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1 Kings - Chapter: 18

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18:1And 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.
18:2And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
18:3And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
18:4For 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.)
18:5And 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.
18:6So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
18:7And 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?
18:8And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
18:9And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
18:10As 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.
18:11And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
18:12And 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.
18:13Was 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?
18:14And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
18:15And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
18:16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
18:17And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
18:18And 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.
18:19Now 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 groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
18:20So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
18:21And 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.
18:22Then 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.
18:23Let 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:
18:24And 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.
18:25And 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 gods, but put no fire under.
18:26And 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 upon the altar which was made.
18:27And 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.
18:28And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
18:29And 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.
18:30And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.
18:31And 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:
18:32And 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.
18:33And 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.
18:34And 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.
18:35And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
18:36And 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.
18:37Hear 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.
18:38Then 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.
18:39And 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.
18:40And 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.
18:41And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
18:42So 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,
18:43And 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.
18:44And 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.
18:45And 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.
18:46And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

 

18:1ויהי ימים רבים ודבר יהוה היה אל אליהו בשׁנה השׁלישׁית לאמר לך הראה אל אחאב ואתנה מטר על פני האדמה׃
18:2וילך אליהו להראות אל אחאב והרעב חזק בשׁמרון׃
18:3ויקרא אחאב אל עבדיהו אשׁר על הבית ועבדיהו היה ירא את יהוה מאד׃
18:4ויהי בהכרית איזבל את נביאי יהוה ויקח עבדיהו מאה נבאים ויחביאם חמשׁים אישׁ במערה וכלכלם לחם ומים׃
18:5ויאמר אחאב אל עבדיהו לך בארץ אל כל מעיני המים ואל כל הנחלים אולי נמצא חציר ונחיה סוס ופרד ולוא נכרית מהבהמה׃
18:6ויחלקו להם את הארץ לעבר בה אחאב הלך בדרך אחד לבדו ועבדיהו הלך בדרך אחד לבדו׃
18:7ויהי עבדיהו בדרך והנה אליהו לקראתו ויכרהו ויפל על פניו ויאמר האתה זה אדני אליהו׃
18:8ויאמר לו אני לך אמר לאדניך הנה אליהו׃
18:9ויאמר מה חטאתי כי אתה נתן את עבדך ביד אחאב להמיתני׃
18:10חי יהוה אלהיך אם ישׁ גוי וממלכה אשׁר לא שׁלח אדני שׁם לבקשׁך ואמרו אין והשׁביע את הממלכה ואת הגוי כי לא ימצאכה׃
18:11ועתה אתה אמר לך אמר לאדניך הנה אליהו׃
18:12והיה אני אלך מאתך ורוח יהוה ישׂאך על אשׁר לא אדע ובאתי להגיד לאחאב ולא ימצאך והרגני ועבדך ירא את יהוה מנערי׃
18:13הלא הגד לאדני את אשׁר עשׂיתי בהרג איזבל את נביאי יהוה ואחבא מנביאי יהוה מאה אישׁ חמשׁים חמשׁים אישׁ במערה ואכלכלם לחם ומים׃
18:14ועתה אתה אמר לך אמר לאדניך הנה אליהו והרגני׃
18:15ויאמר אליהו חי יהוה צבאות אשׁר עמדתי לפניו כי היום אראה אליו׃
18:16וילך עבדיהו לקראת אחאב ויגד לו וילך אחאב לקראת אליהו׃
18:17ויהי כראות אחאב את אליהו ויאמר אחאב אליו האתה זה עכר ישׂראל׃
18:18ויאמר לא עכרתי את ישׂראל כי אם אתה ובית אביך בעזבכם את מצות יהוה ותלך אחרי הבעלים׃
18:19ועתה שׁלח קבץ אלי את כל ישׂראל אל הר הכרמל ואת נביאי הבעל ארבע מאות וחמשׁים ונביאי האשׁרה ארבע מאות אכלי שׁלחן איזבל׃
18:20וישׁלח אחאב בכל בני ישׂראל ויקבץ את הנביאים אל הר הכרמל׃
18:21ויגשׁ אליהו אל כל העם ויאמר עד מתי אתם פסחים על שׁתי הסעפים אם יהוה האלהים לכו אחריו ואם הבעל לכו אחריו ולא ענו העם אתו דבר׃
18:22ויאמר אליהו אל העם אני נותרתי נביא ליהוה לבדי ונביאי הבעל ארבע מאות וחמשׁים אישׁ׃
18:23ויתנו לנו שׁנים פרים ויבחרו להם הפר האחד וינתחהו וישׂימו על העצים ואשׁ לא ישׂימו ואני אעשׂה את הפר האחד ונתתי על העצים ואשׁ לא אשׂים׃
18:24וקראתם בשׁם אלהיכם ואני אקרא בשׁם יהוה והיה האלהים אשׁר יענה באשׁ הוא האלהים ויען כל העם ויאמרו טוב הדבר׃
18:25ויאמר אליהו לנביאי הבעל בחרו לכם הפר האחד ועשׂו ראשׁנה כי אתם הרבים וקראו בשׁם אלהיכם ואשׁ לא תשׂימו׃
18:26ויקחו את הפר אשׁר נתן להם ויעשׂו ויקראו בשׁם הבעל מהבקר ועד הצהרים לאמר הבעל עננו ואין קול ואין ענה ויפסחו על המזבח אשׁר עשׂה׃
18:27ויהי בצהרים ויהתל בהם אליהו ויאמר קראו בקול גדול כי אלהים הוא כי שׂיח וכי שׂיג לו וכי דרך לו אולי ישׁן הוא ויקץ׃
18:28ויקראו בקול גדול ויתגדדו כמשׁפטם בחרבות וברמחים עד שׁפך דם עליהם׃
18:29ויהי כעבר הצהרים ויתנבאו עד לעלות המנחה ואין קול ואין ענה ואין קשׁב׃
18:30ויאמר אליהו לכל העם גשׁו אלי ויגשׁו כל העם אליו וירפא את מזבח יהוה ההרוס׃
18:31ויקח אליהו שׁתים עשׂרה אבנים כמספר שׁבטי בני יעקב אשׁר היה דבר יהוה אליו לאמר ישׂראל יהיה שׁמך׃
18:32ויבנה את האבנים מזבח בשׁם יהוה ויעשׂ תעלה כבית סאתים זרע סביב למזבח׃
18:33ויערך את העצים וינתח את הפר וישׂם על העצים׃
18:34ויאמר מלאו ארבעה כדים מים ויצקו על העלה ועל העצים ויאמר שׁנו וישׁנו ויאמר שׁלשׁו וישׁלשׁו
18:35וילכו המים סביב למזבח וגם את התעלה מלא מים׃
18:36ויהי בעלות המנחה ויגשׁ אליהו הנביא ויאמר יהוה אלהי אברהם יצחק וישׂראל היום יודע כי אתה אלהים בישׂראל ואני עבדך ובדבריך עשׂיתי את כל הדברים האלה׃
18:37ענני יהוה ענני וידעו העם הזה כי אתה יהוה האלהים ואתה הסבת את לבם אחרנית׃
18:38ותפל אשׁ יהוה ותאכל את העלה ואת העצים ואת האבנים ואת העפר ואת המים אשׁר בתעלה לחכה׃
18:39וירא כל העם ויפלו על פניהם ויאמרו יהוה הוא האלהים יהוה הוא האלהים׃
18:40ויאמר אליהו להם תפשׂו את נביאי הבעל אישׁ אל ימלט מהם ויתפשׂום ויורדם אליהו אל נחל קישׁון וישׁחטם שׁם׃
18:41ויאמר אליהו לאחאב עלה אכל ושׁתה כי קול המון הגשׁם׃
18:42ויעלה אחאב לאכל ולשׁתות ואליהו עלה אל ראשׁ הכרמל ויגהר ארצה וישׂם פניו בין ברכו׃
18:43ויאמר אל נערו עלה נא הבט דרך ים ויעל ויבט ויאמר אין מאומה ויאמר שׁב שׁבע פעמים׃
18:44ויהי בשׁבעית ויאמר הנה עב קטנה ככף אישׁ עלה מים ויאמר עלה אמר אל אחאב אסר ורד ולא יעצרכה הגשׁם׃
18:45ויהי עד כה ועד כה והשׁמים התקדרו עבים ורוח ויהי גשׁם גדול וירכב אחאב וילך יזרעאלה׃
18:46ויד יהוה היתה אל אליהו וישׁנס מתניו וירץ לפני אחאב עד באכה יזרעאלה׃

 

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;'
18:2and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,
18:3and Ahab calleth unto Obadiah, who `is' over the house -- and Obadiah hath been fearing Jehovah greatly,
18:4and 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 --
18:5and 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.'
18:6And 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;
18:7and Obadiah `is' 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?'
18:8And he saith to him, `I `am'; go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah.'
18:9And he saith, `What have I sinned, that thou art giving thy servant into the hand of Ahab -- to put me to death?
18:10Jehovah 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;
18:11and now, thou art saying, Go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah;
18:12and 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.
18:13`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?
18:14and now thou art saying, Go, say to my lord, Lo, Elijah -- and he hath slain me!'
18:15And Elijah saith, `Jehovah of Hosts liveth, before whom I have stood, surely to-day I appear unto him.'
18:16And Obadiah goeth to meet Ahab, and declareth `it' to him, and Ahab goeth to meet Elijah,
18:17and it cometh to pass at Ahab's seeing Elijah, that Ahab saith unto him, `Art thou he -- the troubler of Israel?'
18:18And 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;
18:19and 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.'
18:20And Ahab sendeth among all the sons of Israel, and gathereth the prophets unto the mount of Carmel;
18:21and Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people, and saith, `Till when are ye leaping on the two branches? -- if Jehovah `is' God, go after Him; and if Baal, go after him;' and the people have not answered him a word.
18:22And Elijah saith unto the people, `I -- I have been left a prophet of Jehovah -- by myself; and the prophets of Baal `are' four hundred and fifty men;
18:23and let them give to us two bullocks, and they choose for themselves the one bullock, and cut it in pieces, and place `it' on the wood, and place no fire; and I -- I prepare the other bullock, and have put `it' on the wood, and fire I do not place; --
18:24and 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 `is' the God.' And all the people answer and say, `Good `is' the word.'
18:25And Elijah saith to the prophets of Baal, `Choose for you the one bullock, and prepare first, for ye `are' the multitude, and call ye in the name of your god, and place no fire.'
18:26And they take the bullock that `one' 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.
18:27And it cometh to pass, at noon, that Elijah playeth on them, and saith, `Call with a loud voice, for he `is' a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, an doth awake.'
18:28And they call with a loud voice, and cut themselves, according to their ordinance, with swords and with spears, till a flowing of blood `is' on them;
18:29and 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.
18:30And 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;
18:31and 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;'
18:32and 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.
18:33And he arrangeth the wood, and cutteth in pieces the bullock, and placeth `it' on the wood, and saith, `Fill ye four pitchers of water, and pour on the burnt-offering, and on the wood;
18:34and he saith, `Do `it' a second time;' and they do `it' a second time; and he saith, `Do `it' a third time;' and they do `it' a third time;
18:35and the water goeth round about the altar, and also, the trench he hath filled with water.
18:36And it cometh to pass, at the going up of the `evening-'present, that Elijah the prophet cometh nigh and saith, `Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to-day let it be known that Thou `art' God in Israel, and I Thy servant, that by Thy word I have done the whole of these things;
18:37answer me, O Jehovah, answer me, and this people doth know that Thou `art' Jehovah God; and Thou hast turned their heart backward.'
18:38And there falleth a fire of Jehovah, and consumeth the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and the water that `is' in the trench it hath licked up.
18:39And all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, `Jehovah, He `is' the God, Jehovah, He `is' the God.'
18:40And 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.
18:41And Elijah saith to Ahab, `Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.'
18:42And 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,
18:43and 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.
18:44And 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.'
18:45And 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,
18:46and the hand of Jehovah hath been on Elijah, and he girdeth up his loins, and runneth before Ahab, till thine entering Jezreel.

 


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