1 Kings 18

About 1 Kings 1 Kings follows Solomon's reign and temple, then the split of the kingdom and the prophet Elijah.

And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.Selected1 Kings 18:1Ask

And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.Selected1 Kings 18:2Ask

And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:Selected1 Kings 18:3Ask

For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)Selected1 Kings 18:4Ask

And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.Selected1 Kings 18:5Ask

So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.Selected1 Kings 18:6Ask

And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?Selected1 Kings 18:7Ask

And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.Selected1 Kings 18:8Ask

And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?Selected1 Kings 18:9Ask

As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.Selected1 Kings 18:10Ask

And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.Selected1 Kings 18:11Ask

And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.Selected1 Kings 18:12Ask

Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?Selected1 Kings 18:13Ask

And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.Selected1 Kings 18:14Ask

And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.Selected1 Kings 18:15Ask

So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.Selected1 Kings 18:16Ask

And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?Selected1 Kings 18:17Ask

And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.Selected1 Kings 18:18Ask

Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.Selected1 Kings 18:19Ask

So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.Selected1 Kings 18:20Ask

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.Selected1 Kings 18:21Ask

Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.Selected1 Kings 18:22Ask

Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:Selected1 Kings 18:23Ask

And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.Selected1 Kings 18:24Ask

And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.Selected1 Kings 18:25Ask

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 upon the altar which was made.Selected1 Kings 18:26Ask

And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.Selected1 Kings 18:27Ask

And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.Selected1 Kings 18:28Ask

And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.Selected1 Kings 18:29Ask

And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.Selected1 Kings 18:30Ask

And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:Selected1 Kings 18:31Ask

And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.Selected1 Kings 18:32Ask

And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.Selected1 Kings 18:33Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 18:34Ask

And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.Selected1 Kings 18:35Ask

And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.Selected1 Kings 18:36Ask

Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.Selected1 Kings 18:37Ask

Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.Selected1 Kings 18:38Ask

And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.Selected1 Kings 18:39Ask

And Elijah said unto 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.Selected1 Kings 18:40Ask

And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.Selected1 Kings 18:41Ask

So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,Selected1 Kings 18:42Ask

And 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.Selected1 Kings 18:43Ask

And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.Selected1 Kings 18:44Ask

And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.Selected1 Kings 18:45Ask

And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.Selected1 Kings 18:46Ask

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