jub 1Kings:18:17-40
jub@1Kings:18:17 @ And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, [Art] thou he that troubles Israel?
jub@1Kings:18:18 @ And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
jub@1Kings:18:19 @ Now therefore send [and] gather to me all Israel unto Mount Carmel, and the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of the groves, who eat at Jezebel's table.
jub@1Kings:18:20 @ Then Ahab sent unto all the sons of Israel and gathered the prophets together unto Mount Carmel.
jub@1Kings:18:21 @ And Elijah came near unto all the people and said, How long shall ye halt between two opinions? If the LORD [is] God, follow him; but if Baal, [then] follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.
jub@1Kings:18:22 @ Then Elijah spoke again unto the people, I, [even] I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets [are] four hundred and fifty men.
jub@1Kings:18:23 @ Give us, therefore, two bullocks, and let them choose one bullock for themselves and cut it in pieces and lay [it] on wood and put no fire [under it]; and I will dress the other bullock and lay [it] on wood and put no fire [under it].
jub@1Kings:18:24 @ And invoke ye in the name of your gods, and I will invoke in the name of the LORD; and it shall be that the God that answers by fire is God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
jub@1Kings:18:25 @ So Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves and dress [it] first, for ye [are] many, and invoke in the name of your gods, but put no fire [under it].
jub@1Kings:18:26 @ And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed [it] and invoked in the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, answer us. But [there was] no voice nor anyone that answered. And they jumped up and down near the altar which they had made.
jub@1Kings:18:27 @ And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them and said, Cry aloud, for he [is] a god; peradventure he is talking or he had to go to the latrine, or he is on a journey, [or] he sleeps and will awake.
jub@1Kings:18:28 @ And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets until the blood gushed out upon them.
jub@1Kings:18:29 @ And when midday was past, [even] so they prophesied until the [time] of the offering of the [evening] sacrifice, and [there was] neither voice nor anyone that answered nor anyone that heard.
jub@1Kings:18:30 @ Then Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD [that was] broken down.
jub@1Kings:18:31 @ And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name;
jub@1Kings:18:32 @ and with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD; then he made a trench round about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
jub@1Kings:18:33 @ And he put the wood in order and cut the bullock in pieces and laid [it] on the wood and said, Fill four pitchers with water and pour [it] on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood.
jub@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.
jub@1Kings:18:35 @ So that the water ran round about the altar, and he had filled the trench also with water.
jub@1Kings:18:36 @ And it came to pass at [the time of] the offering of the [evening] sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, LORD God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou [art] God in Israel and [that I am] thy servant and [that] I have done all these things at thy word.
jub@1Kings:18:37 @ Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people may know that thou [art] the LORD God and [that] thou shalt convert their heart back again [to thee].
jub@1Kings:18:38 @ Then fire of the LORD fell, which consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust and licked up the water that [was] in the trench.
jub@1Kings:18:39 @ And seeing it, all the people fell on their faces, and they said, The LORD, he [is] the God; the LORD, he [is] the God.
jub@1Kings:18:40 @ And Elijah said unto them, Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they seized them; and Elijah took them down to the brook Kishon and slew them there.
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