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And it came to pass after many days, that the word of YHWH came to Elijah, in the
third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
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And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And the famine was sore in Samaria.
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And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared YHWH greatly:
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for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of YHWH, that Obadiah took a hundred
prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
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And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the fountains of water, and
to all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive,
that we lose not all the beasts.
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So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by
himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
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And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on
his face, and said, Is it you, my lord Elijah?
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And he answered him, It is I: go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
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And he said, Wherein have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand
of Ahab, to slay me?
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As YHWH your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent
to seek you: and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and
nation, that they found you not.
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And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
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And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of YHWH will
carry you where I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you,
he will slay me: but I your servant fear YHWH from my youth.
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Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of YHWH, how I hid
a hundred men of YHWH`s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
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And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]; and he will slay me.
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And Elijah said, As YHWH of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself
to him to-day.
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So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
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And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it you, you troubler
of Israel?
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And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but you, and your father`s house, in
that you have forsaken the commandments of YHWH, and you have followed the Baalim.
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Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and the prophets
of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the Asherah four hundred, that
eat at Jezebel`s table.
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So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to
mount Carmel.
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And Elijah came near to all the people, and said, How long go you limping between
the two sides? if YHWH be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people
answered him not a word.
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Then said Elijah to the people, I, even I only, am left a prophet of YHWH; but Baal`s
prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
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Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves,
and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress
the other bullock, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under.
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And call you on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of YHWH; and the
God that answers by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It
is well spoken.
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And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and
dress it first; for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire
under.
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And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on
the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there
was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped about the altar which was made.
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And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he
is a god: either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is on a journey, or peradventure
he sleeps and must be awaked.
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And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances,
till the blood gushed out upon them.
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And it was so, when midday was past, that they prophesied until the time of the offering
of the [evening] oblation; but there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any
that regarded.
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And Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me; and all the people came near to
him. And he repaired the altar of YHWH that was thrown down.
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And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of
Jacob, to whom the word of YHWH came, saying, Israel shall be your name.
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And with the stones he built an altar in the name of YHWH; and he made a trench about
the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
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And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood.
And he said, Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on
the wood.
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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.
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And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
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And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the [evening] oblation, that Elijah
the prophet came near, and said, O YHWH, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel,
let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and
that I have done all these things at your word.
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Hear me, O YHWH, hear me, that this people may know that you, YHWH, art God, and [that]
you have turned their heart back again.
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Then the fire of YHWH 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.
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And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, YHWH, he
is God; YHWH, he is God.
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and Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And
they took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
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And Elijah said to Ahab, Get you up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance
of rain.
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So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and
he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees.
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And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked,
and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
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And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there arises a cloud
out of the sea, as small as a man`s hand. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Make ready
[your chariot], and get you down, that the rain stop you not.
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And it came to pass in a little while, that the heavens grew black with clouds and
wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel:
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and the hand of YHWH was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab
to the entrance of Jezreel.