Verse 44
1 Kings 18:44
Geneva Bible
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And at the seuenth time he sayd, Behold, there ariseth a litle cloude out of the sea like a mans hand. Then he sayd, Vp, and say vnto Ahab, Make readie thy charet, and get thee downe, that the raine stay thee not.
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 dayes, the worde of the Lord came to Eliiah, in the third yeere, saying, Goe, shewe thy s...
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And Eliiah went to shew himselfe vnto Ahab, and there was a great famine in Samaria.
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And Ahab called Obadiah the gouernour of his house: (and Obadiah feared God (Elohim) greatly:
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For when Iezebel destroyed the Prophets of the Lord, Obadiah tooke an hundreth Prophets, and hid the...
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And Ahab saide vnto Obadiah, Goe into the land, vnto all the fountaines of water, and vnto all the r...
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And so they deuided the lande betweene them to walke thorowe it. Ahab went one way by him selfe, and...
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And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Eliiah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and sa...
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And he answered him, Yea, goe tell thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here.
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And he said, What haue I sinned, that thou wouldest deliuer thy seruant into the hande of Ahab, to s...
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As the Lord thy God (Elohim) liueth, there is no nation or kingdome, whither my lorde hath not sent...
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And now thou sayest, Goe, tell thy lorde, Beholde, Eliiah is here.
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And when I am gone from thee, the Spirit of the Lord shall cary thee into some place that I doe not...
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Was it not tolde my lord, what I did when Iezebel slew the Prophets of the Lord, how I hid an hundre...
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And now thou sayest, Go, tel thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here, that he may slay me.
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And Eliiah said, As the Lord of hostes liueth, before whome I stand, I will surely shewe my selfe vn...
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So Obadiah went to meete Ahab, and tolde him: And Ahab went to meete Eliiah.
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And when Ahab saw Eliiah, Ahab said vnto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
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And he answered, I haue not troubled Israel, but thou, and thy fathers house, in that ye haue forsak...
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Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel vnto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal foure hu...
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So Ahab sent vnto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together vnto mount Carmel.
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And Eliiah came vnto all the people, and said, How long halt ye betweene two opinions? If the Lord b...
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Then said Eliiah vnto the people, I onely remayne a Prophet of the Lord: but Baals prophets are four...
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Let them therefore giue vs two bullockes, and let them chuse the one, and cut him in pieces, and lay...
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Then call ye on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and then the God (Elo...
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And Eliiah said vnto the prophets of Baal, Chuse you a bullocke, and prepare him first, (for ye are...
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So they tooke the one bullocke, that was giuen them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of...
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And at noone Eliiah mocked them, and said, Crye loude: for he is a god: either he talketh or pursuet...
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And they cryed loude, and cut them selues as their maner was, with kniues and launcers, till the blo...
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And when midday was passed, and they had prophecied vntil the offring of the euening sacrifice, ther...
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And Eliiah said vnto all the people, Come to me. And all the people came to him. And he repayred the...
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And Eliiah tooke twelue stones, according to the nomber of the tribes of the sonnes of Iaakob, (vnto...
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And with the stones he buylt an altar in the Name of the Lord: and he made a ditch round about the a...
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And he put the wood in order, and hewed the bullocke in pieces, and layd him on the wood,
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And said, Fill foure barrels with water, and powre it on the burnt offring and on the wood. Againe h...
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And the water ran round about the altar: and he filled the ditch with water also.
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And when they should offer the euening sacrifice, Eliiah the Prophet came, and sayd, Lord God (Elohi...
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Heare me, O Lord, heare me, and let this people know that thou art the Lord God (Elohim), and that t...
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Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt offring, and the wood, and the stones, and th...
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And when all the people sawe it, they fell on their faces, and saide, The Lord is God (Elohim), the...
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And Elijah said vnto them, Take the prophets of Baal, let not a man of them escape. and they tooke t...
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And Eliiah sayde vnto Ahab, Get thee vp, eate and drinke, for there is a sound of much rayne.
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So Ahab went vp to eate and to drinke, and Eliiah went vp to the top of Carmel: and he crouched vnto...
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43
And sayde to his seruant, Goe vp now and looke towarde the way of the Sea. And he went vp, and looke...
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And at the seuenth time he sayd, Behold, there ariseth a litle cloude out of the sea like a mans han...
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And in the meane while the heauen was blacke with cloudes and winde, and there was a great rayne. Th...
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And the hand of the Lord was on Eliiah, and he girded vp his Ioynes, and ran before Ahab till he cam...
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