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Now the famine <i>was</i> severe in Samaria. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And Ahab called Obadiah who <i>was</i> over the household. (Now Obadiah <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>feared Yahweh greatly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And it happened that when Jezebel was cutting down the prophets of Yahweh, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water.) <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys; perhaps we will find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to cut down some of the cattle.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So they divided the land between them to pass through it; Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went another way by himself. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now it happened that as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>met him, and he recognized him and fell on his face and said, “Is this you, Elijah my master?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And he said to him, “It is I. Go, say to your master, ‘Behold, Elijah <i>is here</i>.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And he said, “What <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>sin have I committed, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab to put me to death? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent to search for you; and if they said, ‘He is not <i>here</i>,’ he made the kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And now you are saying, ‘Go, say to your master, “Behold, Elijah <i>is here</i>.”’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And it will be that <i>when</i> I leave you, the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you where I do not know; and I will come and tell Ahab, and he will not find you, and he will kill me, although <i>I</i> your servant have <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>feared Yahweh from my youth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Has it not been told to my master what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, that I hid <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>one hundred prophets of Yahweh by fifties in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So now you are saying, ‘Go, say to your master, “Behold, Elijah <i>is here</i>”’; he will then kill me.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Elijah said, “As Yahweh of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Now it happened when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, “Is this you, you troubler of Israel?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And he said, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house <i>have</i>, because you have forsaken the commandments of Yahweh and you have followed the Baals. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So now then send <i>and</i> gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, <i>together</i> with 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.” <p class="hdg">Yahweh or Baal on Mount Carmel</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So Ahab sent <i>a message</i> among all the sons of Israel and gathered the prophets together at Mount Carmel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And Elijah came near to all the people and said, “How long <i>will</i> you be limping between two opinions? If Yahweh is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people did not answer him a word. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then Elijah said to the people, “I alone am left a prophet of Yahweh, but Baal’s prophets are 450 men. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Now let them give us two oxen; and let them choose one ox for themselves and cut it up, and place it on the wood, but place no fire <i>under it</i>; and I will prepare the other ox and put it on the wood, and I will not place fire <i>under it</i>. <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 Yahweh, and the God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered and said, “<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>That is a good word.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one ox for yourselves and prepare it first for you are many, and call on the name of your god, but place no fire <i>under it</i>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then they took the ox which <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>was given them and they prepared it and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon saying, “O Baal, answer us.” But there was no voice and no one answered. And they <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>limped about the altar which <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>they had made. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Now it happened at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or relieving himself, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So they cried with a loud voice and gashed themselves according to their custom with swords and lances until the blood gushed out on them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Now it happened when noon had passed, that they prophesied until the time of the offering of the <i>evening</i> sacrifice; but there was no voice, no one answered, and no <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>one paid attention. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of Yahweh which had been pulled down. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then Elijah took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Yahweh had come, saying, “Israel shall be your name.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And with the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh, and he made a trench around the altar, large enough to hold two <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>seahs of seed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Then he arranged the wood and cut the ox in pieces and placed <i>it</i> on the wood. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And he said, “Fill four pitchers with water and pour <i>it</i> on the burnt offering and on the wood.” 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And the water flowed around the altar and he also filled the trench with water. <p class="hdg">Yahweh Answers, He Is God</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Now it happened at the time of the offering of the <i>evening</i> sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, today let it be known that You are God in Israel and that I am Your slave and I have done all these things at Your word. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Answer me, O Yahweh, answer me, that this people may know that You, O Yahweh, are God, and <i>that</i> You have turned their heart back again.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And all the people saw it and fell on their faces and said, “Yahweh, He is God; Yahweh, He is God.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Then Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape.” So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slaughtered them there. <p class="hdg">Yahweh Sends Rain</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Now Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of the tumult of rain.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he stretched himself down toward the ground and put his face between his knees. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>And he said to his young man, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” So he went up and looked and said, “There is nothing.” And he said, “Go back” seven times. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Now it happened at the seventh <i>time</i>, that he said, “Behold, a cloud as small as a man’s hand is coming up from the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Prepare <i>your chariot</i> and go down, so that the rain does not stop you.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Now it happened that in a little while the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/18-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>But the hand of Yahweh was on Elijah, and he girded up his loins and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>outran Ahab unto <i>where</i> you enter Jezreel.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i>reverenced</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>to meet</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>have I sinned</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Or <i>reverenced</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>a hundred men of the prophets</i><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Lit <i>The matter is good</i><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> Lit <i>he gave</i><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> A type of ceremonial dance<br><span class="fnverse">26</span> As in some mss and the ancient versions; M.T. <i>he</i><br><span class="fnverse">29</span> Lit <i>attentiveness</i><br><span class="fnverse">32</span> A seah was approx. 7 qt. or 7.7 l<br><span class="fnverse">44</span> Lit <i>Tie</i>, <i>Harness</i><br><span class="fnverse">46</span> Lit <i>ran before</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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