Verse 3
1 Kings 18:3
Literal Standard Version
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and Ahab calls to Obadiah, who is over the house—and Obadiah has been fearing YHWH greatly,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּקְרָ֣א אַחְאָ֔ב אֶל עֹבַדְיָ֖הוּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל הַ/בָּ֑יִת וְ/עֹבַדְיָ֗הוּ הָיָ֥ה יָרֵ֛א אֶת יְהוָ֖ה מְאֹֽד
English Translation
And Ahab called to Obadiah who was over the house, and Obadiah feared the Lord greatly.
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Chapter 18 Context
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And the days are many, and the word of YHWH has been to Elijah in the third year, saying, “Go, appea...
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and Elijah goes to appear to Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,
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and Ahab calls to Obadiah, who is over the house—and Obadiah has been fearing YHWH greatly,
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and it comes to pass, in Jezebel’s cutting off the prophets of YHWH, that Obadiah takes one hundred...
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and Ahab says to Obadiah, “Go through the land, to all fountains of waters, and to all the brooks, p...
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And they apportion the land to themselves, to pass over into it; Ahab has gone in one way by himself...
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and Obadiah is in the way, and behold, Elijah is there to meet him; and he discerns him, and falls o...
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And he says to him, “I am; go, say to your lord, Behold, Elijah.”
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And he says, “What have I sinned, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab—to put me t...
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Your God (Elohim) YHWH lives, if there is a nation and kingdom to where my lord has not sent to seek...
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and now, you are saying, Go, say to your lord, Behold, Elijah;
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and it has been, I go from you, and the Spirit of YHWH lifts you up to where I do not know, and I ha...
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Has it not been declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel’s slaying the prophets of YHWH...
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And now you are saying, Go, say to my lord, Behold, Elijah—and he has slain me!”
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And Elijah says, “YHWH of Hosts lives, before whom I have stood, surely I appear to him today.”
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Obadiah goes to meet Ahab, and declares it to him, and Ahab goes to meet Elijah.
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And it comes to pass at Ahab’s seeing Elijah that Ahab says to him, “Are you he—the troubler of Isra...
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18
And he says, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and the house of your father, in your forsaking th...
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and now, send, gather all Israel to me, to the Mount of Carmel, and the four hundred and fifty proph...
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And Ahab sends among all the sons of Israel, and gathers the prophets to the Mount of Carmel;
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and Elijah comes near to all the people and says, “Until when are you leaping on the two branches? I...
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And Elijah says to the people, “I have been left, by myself, a prophet of YHWH; and the prophets of...
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and let them give two bullocks to us, and they choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in piec...
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and you have called in the name of your god, and I call in the Name of YHWH, and it has been, the go...
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And Elijah says to the prophets of Ba‘al, “Choose one bullock for yourselves, and prepare it first,...
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And they take the bullock that one gave to them, and prepare it, and call in the name of Ba‘al from...
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And it comes to pass, at noon, that Elijah mocks at them and says, “Call with a loud voice, for he i...
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And they call with a loud voice, and cut themselves, according to their ordinance, with swords and w...
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and it comes to pass, at the passing by of the noon, that they feign themselves prophets until the g...
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And Elijah says to all the people, “Come near to me”; and all the people come near to him, and he re...
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and Elijah takes twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom...
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and he builds an altar with the stones, in the Name of YHWH, and makes a trench, as about the space...
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And he arranges the wood, and cuts the bullock in pieces, and places it on the wood, and says, “Fill...
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and he says, “Do it a second time”; and they do it a second time; and he says, “Do it a third time”;...
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and the water goes around the altar, and he has also filled the trench with water.
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And it comes to pass, at the going up of the evening present, that Elijah the prophet comes near and...
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answer me, O YHWH, answer me, and this people then knows that You are YHWH God (Elohim); and You hav...
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And a fire falls from YHWH, and consumes the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the d...
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And all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, “YHWH, He is the God (Elohim)! YHWH, He is...
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And Elijah says to them, “Catch the prophets of Ba‘al; do not let a man escape from them”; and they...
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And Elijah says to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.”
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And Ahab goes up to eat, and to drink, and Elijah has gone up to the top of Carmel, and he stretches...
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and says to his young man, “Now go up, look attentively toward the way of the sea”; and he goes up a...
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And it comes to pass, at the seventh, that he says, “Behold, a little thickness as the palm of a man...
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And it comes to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black—thick clouds and wind—and...
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and the hand of YHWH has been on Elijah, and he girds up his loins, and runs before Ahab, until your...
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