Verse 24
1 Kings 18:24
Darby Translation
24
And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of Jehovah; and the god that answers by fire, let him be God (Elohim). And all the people answered and said, The word is good.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/קְרָאתֶ֞ם בְּ/שֵׁ֣ם אֱלֹֽהֵי/כֶ֗ם וַֽ/אֲנִי֙ אֶקְרָ֣א בְ/שֵׁם יְהוָ֔ה וְ/הָיָ֧ה הָ/אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֲשֶׁר יַעֲנֶ֥ה בָ/אֵ֖שׁ ה֣וּא הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַ/יַּ֧עַן כָּל הָ/עָ֛ם וַ/יֹּאמְר֖וּ ט֥וֹב הַ/דָּבָֽר
English Translation
And you shall call in the name of your God, and I will call in the name of the LORD, and the God who answers by fire, He is the God. And all the people answered and said, "It is good, the word."
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Chapter 18 Context
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And it came to pass after many days, that the word of Jehovah came to Elijah in the third year, sayi...
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And Elijah went to shew himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.
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And Ahab called Obadiah, who was the steward of his house (now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly;
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and it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, a...
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and Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the fountains of water and to all the torrents...
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And they divided the land between them to pass through it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah...
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And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him; and he knew him, and fell on his face, and sa...
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And he said to him, I [am he]: go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah!
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9
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou givest thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to put me to de...
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10
As Jehovah thy God (Elohim) liveth, there is no nation or kingdom whither my lord has not sent to se...
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And now thou sayest, Go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah!
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And it shall come to pass when I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah shall carry thee whit...
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Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of Jehovah, how I hid a hundred me...
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And now thou sayest, Go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah! and he will kill me.
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And Elijah said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will certainly shew myself to hi...
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Then Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.
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And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, the troubler of Israel?
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18
And he said, I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken t...
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19
And now send, gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fif...
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So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
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21
Then Elijah drew near to all the people, and said, How long do ye halt between two opinions? if Jeho...
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22
And Elijah said to the people, I, only I, remain a prophet of Jehovah; and Baal's prophets are four...
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23
Let them therefore give us two bullocks: and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it...
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24
And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of Jehovah; and the god that answe...
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And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose one bullock for yourselves, and sacrifice it first;...
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And they took the bullock which had been given them, and sacrificed it, and called on the name of Ba...
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And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god; for he is...
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And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with swords and spears, till the blood g...
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And it came to pass when midday was past, that they prophesied until the [time] of the offering up o...
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Then Elijah said to all the people, Draw near to me. And all the people drew near to him. And he rep...
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And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom t...
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and with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah, and made a trench round about the alta...
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and he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood. And he said, F...
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And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third ti...
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And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
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And it came to pass at [the time of] the offering up of the oblation, that Elijah the prophet drew n...
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Answer me, Jehovah, answer me, that this people may know that thou Jehovah art God (Elohim), and [th...
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38
And the fire of Jehovah fell, and consumed the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the...
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39
And all the people saw [it], and they fell on their faces and said, Jehovah, he is God (Elohim)! Jeh...
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40
And Elijah said to them, Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape! And they seized the...
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41
And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
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42
And Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed down on...
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43
And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up and looked, and said, [Th...
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And it came to pass at the seventh time that he said, Behold there is a cloud, small as a man's hand...
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And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heavens became black [with] clouds and wind, and the...
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And the hand of Jehovah was upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entr...
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