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1 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. 2 And Eli­jah went to shew him­self unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria. 3 And Ahab called Oba­di­ah, which was the gov­er­nor of his house. (Now Oba­di­ah feared the LORD great­ly: 4 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.) 5 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. 6 So they di­vid­ed the land be­tween them to pass through­out it: Ahab went one way by him­self, and Oba­di­ah went an­oth­er way by him­self. 7 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? 8 And he an­swered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Be­hold, Eli­jah is here. 9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest de­liv­er thy ser­vant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? 10 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. 11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Be­hold, Eli­jah is here. 12 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. 13 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? 14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Be­hold, Eli­jah is here: and he shall slay me. 15 And Eli­jah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, be­fore whom I stand, I will sure­ly shew my­self unto him to day. 16 So Oba­di­ah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Eli­jah. 17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Eli­jah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that trou­bleth Is­rael? 18 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. 19 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. 20 So Ahab sent unto all the chil­dren of Is­rael, and gath­ered the prophets to­geth­er unto mount Carmel. 21 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. 22 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. 23 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: 24 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. 25 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. 26 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. 27 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. 28 And they cried aloud, and cut them­selves af­ter their man­ner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. 29 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. 30 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. 31 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: 32 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. 33 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. 34 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. 35 And the wa­ter ran round about the al­tar; and he filled the trench also with wa­ter. 36 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. 37 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. 38 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. 39 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. 40 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. 41 And Eli­jah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abun­dance of rain. 42 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, 43 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. 44 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. 45 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. 46 And the hand of the LORD was on Eli­jah; and he gird­ed up his loins, and ran be­fore Ahab to the en­trance of Jezreel.