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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 to him ,
Is it you ,
you troubler of Israel ?
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And he answered ,
I haven '
t troubled Israel ;
but you ,
and your father '
s house ,
in that you (
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have forsaken the commandments of Yahweh ,
and you have followed the Baalim .
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Now therefore send ,
and gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel ,
and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty ,
and the prophets of the Asherah four hundred ,
that eat at Jezebel '
s table .
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So Ahab sent to all the sons of Israel ,
and gathered the prophets together to mount Carmel .
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And Elijah came near to all the people ,
and said ,
How long do you (
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go limping between the two sides ?
If Yahweh is God ,
follow him ;
but if Baal ,
then follow him .
And the people answered him not a word .
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Then Elijah said to the people ,
I ,
even I only ,
am left a prophet of Yahweh ;
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 bull for themselves ,
and cut it in pieces ,
and lay it on the wood ,
and put no fire under ;
and I will dress the other bull ,
and lay it on the wood ,
and put no fire under .
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And you (
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call on the name of your {+}
god ,
and I will call on the name of Yahweh ;
and the God who answers by fire ,
let him be God .
And all the people answered and said ,
It is well spoken .
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And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal ,
Choose (
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one bull for yourselves ,
and dress it first ;
for you {+}
are many ;
and call on the name of your {+}
god ,
but put no fire under .
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And they took the bull which was given to 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 who answered .
And they leaped about 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 musing ,
or he has gone aside ,
or he is on a journey ,
or perhaps he sleeps and must be awakened .
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And they cried aloud ,
and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances ,
until the blood gushed out on them .
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And it was so ,
when midday was past ,
that they prophesied until the time of the offering of the [
evening ]
oblation ;
but there was neither voice ,
nor any to answer ,
nor any who regarded .
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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 repaired the altar of Yahweh that was thrown 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 Yahweh came ,
saying ,
Israel will be your name .
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And with the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh ;
and he made a trench about the altar ,
as great as would contain two seahs of seed .
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And he put the wood in order ,
and cut the bull in pieces ,
and laid it on the wood .
And he said ,
Fill four jars with water ,
and pour it on the burnt-offering ,
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 ]
oblation ,
that Elijah the prophet came near ,
and said ,
O Yahweh ,
the God of Abraham ,
of Isaac ,
and of Israel ,
let it be known this day that you are God in Israel ,
and that I am your slave ,
and that I have done all these things at your word .
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Hear me ,
O Yahweh ,
hear me ,
that this people may know that you ,
Yahweh ,
are God ,
and [
that ]
you have turned their heart back again .
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Then the fire of Yahweh fell ,
and consumed the burnt-offering ,
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 ,
Yahweh ,
he is God ;
Yahweh ,
he is God .
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And Elijah said to them ,
Take the prophets of Baal ;
don '
t let 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 to Ahab ,
Go up ,
eat and drink ;
for there is the 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 bowed himself down on the earth ,
and put his face between his knees .
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And he said to his attendant ,
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 ,
Look ,
there rises a cloud out of the sea ,
as small as a man '
s hand .
And he said ,
Go up ,
say to Ahab ,
Make ready [
your chariot ],
and go down ,
that the rain doesn '
t stop you .
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And it came to pass in a little while ,
that the heavens grew 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 Yahweh was on Elijah ;
and he girded up his loins ,
and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel .