Verse 44
1 Kings 18:44
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And at the seventh time, behold, a little cloud arose out of the sea like a man's foot. And he said: Go up and say to Achab: Prepare thy chariot and go down, lest the rain prevent thee.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַֽ/יְהִי֙ בַּ/שְּׁבִעִ֔ית וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּה עָ֛ב קְטַנָּ֥ה כְּ/כַף אִ֖ישׁ עֹלָ֣ה מִ/יָּ֑ם וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר עֲלֵ֨ה אֱמֹ֤ר אֶל אַחְאָב֙ אֱסֹ֣ר וָ/רֵ֔ד וְ/לֹ֥א יַעַצָרְ/כָ֖ה הַ/גָּֽשֶׁם
English Translation
And it was in the seventh [time] that he said, “Behold, a small cloud like a man's hand is rising from the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you.’”
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Chapter 18 Context
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After many days the word of the Lord came to Elias, in the third year, saying: Go and shew thyself t...
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And Elias went to shew himself to Achab, and there was a grievous famine in Samaria.
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And Achab called Abdias the governor of his house: now Abdias feared the Lord very much.
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For when Jezabel killed the prophets of the Lord, he took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifty a...
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And Achab said to Abdias: Go into the land unto all fountains of waters, and into all valleys, to se...
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And they divided the countries between them, that they might go round about them: Achab went one way...
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And as Abdias was in the way, Elias met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said: Art th...
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And he answered: I am. Go, and tell thy master: Elias is here.
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And he said: What have I sinned, that thou wouldst deliver me thy servant into the hand of Achab, th...
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As the Lord thy God (Elohim) liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to...
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And now thou sayest to me: Go, and tell thy master: Elias is here.
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And when I am gone from thee, the spirit of the Lord will carry thee into a place that I know not: a...
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Hath it not been told thee, my lord, what I did when Jezabel killed the prophets of the Lord, how I...
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And now thou sayest: Go, and tell thy master: Elias is here: that he may kill me.
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And Elias said: As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whose face I stand, this day I will shew myself...
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Abdias therefore went to meet Achab, and told him: and Achab came to meet Elias.
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And when he had seen him, he said: Art thou he that troublest Israel?
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And he said: I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father's house, who have forsaken the comm...
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Nevertheless send now, and gather unto me all Israel, unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal fo...
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Achab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered together the prophets unto mount Carmel.
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And Elias coming to all the people, said: How long do you halt between two sides? if the Lord be God...
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And Elias said again to the people: I only remain a prophet of the Lord: but the prophets of Baal ar...
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Let two bullocks be given us, and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces a...
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Call ye on the names of your gods, and I will call on the name of my Lord: and the God (Elohim) that...
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Then Elias said to the prophets of Baal: Choose you one bullock and dress it first, because you are...
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And they took the bullock which he gave them, and dressed it: and they called on the name of Baal fr...
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And when it was now noon, Elias jested at them, saying: Cry with a louder voice: for he is a God (El...
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So they cried with a loud voice, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till...
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And after midday was past, and while they were prophesying, the time was come of offering sacrifice,...
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Elias said to all the people: Come se unto me. And the people coming near unto him, he repaired the...
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And he took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the wo...
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And he built with the stones an altar to the name of the Lord: and he made a trench for water, of th...
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And he laid the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it upon the wood.
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And he said: Fill four buckets with water, and pour it upon the burnt offering, and upon the wood. A...
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And the water run round about the altar, and the trench was filled with water.
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And when it was now time to offer the holocaust, Elias the prophet came near and said: O Lord God (E...
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Hear me, O Lord, hear me: that this people may learn, that thou art the Lord God (Elohim), and that...
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Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the holocaust, and the wood, and the stones, and the du...
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And when all the people saw this, they fell on their faces, and they said: The Lord he is God (Elohi...
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And Elias said to them: Take the prophets of Baal, and let not one of them escape. And when they had...
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And Elias said to Achab: Go up, eat, and drink: for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
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Achab went up to eat and drink: and Elias went up to the top of Carmel, and casting himself down upo...
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And he said to his servant: Go up, and look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said: Th...
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And at the seventh time, behold, a little cloud arose out of the sea like a man's foot. And he said:...
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And while he turned himself this way and that way, behold the heavens grew dark, with clouds, and wi...
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And the hand of the Lord was upon Elias, and he girded up his loins and ran before Achab, till he ca...
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