He dug a trench around it, large enough to hold about four gallons of water. 32 With these stones he rebuilt the altar for the worship of the Lord. 31 ( A)He took twelve stones, one for each of the twelve tribes named for the sons of Jacob, the man to whom the Lord had given the name Israel. He set about repairing the altar of the Lord which had been torn down. 29 They kept on ranting and raving until the middle of the afternoon but no answer came, not a sound was heard.ģ0 Then Elijah said to the people, “Come closer to me,” and they all gathered around him. But no answer came.Ģ7 At noon Elijah started making fun of them: “Pray louder! He is a god! Maybe he is day-dreaming or relieving himself, or perhaps he's gone off on a trip! Or maybe he's sleeping, and you've got to wake him up!” 28 So the prophets prayed louder and cut themselves with knives and daggers, according to their ritual, until blood flowed. They shouted, “Answer us, Baal!” and kept dancing around the altar they had built. Pray to your god, but don't set fire to the wood.”Ģ6 They took the bull that was brought to them, prepared it, and prayed to Baal until noon. 24 Then let the prophets of Baal pray to their god, and I will pray to the Lord, and the one who answers by sending fire-he is God.”Ģ5 Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Since there are so many of you, you take a bull and prepare it first. 23 Bring two bulls let the prophets of Baal take one, kill it, cut it in pieces, and put it on the wood-but don't light the fire. 22 Then Elijah said, “I am the only prophet of the Lord still left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal. 21 Elijah went up to the people and said, “How much longer will it take you to make up your minds? If the Lord is God, worship him but if Baal is God, worship him!” But the people didn't say a word. Bring along the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of the goddess Asherah who are supported by Queen Jezebel.”Ģ0 So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and the prophets of Baal to meet at Mount Carmel. 19 Now order all the people of Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel. You are disobeying the Lord's commands and worshiping the idols of Baal. 17 When Ahab saw him, he said, “So there you are-the worst troublemaker in Israel!”ġ8 “I'm not the troublemaker,” Elijah answered. 13 Haven't you heard that when Jezebel was killing the prophets of the Lord I hid a hundred of them in caves, in two groups of fifty, and supplied them with food and water? 14 So how can you order me to go and tell the king that you are here? He will kill me!”ġ5 Elijah answered, “By the living Lord Almighty, whom I serve, I promise that I will present myself to the king today.”ġ6 So Obadiah went to King Ahab and told him, and Ahab set off to meet Elijah. Remember that I have been a devout worshiper of the Lord ever since I was a boy. 11 And now you want me to go and tell him that you are here? 12 What if the spirit of the Lord carries you off to some unknown place as soon as I leave? Then, when I tell Ahab that you are here and he can't find you, he will put me to death. Whenever the ruler of a country reported that you were not in his country, Ahab would require that ruler to swear that you could not be found. “Go and tell your master the king that I am here.”ĩ Obadiah answered, “What have I done that you want to put me in danger of being killed by King Ahab? 10 By the living Lord, your God, I swear that the king has made a search for you in every country in the world. He recognized him, bowed low before him, and asked, “Is it really you, sir?”Ĩ “Yes, I'm Elijah,” he answered. Maybe we won't have to kill any of our animals.” 6 They agreed on which part of the land each one would explore, and set off in different directions.ħ As Obadiah was on his way, he suddenly met Elijah. (Obadiah was a devout worshiper of the Lord, 4 and when Jezebel was killing the Lord's prophets, Obadiah took a hundred of them, hid them in caves in two groups of fifty, and provided them with food and water.) 5 Ahab said to Obadiah, “Let us go and look at every spring and every stream bed in the land to see if we can find enough grass to keep the horses and mules alive. The famine in Samaria was at its worst, 3 so Ahab called in Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. 18 After some time, in the third year of the drought, the Lord said to Elijah, “Go and present yourself to King Ahab, and I will send rain.” 2 So Elijah started out.
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