These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
1 Kings 18
Tanakh 46 verses
- 1 And it came to pass after many days, that the of came to , in the third year, saying: ‘Go, show thyself unto , and I will send rain upon the land.’
- 2 And went to show himself unto . And the famine was sore in .
- 3 And called , who was over the household.—Now feared greatly;
- 4 for it was so, when cut off the prophets of , that took a hundred prophets, and hid them fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.—
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And said unto : ‘Go through the land, unto all the springs of water, and unto all the brooks; peradventure we may find grass and the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.’
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So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: went one way by himself, and went another way by himself.
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- 7 And as was in the way, behold, met him; and he knew him, and fell on his , and said: ‘Is it thou, my lord ?’
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And he answered him: ‘It is I; go, tell thy lord: Behold, is here.’
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And he said: ‘Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy into the hand of , to slay me?
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- 10 As thy liveth, there is no nation or , whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee; and when they said: He is not here, he took an oath of the and nation, that they found thee not.
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And now thou sayest: Go, tell thy lord: Behold, is here.
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And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the of will carry thee whither I not; and so when I come and tell , and he cannot find thee, he will slay me; but I thy from my youth.
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Acts 8:39 2 Kings 2:16 Ezekiel 8:3 Ezekiel 3:12-14 Daniel 2:5-13 1 Samuel 2:18 2 Kings 2:11 Ezekiel 11:24 2 Timothy 3:15 Ezekiel 37:1 1 Samuel 3:19-20 Psalm 71:17-18 Proverbs 8:13 Matthew 2:16 Matthew 4:1 Acts 12:19 2 Chronicles 34:3 Ezekiel 40:1-2 1 Samuel 2:26 1 Samuel 22:11-19 Isaiah 50:10 2 Corinthians 12:2-3 Ecclesiastes 7:18 Luke 1:15 -
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Was it not told my lord what I did when slew the prophets of , how I hid a hundred men of Yahweh’S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
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And now thou sayest: Go, tell thy lord: Behold, is here; and he will slay me.’
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- 15 And said: ‘As of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to-day.’
- 16 So went to meet , and told him; and went to meet .
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And it came to pass, when saw , that said unto him: ‘Is it thou, thou troubler of ?’
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- 18 And be answered: ‘I have not troubled ; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of , and thou hast followed the Baalim.
- 19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the Asherah four hundred, that eat at Jezebel’s table.’
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And sent unto all the children of , and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
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And came near unto all the people, and said: ‘How long halt ye between two opinions? if be , follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.’ And the people answered him not a .
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Joshua 24:15 Matthew 6:24 1 Samuel 7:3 2 Kings 17:41 2 Corinthians 6:14-16 1 Corinthians 10:21-22 Revelation 3:15-16 Zephaniah 1:5 1 Kings 18:39 Romans 6:16-22 Joshua 24:23-24 Genesis 44:16 1 Chronicles 17:26 Genesis 24:50 Deuteronomy 4:35 2 Chronicles 33:13 Psalm 100:3 Luke 6:13 Matthew 22:12 Matthew 22:34 Exodus 5:1-2 Romans 3:19 Job 40:4-5 Matthew 22:36 - 22 Then said unto the people: ‘I, even I only, am left a of ; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
- 23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under.
- 24 And call ye on the of your , and I will call on the of ; and the that answereth by fire, let him be .’ And all the people answered and said: ‘It is well spoken.’
- 25 And said unto the prophets of Baal: ‘Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the of your , but put no fire under.’
- 26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the of Baal from morning even until noon, saying: ‘O Baal, answer us.’ But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they danced in halting wise about the which was made.
- 27 And it came to pass at noon, that mocked them, and said: ‘Cry aloud; for he is a ; either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.’
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And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with swords and lances, till the gushed out upon them.
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- 29 And it was so, when midday was past, that they prophesied until the time of the of the evening ; but their was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
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And said unto all the people: ‘Come near unto me’; and all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the of that was thrown down.
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- 31 And took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of , unto whom the of came, saying: ‘ shall be thy .’
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And with the stones he built an in the of ; and he made a trench about the , as great as would contain two measures of seed.
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And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood.
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And he said: ‘Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt-, and on the wood.’ And he said: ‘Do it the second time’; and they did it the second time. And he said: ‘Do it the third time’; and they did it the third time.
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And the water ran round about the ; and he filled the trench also with water.
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And it came to pass at the time of the of the evening , that the came near, and said: ‘O , the of , of , and of , let it be known this day that Thou art in , and that I am Thy , and that I have done all these things at Thy .
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Exodus 3:6 1 Kings 18:29 1 Kings 8:43 2 Kings 19:19 Numbers 16:28-30 Acts 10:30 Ezekiel 36:23 Genesis 46:3 Psalm 141:2 Genesis 26:24 Daniel 12:11 Exodus 29:39-41 Matthew 22:32 Daniel 8:13 2 Kings 5:15 2 Kings 1:3 1 Samuel 17:46-47 Acts 3:1 2 Chronicles 20:6-7 Exodus 3:15-16 Psalm 67:1-2 Ezra 9:4-5 Ephesians 1:17 Genesis 31:53 Psalm 83:18 John 11:42 1 Kings 22:28 2 Kings 1:6 1 Chronicles 29:18 1 Kings 18:21 Ephesians 3:14 Genesis 32:9 Ezekiel 39:7 Daniel 9:21 - 37 Hear me, O , me, that this people may that Thou, , art , for Thou didst turn their backward.’
- 38 Then the fire of fell, and consumed the burnt-, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
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And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said: ‘The , He is ; , He is .’
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- 40 And said unto them: ‘Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.’ And they took them; and brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
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And said unto : ‘Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.’
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- 42 So went up to eat and to drink. And went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his between his knees.
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And he said to his : ‘Go up now, look toward the sea.’ And he went up, and looked, and said: ‘There is nothing.’ And he said: ‘Go again seven times.’
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And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said: ‘Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man’s hand.’ And he said: ‘Go up, say unto : Make ready thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.’
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And it came to pass in a little while, that the grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And rode, and went to Jezreel.
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- 46 And the hand of was on ; and he girded up his loins, and ran before to the entrance of Jezreel.