Verse 1

1 Kings 18:1

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1 Sometime later, during the third year, a message from the Lord came to Elijah: “Go and appear before Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth.”

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וַ/יְהִי֙ יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים וּ/דְבַר יְהוָ֗ה הָיָה֙ אֶל אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ בַּ/שָּׁנָ֥ה הַ/שְּׁלִישִׁ֖ית לֵ/אמֹ֑ר לֵ֚ךְ הֵרָאֵ֣ה אֶל אַחְאָ֔ב וְ/אֶתְּנָ֥ה מָטָ֖ר עַל פְּנֵ֥י הָ/אֲדָמָֽה

English Translation

And it happened after many days that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the ground."

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Chapter 18 Context

1 Sometime later, during the third year, a message from the Lord came to Elijah: “Go and appear before...

2 So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. In the meantime the famine had become severe in Samaria. Focus ↗

3 Ahab summoned Obadiah, the manager of his palace (Obadiah was a very sincere believer in the Lord. Focus ↗

4 While Jezebel was busy killing the Lord's prophets, Obadiah had taken one hundred prophets and hidde... Focus ↗

5 Ahab told Obadiah, “Go throughout the country and check all the springs and valleys. Perhaps we can... Focus ↗

6 So they divided the land between them. Ahab went in one direction, and Obadiah the other. Focus ↗

7 As Obadiah went on his way, Elijah came to meet him. Obadiah recognized him, bowed down to the groun... Focus ↗

8 “It's me,” Elijah replied. “Go and tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.’” Focus ↗

9 “How have I sinned that you are handing me, your servant, over to Ahab to be killed? Focus ↗

10 As the Lord your God (Elohim) lives, there's no nation or kingdom where my master hasn't sent someon... Focus ↗

11 And now you're telling me to go to my master and announce, ‘Elijah is here!’ Focus ↗

12 I have no idea where the Spirit of the Lord will take you after I leave you. If I go and tell Ahab a... Focus ↗

13 Didn't you hear, my lord, what I did when Jezebel was busy killing the Lord's prophets? I hid a hund... Focus ↗

14 And now you're telling me to go to my master and announce, ‘Elijah is here.’ He's going to kill me!” Focus ↗

15 Elijah replied, “As the Lord Almighty lives, the one I serve, I will definitely appear before Ahab t... Focus ↗

16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and then Ahab went to meet Elijah. Focus ↗

17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you—you who are causing trouble for Israel?” Focus ↗

18 “I'm not causing trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “It's you and your father's family! You have r... Focus ↗

19 Now call together all of Israel and meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty p... Focus ↗

20 Elijah approached the people and asked them, “How long will you hobble along, hesitating between two... Focus ↗

21 Then Elijah told them, “I am the only one left of the Lord's prophets—just me alone—but Baal has fou... Focus ↗

22 Provide us with two bulls. Let the prophets of Baal choose for themselves the one they want, and hav... Focus ↗

23 Then you call on your god by name, and I will call on the Lord by name. The god who replies by sendi... Focus ↗

24 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “You choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, because ther... Focus ↗

25 So they took the bull provided and prepared it. Then they called on Baal by name from morning until... Focus ↗

26 At noon Elijah began to mock them. “Shout really loud!” he said. “Isn't he meant to be a god? Maybe... Focus ↗

27 They shouted even louder and cut themselves with swords and spears until they bled. This was their u... Focus ↗

28 Noon came and went, and they went on with their manic “prophesying” until the time of the evening sa... Focus ↗

29 Then Elijah told everyone, “Come over here to me.” They went over to him, and he repaired the altar... Focus ↗

30 Elijah took twelve stones to represent the tribes of the sons of Jacob. (Jacob was the one who recei... Focus ↗

31 With the stones he built an altar in the Lord's name. He dug a ditch around it that could hold two s... Focus ↗

32 He put the wood in place, cut the bull into pieces, and laid it on the wood. Then he told them, “Fil... Focus ↗

33 “Do it again,” he said. So they did. “Do it for a third time,” he said. So they did it for the third... Focus ↗

34 At the time of the evening sacrifice, the prophet Elijah went over to the altar and prayed: “Lord, G... Focus ↗

35 Answer me, Lord! Answer me, so that these people will know that you, Lord, are God (Elohim), and tha... Focus ↗

36 Then the fire of the Lord came down and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the soil—... Focus ↗

37 When all the people saw this, they fell facedown on the ground and shouted, “The Lord, he is God (El... Focus ↗

38 Then Elijah ordered them, “Grab hold of the prophets of Baal. Don't let any escape!” They grabbed th... Focus ↗

39 Elijah told Ahab, “Go and eat and drink, for I hear the sound of a heavy rain coming.” Focus ↗

40 So Ahab went to eat and drink, but Elijah went to the top of Carmel. There he bent down to the groun... Focus ↗

41 “Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. The man went and looked. “There's nothing there,”... Focus ↗

42 The seventh time the servant came back and said, “I saw a small cloud the size of a man's hand comin... Focus ↗

43 Very quickly the sky grew dark with clouds, the wind blew, heavy rain started falling, and Ahab rode... Focus ↗

44 The Lord gave his power to Elijah—he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the wa... Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 18 (44 verses)
Version: Free Bible Version

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