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(Now Obadiah feared the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> greatly. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For so it was, while Jezebel <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>massacred the prophets of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, that Obadiah had taken one hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty to a cave, and had fed them with bread and water.) </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And Ahab had said to Obadiah, “Go into the land to all the springs of water and to all the brooks; perhaps we may find grass to keep the horses and mules alive, so that we will not have to kill any livestock.” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So they divided the land between them to explore it; Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now as Obadiah was on his way, suddenly Elijah met him; and he recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “<i>Is</i> that you, my lord Elijah?”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And he answered him, “<i>It is</i> I. Go, tell your master, ‘Elijah <i>is here.</i>’ ”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So he said, “How have I sinned, that you are delivering your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me? </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><i>As</i> the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to hunt for you; and when they said, ‘<i>He is</i> not <i>here,</i>’ he took an oath from the kingdom or nation that they could not find you. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And now you say, ‘Go, tell your master, “Elijah <i>is here</i>” ’! </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And it shall come to pass, <i>as soon as</i> I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> will carry you to a place I do not know; so when I go and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me. But I your servant have feared the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> from my youth. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, how I hid one hundred men of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>’s prophets, fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water? </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And now you say, ‘Go, tell your master, “Elijah <i>is here.</i>” ’ He will kill me!”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then Elijah said, “<i>As</i> the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely present myself to him today.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/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.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, “<i>Is that</i> you, O troubler of Israel?”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house <i>have,</i> in that you have forsaken the commandments of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> and have followed the Baals. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Now therefore, send <i>and</i> gather all Israel to me on Mount Carmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>Asherah, who <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>eat at Jezebel’s table.”</span></p> <h3> Elijah’s Mount Carmel Victory</span></h3><p><span class="text 1Kgs-18-20"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together on Mount Carmel. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> <i>is</i> God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people answered him not a word. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then Elijah said to the people, “I alone am left a prophet of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>; but Baal’s prophets <i>are</i> four hundred and fifty men. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Therefore let them give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and lay <i>it</i> on the wood, but put no fire <i>under it;</i> and I will prepare the other bull, and lay <i>it</i> on the wood, but put no fire <i>under it.</i> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>; and the God who answers by fire, He is God.”</span></p><p><span class="text 1Kgs-18-24">So all the people answered and said, <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>“It is well spoken.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Now Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one bull for yourselves and prepare <i>it</i> first, for you <i>are</i> many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire <i>under it.</i>”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>So they took the bull which was given them, and they prepared <i>it,</i> and called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon, saying, “O Baal, <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>hear us!” But <i>there was</i> no voice; no one answered. Then they <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>leaped about the altar which they had made.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And so it was, at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Cry <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>aloud, for he <i>is</i> a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, <i>or</i> perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened.” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So they cried aloud, and cut themselves, as was their custom, with <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[i]</a></span>knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And when midday was past, they prophesied until the <i>time</i> of the offering of the <i>evening</i> sacrifice. But <i>there was</i> no voice; no one answered, no one paid attention.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/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 the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> <i>that was</i> broken down. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> had come, saying, “Israel shall be your name.” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Then with the stones he built an altar in the name of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>; and he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And he put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid <i>it</i> on the wood, and said, “Fill four waterpots with water, and pour <i>it</i> on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood.” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Then he said, “Do <i>it</i> a second time,” and they did <i>it</i> a second time; and he said, “Do <i>it</i> a third time,” and they did <i>it</i> a third time. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>So the water ran all around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And it came to pass, at <i>the time of</i> the offering of the <i>evening</i> sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, “<span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You <i>are</i> God in Israel and I <i>am</i> Your servant, and <i>that</i> I have done all these things at Your word. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Hear me, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, hear me, that this people may know that You <i>are</i> the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> God, and <i>that</i> You have turned their hearts back <i>to You</i> again.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Then the fire of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that <i>was</i> in the trench. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Now when all the people saw <i>it,</i> they fell on their faces; and they said, “The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, He <i>is</i> God! The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, He <i>is</i> God!”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>And 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 executed them there.</span></p> <h3> The Drought Ends</span></h3><p><span class="text 1Kgs-18-41"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for <i>there is</i> the sound of abundance of rain.” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>So Ahab went up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>and said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.”</span></p><p><span class="text 1Kgs-18-43">So he went up and looked, and said, “<i>There is</i> nothing.” And seven times he said, “Go again.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Then it came to pass the seventh <i>time,</i> that he said, “There is a cloud, as small as a man’s hand, rising out of the sea!” So he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[j]</a></span>‘Prepare <i>your chariot,</i> and go down before the rain stops you.’ ”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>Then the hand of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> came upon Elijah; and he girded<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[k]</a></span> up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.</span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-9345a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Kings 18:3">1 Kings 18:3</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>over the house</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9346b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Kings 18:4">1 Kings 18:4</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>cut off</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9361c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Kings 18:19">1 Kings 18:19</span> <span class='footnote-text'>A Canaanite goddess</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9361d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Kings 18:19">1 Kings 18:19</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Are provided for by Jezebel</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9366e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Kings 18:24">1 Kings 18:24</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>The word is good</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9368f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Kings 18:26">1 Kings 18:26</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>answer</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9368g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Kings 18:26">1 Kings 18:26</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>limped about, leaped in dancing around</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9369h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Kings 18:27">1 Kings 18:27</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>with a loud voice</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9370i"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Kings 18:28">1 Kings 18:28</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>swords</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9386j"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Kings 18:44">1 Kings 18:44</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>Bind</i> or <i>Harness</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9388k"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 1 Kings 18:46">1 Kings 18:46</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Tucked the skirts of his robe in his belt in preparation for quick travel</span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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