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And it came to pass after many[H7227]days[H3117], that the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came to Elijah[H452] in the third[H7992]year[H8141], saying[H559], Go[H3212], shew[H7200] thyself unto Ahab[H256]; and I will send[H5414]rain[H4306]upon[H6440] the earth[H127].
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And Elijah[H452]went[H3212] to shew[H7200] himself unto Ahab[H256]. And there was a sore[H2389]famine[H7458] in Samaria[H8111].
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And Ahab[H256]called[H7121]Obadiah[H5662], which was the governor of his house.(Now Obadiah[H5662]feared[H3373] the LORD[H3068]greatly[H3966]:
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For it was so, when Jezebel[H348] cut off[H3772] the prophets[H5030] of the LORD[H3068], that Obadiah[H5662]took[H3947] an hundred[H3967]prophets[H5030], and hid[H2244] them by fifty[H376] in a cave[H4631], and fed[H3557] them with bread[H3899] and water[H4325].)
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And Ahab[H256]said[H559] unto Obadiah[H5662], Go[H3212] into the land[H776], unto all fountains[H4599] of water[H4325], and unto all brooks[H5158]: peradventure[H194] we may find[H4672]grass[H2682] to save[H2421] the horses[H5483] and mules[H6505]alive[H2421], that we lose[H3772] not all the beasts[H929].
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So they divided[H2505] the land[H776] between them to pass throughout[H5674] it: Ahab[H256]went[H1980]one[H259]way[H1870] by himself, and Obadiah[H5662]went[H1980]another[H259]way[H1870] by himself.
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And as Obadiah[H5662] was in the way[H1870], behold, Elijah[H452]met[H7125] him: and he knew[H5234] him, and fell[H5307] on his face[H6440], and said[H559], Art thou that my lord[H113]Elijah?[H452]
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And he answered[H559] him, I am: go[H3212], tell[H559] thy lord[H113], Behold, Elijah[H452] is here.
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And he said[H559], What have I sinned[H2398], that thou wouldest deliver[H5414] thy servant[H5650] into the hand[H3027] of Ahab[H256], to slay[H4191] me?
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As the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]liveth[H2416], there is no[H3426]nation[H1471] or kingdom[H4467], whither[H834] my lord[H113] hath not sent[H7971] to seek[H1245] thee: and when they said[H559], He is not there; he took an oath[H7650] of the kingdom[H4467] and nation[H1471], that they found[H4672] thee not.
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And now thou sayest[H559], Go[H3212], tell[H559] thy lord[H113], Behold, Elijah[H452] is here.
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And it shall come[H935] to pass, as soon as I am gone[H3212] from thee, that the Spirit[H7307] of the LORD[H3068] shall carry[H5375] thee whither I know[H3045] not; and so when I come[H935] and tell[H5046]Ahab[H256], and he cannot find[H4672] thee, he shall slay[H2026] me: but I thy servant[H5650]fear[H3372] the LORD[H3068] from my youth[H5271].
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Was it not told[H5046] my lord[H113] what I did[H6213] when Jezebel[H348]slew[H2026] the prophets[H5030] of the LORD[H3068], how I hid[H2244] an hundred[H3967]men[H376] of the LORD[H3068]'S prophets[H5030] by fifty[H2572] in a cave[H4631], and fed[H3557] them with bread[H3899] and water?[H4325]
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And now thou sayest[H559], Go[H3212], tell[H559] thy lord[H113], Behold, Elijah[H452] is here: and he shall slay[H2026] me.
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And Elijah[H452]said[H559], As the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]liveth[H2416], before[H6440] whom I stand[H5975], I will surely shew[H7200] myself unto him to day[H3117].
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So Obadiah[H5662]went[H3212] to meet[H7125]Ahab[H256], and told[H5046] him: and Ahab[H256]went[H3212] to meet[H7125]Elijah[H452].
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And it came to pass, when Ahab[H256]saw[H7200]Elijah[H452], that Ahab[H256]said[H559] unto him, Art thou he that troubleth[H5916]Israel?[H3478]
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And he answered[H559], I have not troubled[H5916]Israel[H3478]; but thou, and thy father's house[H1004], in that ye have forsaken[H5800] the commandments[H4687] of the LORD[H3068], and thou hast followed[H3212]Baalim[H1168].
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Now therefore send[H7971], and gather[H6908] to me all Israel[H3478] unto mount[H2022]Carmel[H3760], and the prophets[H5030] of Baal[H1168]four[H702]hundred[H3967] and fifty[H2572], and the prophets[H5030] of the groves[H842]four[H702]hundred[H3967], which eat[H398] at Jezebel's table[H7979].
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So Ahab[H256]sent[H7971] unto all the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], and gathered[H6908] the prophets[H5030]together[H6908] unto mount[H2022]Carmel[H3760].
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And Elijah[H452]came[H5066] unto all the people[H5971], and said[H559], How long[H5921]halt[H6452] ye between two[H8147]opinions?[H5587] if the LORD[H3068] be God[H430], follow[H3212] him: but if Baal[H1168], then follow[H310] him. And the people[H5971]answered[H6030] him not a word[H1697].
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Then said[H559]Elijah[H452] unto the people[H5971], I, even I only, remain[H3498] a prophet[H5030] of the LORD[H3068]; but Baal's prophets[H5030] are four[H702]hundred[H3967] and fifty[H2572]men[H376].
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Let them therefore give[H5414] us two[H8147]bullocks[H6499]; and let them choose[H977]one[H259]bullock[H6499] for themselves, and cut it in pieces[H5408], and lay[H7760] it on wood[H6086], and put[H7760] no fire[H784] under: and I will dress[H6213] the other[H259]bullock[H6499], and lay[H5414] it on wood[H6086], and put[H7760] no fire[H784] under:
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And call[H7121] ye on the name[H8034] of your gods[H430], and I will call[H7121] on the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068]: and the God[H430] that answereth[H6030] by fire[H784], let him be God[H430]. And all the people[H5971]answered[H6030] and said[H559], It is well[H2896]spoken[H1697].
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And Elijah[H452]said[H559] unto the prophets[H5030] of Baal[H1168], Choose[H977] you one[H259]bullock[H6499] for yourselves, and dress[H6213] it first[H7223]; for ye are many[H7227]; and call[H7121] on the name[H8034] of your gods[H430], but put[H7760] no fire[H784] under.
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And they took[H3947] the bullock[H6499] which was given[H5414] them, and they dressed[H6213] it, and called[H7121] on the name[H8034] of Baal[H1168] from morning[H1242] even until noon[H6672], saying[H559], O Baal[H1168], hear[H6030] us. But there was no[H369]voice[H6963], nor any that answered[H6030]. And they leaped[H6452] upon the altar[H4196] which was made[H6213].
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And it came to pass at noon[H6672], that Elijah[H452]mocked[H2048] them, and said[H559], Cry[H7121]aloud[H1419]: for he is a god[H430]; either he is talking[H7879], or he is pursuing[H7873], or he is in a journey[H1870], or peradventure[H194] he sleepeth[H3463], and must be awaked[H3364].
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And they cried[H7121]aloud[H6963], and cut[H1413] themselves after their manner[H4941] with knives[H2719] and lancets[H7420], till the blood[H1818] gushed out[H8210] upon them.
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And it came to pass, when midday[H6672] was past[H5674], and they prophesied[H5012] until the time of the offering[H5927] of the evening sacrifice[H4503], that there was neither voice[H6963], nor any to answer[H6030], nor any that regarded[H7182].
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And Elijah[H452]said[H559] unto all the people[H5971], Come near[H5066] unto me. And all the people[H5971] came near[H5066] unto him. And he repaired[H7495] the altar[H4196] of the LORD[H3068] that was broken down[H2040].
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And Elijah[H452]took[H3947]twelve[H8147]stones[H68], according to the number[H4557] of the tribes[H7626] of the sons[H1121] of Jacob[H3290], unto whom the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came, saying[H559], Israel[H3478] shall be thy name[H8034]:
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And with the stones[H68] he built[H1129] an altar[H4196] in the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068]: and he made[H6213] a trench[H8585]about[H5439] the altar[H4196], as great as would contain[H1004] two measures[H5429] of seed[H2233].
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And he put[H6186] the wood[H6086] in order[H6186], and cut[H5408] the bullock[H6499] in pieces, and laid[H7760] him on the wood[H6086], and said[H559], Fill[H4390]four[H702]barrels[H3537] with water[H4325], and pour[H3332] it on the burnt sacrifice[H5930], and on the wood[H6086].
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And he said[H559], Do it the second time[H8138]. And they did it the second time[H8027]. And he said[H559], Do it the third time[H8027]. And they did it the third time[H8027].
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And the water[H4325]ran[H3212] round about[H5439] the altar[H4196]; and he filled[H4390] the trench[H8585] also with water[H4325].
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And it came to pass at the time of the offering[H5927] of the evening sacrifice[H4503], that Elijah[H452] the prophet[H5030] came near[H5066], and said[H559], LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Abraham[H85], Isaac[H3327], and of Israel[H3478], let it be known[H3045] this day[H3117] that thou art God[H430] in Israel[H3478], and that I am thy servant[H5650], and that I have done[H6213] all these things at thy word[H1697].
37Hear[H6030] me, O LORD[H3068], hear[H6030] me, that this people[H5971] may know[H3045] that thou art the LORD[H3068]God[H430], and that thou hast turned[H5437] their heart[H3820]back[H5437]again[H322].
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Then the fire[H784] of the LORD[H3068]fell[H5307], and consumed[H398] the burnt sacrifice[H5930], and the wood[H6086], and the stones[H68], and the dust[H6083], and licked up[H3897] the water[H4325] that was in the trench[H8585].
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And when all the people[H5971]saw[H7200] it, they fell[H5307] on their faces[H6440]: and they said[H559], The LORD[H3068], he is the God[H430]; the LORD[H3068], he is the God[H430].
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And Elijah[H452]said[H559] unto them, Take[H8610] the prophets[H5030] of Baal[H1168]; let not one[H376] of them escape[H4422]. And they took[H8610] them: and Elijah[H452] brought them down[H3381] to the brook[H5158]Kishon[H7028], and slew[H7819] them there.
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And Elijah[H452]said[H559] unto Ahab[H256], Get thee up[H5927], eat[H398] and drink[H8354]; for there is a sound[H6963] of abundance[H1995] of rain[H1653].
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So Ahab[H256] went up[H5927] to eat[H398] and to drink[H8354]. And Elijah[H452] went up[H5927] to the top[H7218] of Carmel[H3760]; and he cast himself down[H1457] upon the earth[H776], and put[H7760] his face[H6440] between his knees[H1290],
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And said[H559] to his servant[H5288], Go up[H5927] now, look[H5027]toward[H1870] the sea[H3220]. And he went up[H5927], and looked[H5027], and said[H559], There is nothing[H3972]. And he said[H559], Go again[H7725]seven[H7651]times[H6471].
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And it came to pass at the seventh time[H7637], that he said[H559], Behold, there ariseth[H5927] a little[H6996]cloud[H5645] out of the sea[H3220], like a man's hand[H3709]. And he said[H559], Go up[H5927], say[H559] unto Ahab[H256], Prepare[H631] thy chariot, and get thee down[H3381], that the rain[H1653]stop[H6113] thee not.
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And it came to pass in the mean while[H3541], that the heaven[H8064] was black[H6937] with clouds[H5645] and wind[H7307], and there was a great[H1419]rain[H1653]. And Ahab[H256]rode[H7392], and went[H3212] to Jezreel[H3157].
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And the hand[H3027] of the LORD[H3068] was on Elijah[H452]; and he girded up[H8151] his loins[H4975], and ran[H7323]before[H6440]Ahab[H256] to the entrance[H935] of Jezreel[H3157].