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<span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab.</p><p class="scripture">The famine was severe in Samaria.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Ahab called for Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Obadiah was a man who greatly feared the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and took a hundred prophets and hid them, fifty men to a cave, and provided them with food and water when Jezebel<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> slaughtered the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>&#8217;s prophets.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Ahab said to Obadiah, &#8220;Go throughout the land to every spring and to every wadi. Perhaps we&#8217;ll find grass so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to destroy any cattle.&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They divided the land between them in order to cover it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>While Obadiah was walking along the road, Elijah suddenly met him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, &#8220;Is it you, my lord Elijah? &#8221;</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>&#8220;It is I,&#8221; he replied. &#8220;Go tell your lord, &#8216;Elijah is here! &#8217; &#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.18.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But Obadiah said, &#8220;What sin have I committed,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death? <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>As the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, &#8216;He is not here,&#8217; he made that kingdom or nation swear they had not found you.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>&#8220;Now you say, &#8216;Go tell your lord, &#8220;Elijah is here! &#8221; &#8217; <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But when I leave you, the Spirit of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> may carry you off<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to some place I don&#8217;t know. Then when I go report to Ahab and he doesn&#8217;t find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> from my youth. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Wasn&#8217;t it reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>&#8217;s prophets? I hid a hundred of the prophets of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, fifty men to a cave, and I provided them with food and water. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Now you say, &#8216;Go tell your lord, &#8220;Elijah is here! &#8221; &#8217; He will kill me! &#8221;</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then Elijah said, &#8220;As the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> of Armies lives,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> in whose presence I stand, today I will present myself to Ahab.&#8221;</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him. Then Ahab went to meet Elijah. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, &#8220;Is that you, the one ruining Israel? &#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He replied, &#8220;I have not ruined Israel, but you and your father&#8217;s family have, because you have abandoned the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>&#8217;s commands<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and followed the Baals.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.18.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Now summon all Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.19.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> who eat at Jezebel&#8217;s table.&#8221;</p><h3 class="head1">Elijah at Mount Carmel</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and gathered the prophets at Mount Carmel. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then Elijah approached all the people and said, &#8220;How long will you waver between two opinions?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.18.21.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> If the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> is God, follow him. But if Baal, follow him.&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.21.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> But the people didn&#8217;t answer him a word.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then Elijah said to the people, &#8220;I am the only remaining prophet of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> but Baal&#8217;s prophets are 450 men. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Let two bulls be given to us. They are to choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and place it on the wood but not light the fire. I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood but not light the fire. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> The God who answers with fire, he is God.&#8221;</p><p class="scripture">All the people answered, &#8220;That&#8217;s fine.&#8221;</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, &#8220;Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god but don&#8217;t light the fire.&#8221;</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>So they took the bull that he gave them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, &#8220;Baal, answer us! &#8221; But there was no sound;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> no one answered. Then they danced<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.18.26.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> around the altar they had made.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>At noon Elijah mocked them. He said, &#8220;Shout loudly, for he&#8217;s a god! Maybe he&#8217;s thinking it over; maybe he has wandered away;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.18.27.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> or maybe he&#8217;s on the road. Perhaps he&#8217;s sleeping and will wake up! &#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.27.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>They shouted loudly, and cut themselves<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.28.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>All afternoon they kept on raving until the offering of the evening sacrifice,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.29.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> but there was no sound; no one answered, no one paid attention.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.29.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then Elijah said to all the people, &#8220;Come near me.&#8221; So all the people approached him. Then he repaired the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>&#8217;s altar that had been torn down:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.30.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.31" /> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Elijah took twelve stones&#8239;&#8212;&#8239;according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> had come, saying, &#8220;Israel will be your name&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.31.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a>&#8239;&#8212;&#8239; <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.32" /> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>and he built an altar<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.32.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> with the stones in the name of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>. Then he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold about four gallons.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.18.32.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.18.32.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.33" /> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood. He said, &#8220;Fill four water pots with water and pour it on the offering to be burned and on the wood.&#8221; <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.34" /> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Then he said, &#8220;A second time! &#8221; and they did it a second time. And then he said, &#8220;A third time! &#8221; and they did it a third time. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.35" /> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>So the water ran all around the altar; he even filled the trench with water.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.36" /> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>At the time for offering the evening sacrifice,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.36.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> the prophet Elijah approached the altar and said, &#8220;L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.36.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> today let it be known<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.36.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> that you are God in Israel and I am your servant, and that at your word I have done all these things. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.37" /> <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Answer me, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>! Answer me so that this people will know that you, the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, are God<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.37.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and that you have turned their hearts back.&#8221;</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.38" /> <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Then the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>&#8217;s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.39" /> <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>When all the people saw it, they fell facedown<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.39.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and said, &#8220;The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, he is God! The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, he is God! &#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.39.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.40" /> <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Then Elijah ordered them, &#8220;Seize the prophets of Baal!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.40.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Do not let even one of them escape.&#8221; So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.40.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> and slaughtered them there.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.40.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.41" /> <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Elijah said to Ahab, &#8220;Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a rainstorm.&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.41.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.42" /> <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>So Ahab went to eat and drink, but Elijah went up to the summit of Carmel.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.42.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> He bent down on the ground and put his face between his knees.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.42.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.43" /> <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Then he said to his servant, &#8220;Go up and look toward the sea.&#8221;</p><p class="scripture">So he went up, looked, and said, &#8220;There&#8217;s nothing.&#8221;</p><p class="scripture">Seven times Elijah said, &#8220;Go back.&#8221;</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.44" /> <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>On the seventh<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.44.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> time, he reported, &#8220;There&#8217;s a cloud as small as a man&#8217;s hand coming up from the sea.&#8221;</p><p class="scripture">Then Elijah said, &#8220;Go and tell Ahab, &#8216;Get your chariot ready and go down so the rain doesn&#8217;t stop you.&#8217; &#8221;</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.45" /> <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>In a little while, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and there was a downpour. So Ahab got in his chariot and went to Jezreel.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.45.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.18.46" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>The power of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.46.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> was on Elijah, and he tucked his mantle under his belt<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.18.46.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.</p><br /><section id="footnotes-1_Kings.18" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.1_Kings.18.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.8">18:8</a></span> The Hb words translated <span class="italic">&#8216;Elijah is here&#8217;</span> also mean <span class="italic">&#8216;Look, my God is the Lord&#8217;</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Kings.18.21.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.21">18:21</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">you hobble on two crutches?</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Kings.18.26.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.26">18:26</a></span> Or <span class="italic">hobbled</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Kings.18.27.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.27">18:27</a></span> Or <span class="italic">has turned aside</span> ; possibly to relieve himself</aside><aside id="fn.1_Kings.18.32.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.32">18:32</a></span> LXX reads <span class="italic">trench containing two measures of seed</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Kings.18.32.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.32">18:32</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">altar corresponding to a house of two seahs of seed</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-1_Kings.18" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.1">18:1</a></span> 1Kg 17:8</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.1">18:1</a></span> 1Kg 17:1; Jms 5:17</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.1.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.1">18:1</a></span> 1Kg 16:29&#8211;33</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.2">18:2</a></span> 1Kg 16:24,29</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.3">18:3</a></span> 1Kg 16:9</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.3">18:3</a></span> Neh 7:2; Pr 3:5&#8211;6</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.4">18:4</a></span> 1Kg 16:31; Rv 2:20</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.4">18:4</a></span> 1Kg 18:13</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.5">18:5</a></span> Gn 47:4</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.7">18:7</a></span> 2Kg 1:6&#8211;8</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.9">18:9</a></span> 1Kg 17:18</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.12">18:12</a></span> 2Kg 2:16; Ac 8:39</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.15">18:15</a></span> 1Kg 17:1</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.17">18:17</a></span> Jos 7:25; 1Kg 21:20</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.18">18:18</a></span> 1Kg 9:9; 16:25&#8211;26</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.18.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.18">18:18</a></span> 1Kg 16:31&#8211;32</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.19">18:19</a></span> Jos 19:26; 2Kg 2:25</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.19.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.19">18:19</a></span> 1Kg 16:33; 22:6</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.21">18:21</a></span> 2Kg 17:41</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.21.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.21">18:21</a></span> Jos 24:15; Mt 6:24</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.22">18:22</a></span> 1Kg 19:10,14</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.24">18:24</a></span> Gn 4:26; Rm 10:13</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.26">18:26</a></span> Jr 10:5; 1Co 8:4</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.27.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.27">18:27</a></span> Hab 2:19</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.28.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.28">18:28</a></span> Lv 19:28; Dt 14:1</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.29.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.29">18:29</a></span> Ex 29:39,41</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.29.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.29">18:29</a></span> 1Sm 4:20; 2Kg 19:16; Ps 115:4&#8211;8; Is 16:12</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.30.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.30">18:30</a></span> 1Kg 19:10</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.31.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.31">18:31</a></span> Gn 32:28; 35:10; 2Kg 17:34</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.32.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.32">18:32</a></span> Gn 12:7,8; 22:9</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.36.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.36">18:36</a></span> 1Kg 18:29</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.36.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.36">18:36</a></span> Ex 3:6; 4:5</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.36.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.36">18:36</a></span> Nm 16:28</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.37.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.37">18:37</a></span> Jos 4:24; Jn 11:42</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.39.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.39">18:39</a></span> Lv 9:24; Mt 17:6</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.39.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.39">18:39</a></span> 1Kg 18:21,24</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.40.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.40">18:40</a></span> 1Kg 18:19,22</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.40.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.40">18:40</a></span> Jdg 4:7; 5:21</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.40.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.40">18:40</a></span> Dt 13:5; 2Kg 10:24&#8211;25</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.41.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.41">18:41</a></span> 1Kg 17:1; 18:1</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.42.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.42">18:42</a></span> 1Kg 18:19</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.42.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.42">18:42</a></span> 1Sm 12:17; Jms 5:18</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.44.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.44">18:44</a></span> Jos 6:15; Lk 12:54</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.45.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.45">18:45</a></span> Jos 17:16; Jdg 6:33</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.46.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.46">18:46</a></span> 2Kg 3:15</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.18.46.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.18.46">18:46</a></span> Ex 12:11; 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