1 Kings 18

1And the days are many, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Elijah in the third year, saying, `Go, appear unto Ahab, and I give rain on the face of the ground;'

1And it came to pass after many days, that the word of Jehovah came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

2and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,

2And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And the famine was sore in Samaria.

3and Ahab calleth unto Obadiah, who <FI>is<Fi> over the house--and Obadiah hath been fearing Jehovah greatly,

3And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly:

4and it cometh to pass, in Jezebel's cutting off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah taketh a hundred prophets, and hideth them, fifty men in a cave, and hath sustained them with bread and water--

4for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

5and Ahab saith unto Obadiah, `Go through the land, unto all fountains of waters, and unto all the brooks, if so be we find hay, and keep alive horse and mule, and do not cut off any of the cattle.'

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

6And they apportion to themselves the land, to pass over into it; Ahab hath gone in one way by himself, and Obadiah hath gone in another way by himself;

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

7and Obadiah <FI>is<Fi> in the way, and lo, Elijah--to meet him; and he discerneth him, and falleth on his face, and saith, `Art thou he--my lord Elijah?'

7And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it thou, my lord Elijah?

8And he saith to him, `I <FI>am<Fi> ; go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah.'

8And he answered him, It is I: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

9And he saith, `What have I sinned, that thou art giving thy servant into the hand of Ahab--to put me to death?

9And he said, Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

10Jehovah thy God liveth, if there is a nation and kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee; and they said, He is not, then he caused the kingdom and the nation to swear, that it doth not find thee;

10As Jehovah 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 here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

11and now, thou art saying, Go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah;

11And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

12and it hath been, I go from thee, and the Spirit of Jehovah doth lift thee up, whither I know not, and I have come to declare to Ahab, and he doth not find thee, and he hath slain me; and thy servant is fearing Jehovah from my youth.

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

13`Hath it not been declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel's slaying the prophets of Jehovah, that I hide of the prophets of Jehovah a hundred men, fifty by fifty in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?

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

14and now thou art saying, Go, say to my lord, Lo, Elijah--and he hath slain me!'

14And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here; and he will slay me.

15And Elijah saith, `Jehovah of Hosts liveth, before whom I have stood, surely to-day I appear unto him.'

15And Elijah said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to-day.

16And Obadiah goeth to meet Ahab, and declareth <FI>it<Fi> to him, and Ahab goeth to meet Elijah,

16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

17and it cometh to pass at Ahab's seeing Elijah, that Ahab saith unto him, `Art thou he--the troubler of Israel?'

17And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel?

18And he saith, `I have not troubled Israel, but thou and the house of thy father, in your forsaking the commands of Jehovah, and thou goest after the Baalim;

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

19and now, send, gather unto me all Israel, unto the mount of Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the shrine, four hundred--eating at the table of Jezebel.'

19Now 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 Asherah four hundred, that eat at Jezebel’s table.

20And Ahab sendeth among all the sons of Israel, and gathereth the prophets unto the mount of Carmel;

20So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.

21and Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people, and saith, `Till when are ye leaping on the two branches? --if Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> God, go after Him; and if Baal, go after him;' and the people have not answered him a word.

21And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, How long go ye limping between the two sides? if Jehovah be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

22And Elijah saith unto the people, `I--I have been left a prophet of Jehovah--by myself; and the prophets of Baal <FI>are<Fi> four hundred and fifty men;

22Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, am left a prophet of Jehovah; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

23and let them give to us two bullocks, and they choose for themselves the one bullock, and cut it in pieces, and place <FI>it<Fi> on the wood, and place no fire; and I--I prepare the other bullock, and have put <FI>it<Fi> on the wood, and fire I do not place; --

23Let 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.

24and ye have called in the name of your god, and I--I call in the name of Jehovah, and it hath been, the god who answereth by fire--He <FI>is<Fi> the God.' And all the people answer and say, `Good <FI>is<Fi> the word.'

24And call ye on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Jehovah; and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.

25And Elijah saith to the prophets of Baal, `Choose for you the one bullock, and prepare first, for ye <FI>are<Fi> the multitude, and call ye in the name of your god, and place no fire.'

25And 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 god, but put no fire under.

26And they take the bullock that <FI>one<Fi> gave to them, and prepare, and call in the name of Baal from the morning even till the noon, saying, `O Baal, answer us!' and there is no voice, and there is none answering; and they leap on the altar that one had made.

26And 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.

27And it cometh to pass, at noon, that Elijah playeth on them, and saith, `Call with a loud voice, for he <FI>is<Fi> a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, an doth awake.'

27And 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 sleepeth and must be awaked.

28And they call with a loud voice, and cut themselves, according to their ordinance, with swords and with spears, till a flowing of blood <FI>is<Fi> on them;

28And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.

29and it cometh to pass, at the passing by of the noon, that they feign themselves prophets till the going up of the present, and there is no voice, and there is none answering, and there is none attending.

29And 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.

30And Elijah saith to all the people, `Come nigh unto me;' and all the people come nigh unto him, and he repaireth the altar of Jehovah that is broken down;

30And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me; and all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of Jehovah that was thrown down.

31and Elijah taketh twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah was, saying, `Israel is thy name;'

31And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah came, saying, Israel shall be thy name.

32and he buildeth with the stones an altar, in the name of Jehovah, and maketh a trench, as about the space of two measures of seed, round about the altar.

32And with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah; and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

33And he arrangeth the wood, and cutteth in pieces the bullock, and placeth <FI>it<Fi> on the wood, and saith, `Fill ye four pitchers of water, and pour on the burnt-offering, and on the wood;

33And 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.

34and he saith, `Do <FI>it<Fi> a second time;' and they do <FI>it<Fi> a second time; and he saith, `Do <FI>it<Fi> a third time;' and they do <FI>it<Fi> a third time;

34And 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.

35and the water goeth round about the altar, and also, the trench he hath filled with water.

35And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

36And it cometh to pass, at the going up of the <FI>evening-<Fi> present, that Elijah the prophet cometh nigh and saith, `Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to-day let it be known that Thou <FI>art<Fi> God in Israel, and I Thy servant, that by Thy word I have done the whole of these things;

36And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening oblation, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of 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.

37answer me, O Jehovah, answer me, and this people doth know that Thou <FI>art<Fi> Jehovah God; and Thou hast turned their heart backward.'

37Hear me, O Jehovah, hear me, that this people may know that thou, Jehovah, art God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.

38And there falleth a fire of Jehovah, and consumeth the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and the water that <FI>is<Fi> in the trench it hath licked up.

38Then the fire of Jehovah 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.

39And all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, `Jehovah, He <FI>is<Fi> the God, Jehovah, He <FI>is<Fi> the God.'

39And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, Jehovah, he is God; Jehovah, he is God.

40And Elijah saith to them, `Catch ye the prophets of Baal; let not a man escape of them;' and they catch them, and Elijah bringeth them down unto the stream Kishon, and doth slaughter them there.

40And 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.

41And Elijah saith to Ahab, `Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.'

41And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.

42And Ahab goeth up to eat, and to drink, and Elijah hath gone up unto the top of Carmel, and he stretcheth himself out on the earth, and he placeth his face between his knees,

42So 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.

43and saith unto his young man, `Go up, I pray thee, look attentively the way of the sea;' and he goeth up and looketh attentively, and saith, `There is nothing;' and he saith, `Turn back,' seven times.

43And 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.

44And it cometh to pass, at the seventh, that he saith, `Lo, a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.' And he saith, `Go up, say unto Ahab, `Bind--and go down, and the shower doth not restrain thee.'

44And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Make ready thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

45And it cometh to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black--thick clouds and wind--and the shower is great; and Ahab rideth, and goeth to Jezreel,

45And 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:

46and the hand of Jehovah hath been on Elijah, and he girdeth up his loins, and runneth before Ahab, till thine entering Jezreel.

46and the hand of Jehovah was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.