Verse 42
1 Kings 18:42
Literal Standard Version
42
And Ahab goes up to eat, and to drink, and Elijah has gone up to the top of Carmel, and he stretches himself out on the earth, and he places his face between his knees,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּעֲלֶ֥ה אַחְאָ֖ב לֶ/אֱכֹ֣ל וְ/לִ/שְׁתּ֑וֹת וְ/אֵ֨לִיָּ֜הוּ עָלָ֨ה אֶל רֹ֤אשׁ הַ/כַּרְמֶל֙ וַ/יִּגְהַ֣ר אַ֔רְצָ/ה וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם פָּנָ֖י/ו בֵּ֥ין ברכ/ו בִּרְכָּֽי/ו
English Translation
And Ahab went up to eat and drink, and Elijah went up to the top of Carmel and bowed down on the earth and put his face between his knees.
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Chapter 18 Context
1
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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9
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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10
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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12
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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13
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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14
And now you are saying, Go, say to my lord, Behold, Elijah—and he has slain me!”
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15
And Elijah says, “YHWH of Hosts lives, before whom I have stood, surely I appear to him today.”
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16
Obadiah goes to meet Ahab, and declares it to him, and Ahab goes to meet Elijah.
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17
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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19
and now, send, gather all Israel to me, to the Mount of Carmel, and the four hundred and fifty proph...
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20
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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22
And Elijah says to the people, “I have been left, by myself, a prophet of YHWH; and the prophets of...
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23
and let them give two bullocks to us, and they choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in piec...
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24
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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25
And Elijah says to the prophets of Ba‘al, “Choose one bullock for yourselves, and prepare it first,...
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26
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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27
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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28
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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30
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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31
and Elijah takes twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom...
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32
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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33
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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36
And it comes to pass, at the going up of the evening present, that Elijah the prophet comes near and...
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37
answer me, O YHWH, answer me, and this people then knows that You are YHWH God (Elohim); and You hav...
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38
And a fire falls from YHWH, and consumes the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the d...
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39
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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40
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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41
And Elijah says to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.”
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42
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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45
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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