{"id":870,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:04","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/?p=870"},"modified":"2020-03-07T20:53:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T01:53:39","slug":"1ki18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki18\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Kings 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 18<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And it came to pass <span class=\"add\">after<\/span> many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And <span class=\"add\">there was<\/span> a sore famine in Samaria.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Ahab called Obadiah, which <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> the governor of <span class=\"add\">his<\/span> house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For it was <span class=\"add\">so,<\/span> when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, <span class=\"add\">Art<\/span> thou that my lord Elijah?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he answered him, I <span class=\"add\">am:<\/span> go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah <span class=\"add\">is here. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"add\">As<\/span> the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, <span class=\"add\">He is<\/span> not <span class=\"add\">there;<\/span> he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah <span class=\"add\">is here. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And it shall come to pass, <span class=\"add\">as soon as<\/span> I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD\u2019S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah <span class=\"add\">is here:<\/span> and he shall slay me.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Elijah said, <span class=\"add\">As<\/span> the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, <span class=\"add\">Art<\/span> thou he that troubleth Israel?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father\u2019s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Now therefore send, <span class=\"add\">and<\/span> gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel\u2019s table.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span>So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\">21\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD <span class=\"add\">be<\/span> God, follow him: but if Baal, <span class=\"add\">then<\/span> follow him. And the people answered him not a word.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V22\">22\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then said Elijah unto the people, I, <span class=\"add\">even<\/span> I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal\u2019s prophets <span class=\"add\">are<\/span> four hundred and fifty men.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V23\">23\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay <span class=\"add\">it<\/span> on wood, and put no fire <span class=\"add\">under:<\/span> and I will dress the other bullock, and lay <span class=\"add\">it<\/span> on wood, and put no fire <span class=\"add\">under: <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V24\">24\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V25\">25\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress <span class=\"add\">it<\/span> first; for ye <span class=\"add\">are<\/span> many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire <span class=\"add\">under. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V26\">26\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed <span class=\"add\">it,<\/span> and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But <span class=\"add\">there was<\/span> no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V27\">27\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, <span class=\"add\">or<\/span> peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V28\">28\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V29\">29\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the <span class=\"add\">time<\/span> of the offering of the <span class=\"add\">evening<\/span> sacrifice, that <span class=\"add\">there was<\/span> neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V30\">30\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD <span class=\"add\">that was<\/span> broken down.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V31\">31\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V32\">32\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V33\">33\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid <span class=\"add\">him<\/span> on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour <span class=\"add\">it<\/span> on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V34\">34\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he said, Do <span class=\"add\">it<\/span> the second time. And they did <span class=\"add\">it<\/span> the second time. And he said, Do <span class=\"add\">it<\/span> the third time. And they did <span class=\"add\">it<\/span> the third time.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V35\">35\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V36\">36\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And it came to pass at <span class=\"add\">the time of<\/span> the offering of the <span class=\"add\">evening<\/span> sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and <span class=\"add\">that<\/span> I <span class=\"add\">am<\/span> thy servant, and <span class=\"add\">that<\/span> I have done all these things at thy word.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V37\">37\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou <span class=\"add\">art<\/span> the LORD God, and <span class=\"add\">that<\/span> thou hast turned their heart back again.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V38\">38\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> in the trench.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V39\">39\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And when all the people saw <span class=\"add\">it,<\/span> they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> the God; the LORD, he <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> the God.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V40\">40\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V41\">41\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for <span class=\"add\">there is<\/span> a sound of abundance of rain.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V42\">42\u00a0<\/a><\/span>So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V43\">43\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, <span class=\"add\">There is<\/span> nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V44\">44\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man\u2019s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare <span class=\"add\">thy chariot,<\/span> and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V45\">45\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V46\">46\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>1 Kings Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki20\">20<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki21\">21<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki22\">22<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18 1\u00a0And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. 2\u00a0And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria. 3\u00a0And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: 4\u00a0For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) 5\u00a0And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts. 6\u00a0So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. 7\u00a0And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah? 8\u00a0And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 9\u00a0And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? 10\u00a0 As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. 11\u00a0And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 12\u00a0And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-1kings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3769,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870\/revisions\/3769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}