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he fed with bread and water, until the famine was ended. Then Elijah also, by the word of the Lord, anoints Elisha as a prophet; for he finds him plowing with twelve yoke of oxen. And immediately he sacrifices the oxen, and with the implements he kindles a fire, and having boiled them, gives them to the people to eat. And he himself went after Elijah, and ministered to him. Ahab, having captured the son of Hadad of Syria, released him with gifts. And a certain man from the sons of the prophets, named Micaiah, said to his neighbor in the word of the Lord, "Strike me." And he was not willing. And he said to him, "Because you did not listen to the voice of the Lord, behold, you are going away, and a lion will strike you;" which also happened. And he spoke to another, and he struck him, and he was wounded. And the prophet, having bound 1.178 his eyes with a bandage, as the king of Israel was passing by, he himself cried out, "Your servant went out to the army of the war, and a man brought a man to me, saying, 'Guard this man for me. If he escapes, your life will be for his life, or you will pay a talent of silver.' And it happened, as your servant was looking here and there, he was not there." And Ahab said, "Behold, you are a judge, and the snares are with me. You have murdered." And the prophet, hastening, took the bandage from his eyes, and it was known that he was one of the prophets, and he said, "Thus says the Lord: Because you have let go a man of destruction from my hand, behold, your life shall be for his life, and your people for his people." And Ahab went away sullen and weeping. There was a vineyard belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite beside the threshing floor of Ahab, which Ahab sought to take and give either another vineyard or its price. But he said, "Far be it from me to give to anyone my inheritance." But when Ahab was grieved, as Jezebel heard, she writes to the elders who were in the city to kill him under a pretext. And they falsely accuse him of having cursed the king, and they kill him, and Ahab inherits the vineyard. And Elijah comes to him, and says to him, 1.179 "Thus says the Lord: As you have murdered and have inherited, for this reason in the place where the swine and the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, there the dogs will lick your blood, and the prostitutes will wash in your blood; and the dogs will devour Jezebel in the rampart of Jezreel." which also happened. For having gone out with Jehoshaphat king of Judah to fight the king of Syria, he is shot in the liver, and returns to Samaria, and he dies; and they wash off his blood at the pool of Samaria, and the swine and the dogs licked up his blood. And a little below, the prostitutes washed in his blood. And Jezebel, having fallen from the wall, became food for the dogs, according to the word of the Lord.

Ahaziah son of Ahab rules Israel for two years. This one fell ill, and sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, if he would live from his illness. And behold, Elijah met them. And having turned back, they said to Ahaziah, "A hairy man met us, with a leather belt on his loins, and he said to us, 'Turn back to the one who sent you, and say to him: Thus says the Lord: Because there is no god in Israel, you are going to inquire of Baal. Not so. The bed on which you have gone up, you will not come down from it.'" And he said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite." And he sent a captain of fifty and his fifty men. And Elijah was on the top of the mountain. And the captain of fifty said to him, "Man 1.180 of God, the king calls you; come down." To whom Elijah said, "If I am a man of God, fire will come down from heaven, and will consume you and your fifty." And fire came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. So it happened also to the second group. But the third captain of fifty, having come, falling upon the ground, prayed and said, "Man of God, let my life now be precious

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ἄρτῳ καὶ ὕδατι ἔθρεψεν, ἕως ἐλύθη ὁ λιμός. τότε καὶ Ἠλίας ἐν λόγῳ κυρίου χρίει Ἐλισαιὲ εἰς προφήτην· εὑρίσκει γὰρ αὐτὸν ἀρο τριῶντα ἐν δώδεκα ζεύγεσι βοῶν. καὶ εὐθὺς θύει μὲν τοὺς βόας, ἐν δὲ τοῖς σκεύεσιν ἀνάπτει πῦρ, καὶ ἑψήσας δίδωσι τῷ λαῷ φαγεῖν. καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπῆλθεν ὀπίσω Ἠλίου, καὶ διηκόνει αὐτῷ. Ἀχαὰβ κρατήσας τὸν υἱὸν Ἄδερ τῆς Συρίας ἀπέλυσεν αὐτὸν μετὰ δώρων. καὶ ἄνθρωπός τις ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν τῶν προφητῶν, Μιχαίας ὄνομα, εἶπε πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἐν λόγῳ κυρίου «πάταξόν με.» καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησε. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ «ἀνθ' ὧν οὐκ ἤκουσας τῆς φωνῆς κυρίου, καὶ ἰδοὺ σὺ ἀποτρέχεις ἔξω, καὶ πα τάξει σε λέων· ὅπερ καὶ γέγονε. καὶ εἶπε πρὸς ἄλλον, καὶ ἐπά ταξεν αὐτόν, καὶ συνετρίβη. καὶ καταδησάμενος ὁ προφήτης 1.178 τελαμῶνι τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς, ὡς ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ παρεπορεύετο, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐβόα «ὁ δοῦλός σου ἐξῆλθεν ἐπὶ τὴν στρατιὰν τοῦ πολέ μου, καὶ ἀνὴρ εἰσῆγεν ἄνδρα πρός με λέγων φύλαξόν μοι τὸν ἄν δρα τοῦτον. ἐὰν δὲ ἀποφύγῃ, ἡ ψυχή σου ἔσται ἀντὶ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ, ἢ τάλαντα ἀργυρίου στήσεις. καὶ ἐγένετο, ὡς περιεβλέ πετο ὁ δοῦλός σου ὧδε καὶ ὧδε, καὶ αὐτὸς οὐκ ἦν.» καὶ εἶπεν Ἀχαάβ «ἰδοὺ δικαστὴς σύ, καὶ τὰ ἔνεδρα παρ' ἐμοί. ἐφόνευσας.» καὶ σπεύσας ὁ προφήτης ἀφεῖλε τὸν τελαμῶνα ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐγνώσθη ὅτι ἐκ τῶν προφητῶν ἐστὶν οὗτος, καὶ εἶπε «τάδε λέγει κύριος· διότι ἐξήγαγες σὺ ἄνδρα ὀλέθριον ἐκ χειρός μου, ἰδοὺ ἡ ψυχή σου ἀντὶ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁ λαός σου ἀντὶ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ.» καὶ ἀπῆλθεν Ἀχαὰβ ἐκλελυμένος καὶ κλαίων. Ἀμπελὼν εἷς ἦν Ναβουθαὶ τῷ Ἰζραηλίτῃ παρὰ τὴν ἅλω τοῦ Ἀχαάβ, ὃν ἐζήτει λαβεῖν Ἀχαὰβ καὶ δοῦναι ἢ ἕτερον ἀμπελῶνα ἢ τὴν τιμὴν αὐτοῦ. ὁ δὲ εἶπε «μὴ γένοιτό μοι δοῦναί τινι τὴν κλη ρονομίαν μου.» λυπηθέντος δὲ Ἀχαάβ, ὡς ἤκουσεν Ἰεζάβελ, γράφει πρὸς τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τοὺς ἐν τῇ πόλει διὰ προφάσεως ἀποκτεῖναι αὐτόν. οἱ δὲ συκοφαντοῦσιν αὐτὸν ὡς κατηράσατο τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἀποκτείνουσιν αὐτόν, καὶ κληρονομεῖ Ἀχαὰβ τὸν ἀμπελῶνα. καὶ ἔρχεται πρὸς αὐτὸν Ἠλιού, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ 1.179 «τάδε λέγει κύριος· ὡς σὺ ἐφόνευσας καὶ ἐκληρονόμησας, διὰ τοῦτο ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ᾧ ἔλειξαν οἱ ὕες καὶ οἱ κύνες τὸ αἷμα Ναβουθαί, ἐκεῖ λείξουσιν οἱ κύνες τὸ αἷμά σου, καὶ αἱ πόρναι λούσονται ἐν τῷ αἵματί σου· καὶ τὴν Ἰεζάβελ καταφάγωνται οἱ κύνες ἐν τῷ προτειχίσματι Ἰεσραέλ.» ὅπερ καὶ γέγονε. ἐξελθὼν γὰρ μετὰ βα σιλέως Ἰούδα Ἰωσαφὰτ πολεμῆσαι τὸν βασιλέα Συρίας, τοξεύεται κατὰ τοῦ ἥπατος, καὶ ὑποστρέφει πρὸς Σαμάρειαν, αὐτὸς δὲ τε λευτᾷ· τὸ δὲ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἀπονίπτουσιν ἐπὶ τῆς κρήνης Σαμαρείας, καὶ ἐξέλειξαν οἱ ὕες καὶ οἱ κύνες τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ. μικρὸν δὲ κάτω θεν αἱ πόρναι ἐλούσαντο ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ. καὶ Ἰεζάβελ ἀπὸ τοῦ τείχους πεσοῦσα τοῖς κυσὶ κατάβρωμα γέγονε κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα κυρίου.

Ὀχοζίας υἱὸς Ἀχαὰβ κρατεῖ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἔτη δύο. οὗτος ἠρρώστησε, καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἀγγέλους ἐπερωτῆσαι ἐν τῇ Βάαλ μυιάων θεὸν Ἀκκάρων, εἰ ζήσεται ἐκ τῆς ἀρρωστίας αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἰδοὺ Ἠλίας συνήντησεν αὐτοῖς. καὶ ἀποστραφέντες εἶπον τῷ Ὀχοζίᾳ «ἀνὴρ δασὺς συνήντησεν ἡμῖν, καὶ ζώνη δερματίνη ἐπὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπε πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἀποστράφητε πρὸς τὸν ἀπο στείλαντα ὑμᾶς, καὶ εἴπατε αὐτῷ· τάδε λέγει κύριος· διὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι θεὸν ἐν Ἰσραήλ, σὺ πορεύῃ ἐπερωτῆσαι ἐν τῇ Βάαλ. οὐχ οὕτως. ἡ κλίνη ἐν ᾗ ἀνέβης, οὐ καταβήσῃ ἀπ' αὐτῆς.» καὶ εἶπεν «Ἠλιοὺ ὁ Θισβίτης ἐστί.» καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἡγούμενον πεν τηκοντάρχην καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντα αὐτοῦ. καὶ Ἠλιοὺ ἐπὶ τῆς κο ρυφῆς τοῦ ὄρους. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ πεντηκοντάρχης πρὸς αὐτόν «ἄν 1.180 θρωπε τοῦ θεοῦ, ὁ βασιλεὺς καλεῖ σε· κατάβηθι.» πρὸς ὃν Ἠλίας «εἰ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐγώ, καταβήσεται πῦρ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ καταφάγεταί σε καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντά σου.» καὶ κατέβη πῦρ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτὸν καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντα αὐτοῦ. οὕτως ἐγένετο καὶ τοῖς δευτέροις. ὁ δὲ τρίτος πεντηκοντάρχης ἐλθών, πεσὼν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, ἐδεήθη καὶ εἶπεν «ἄνθρωπε τοῦ θεοῦ, ἐντιμωθήτω δὴ ἡ