Verse 7

1 Kings 18:7

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7 As Obadiah went on his way, Elijah came to meet him. Obadiah recognized him, bowed down to the ground, and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”

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hebrew

וַ/יְהִ֤י עֹבַדְיָ֨הוּ֙ בַּ/דֶּ֔רֶךְ וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה אֵלִיָּ֖הוּ לִ/קְרָאת֑/וֹ וַ/יַּכִּרֵ֨/הוּ֙ וַ/יִּפֹּ֣ל עַל פָּנָ֔י/ו וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר הַ/אַתָּ֥ה זֶ֖ה אֲדֹנִ֥/י אֵלִיָּֽהוּ

English Translation

And Obadiah was on the way, and behold, Elijah met him, and he recognized him, and he fell on his face and said, "Are you indeed my lord Elijah?"

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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... Focus ↗

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...

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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