Go up, and say to Achaab, make ready thy chariot, and go down, lest the rain overtake thee.
bes@1Kings:18:45 @ And it came to pass in the meanwhile, that the heaven grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Achaab wept, and went to Jezrael.
bes@1Kings:18:46 @ And the hand of the Lord was upon Eliu, and he girt up his loins, and ran before Achaab to Jezrael.
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