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Now the famine <i>was</i> severe in Samaria. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-3.htm" target="_top"><b>3</b></a></span>Ahab called Obadiah who <i>was</i> over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the L<font size="1">ORD</font> greatly; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>for when Jezebel destroyed the prophets of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-5.htm" target="_top"><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 kill some of the cattle. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>So they divided the land between them to survey it; Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went another way by himself.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>Now as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him, and he recognized him and fell on his face and said, Is this you, Elijah my master? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>He said to him, It is I. Go, say to your master, Behold, Elijah <i>is here.</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>He said, What 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="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>As the L<font size="1">ORD</font> your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent to search for you; and when 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="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-11.htm" target="_top"><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="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>It will come about when I leave you that the Spirit of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> will carry you where I do not know; so when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although <i>I</i> your servant have feared the L<font size="1">ORD</font> from my youth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>Has it not been told to my master what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, that I hid a hundred prophets of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>And 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="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>Elijah said, As the L<font size="1">ORD</font> of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, Is this you, you troubler of Israel? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>He said, I have not troubled Israel, but you and your fathers house <i>have,</i> because you have forsaken the commandments of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> and you have followed the Baals. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>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 Jezebels table.<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>God or Baal on Mount Carmel</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>      <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>So Ahab sent <i>a message</i> among all the sons of Israel and brought the prophets together at Mount Carmel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long <i>will</i> you hesitate between two opinions? If the L<font size="1">ORD</font> is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him. But the people did not answer him a word. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>Then Elijah said to the people, I alone am left a prophet of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, but Baals prophets are 450 men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-23.htm" target="_top"><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 put no fire <i>under it;</i> and I will prepare the other ox and lay it on the wood, and I will not put a fire <i>under it.</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, and the God who answers by fire, He is God. And all the people said, That is a good idea.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-25.htm" target="_top"><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 put no fire <i>under it.</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>Then they took the ox which 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 leaped about the altar which they made. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>So they cried with a loud voice and cut themselves according to their custom with swords and lances until the blood gushed out on them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>When midday was past, they raved until the time of the offering of the <i>evening</i> sacrifice; but there was no voice, no one answered, and no one paid attention.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-30.htm" target="_top"><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 L<font size="1">ORD</font> which had been torn down. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>Elijah took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> had come, saying, Israel shall be your name. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>So with the stones he built an altar in the name of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, and he made a trench around the altar, large enough to hold two measures of seed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>Then he arranged the wood and cut the ox in pieces and laid <i>it</i> on the wood. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-34.htm" target="_top"><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="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>The water flowed around the altar and he also filled the trench with water.<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>Elijahs Prayer</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>      <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>At the time of the offering of the <i>evening</i> sacrifice, Elijah the prophet came near and said, O L<font size="1">ORD</font>, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, today let it be known that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and I have done all these things at Your word. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-37.htm" target="_top"><b>37</b></a></span>Answer me, O L<font size="1">ORD</font>, answer me, that this people may know that You, O L<font size="1">ORD</font>, are God, and <i>that</i> You have turned their heart back again. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-38.htm" target="_top"><b>38</b></a></span>Then the fire of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> 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="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-39.htm" target="_top"><b>39</b></a></span>When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, The L<font size="1">ORD</font>, He is God; the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, He is God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-40.htm" target="_top"><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 slew them there.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-41.htm" target="_top"><b>41</b></a></span>Now Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of the roar of a <i>heavy</i> shower. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-42.htm" target="_top"><b>42</b></a></span>So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he crouched down on the earth and put his face between his knees. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-43.htm" target="_top"><b>43</b></a></span>He said to his servant, 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="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-44.htm" target="_top"><b>44</b></a></span>It came about at the seventh <i>time,</i> that he said, Behold, a cloud as small as a mans hand is coming up from the sea. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Prepare <i>your chariot</i> and go down, so that the <i>heavy</i> shower does not stop you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-45.htm" target="_top"><b>45</b></a></span>In a little while the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy shower. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-46.htm" target="_top"><b>46</b></a></span>Then the hand of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> was on Elijah, and he girded up his loins and outran Ahab to Jezreel.<p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">NASB 1995 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. 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