18:1 After
many
days
the
word
of
the
LORD
came
to
Elijah,
in
the
third
year,
saying,
"Go,
show
yourself
to
Ahab,
and
I
will
send
rain
upon
the
earth."
18:2 So
Elijah
went
to
show
himself
to
Ahab.
Now
the
famine
was
severe
in
Samaria.
18:3 And
Ahab
called
Obadiah,
who
was
over
the
household.
(Now
Obadiah
feared
the
LORD
greatly,
18:4 and
when
Jezebel
cut
off
the
prophets
of
the
LORD,
Obadiah
took
a
hundred
prophets
and
hid
them
by
fifties
in
a
cave
and
fed
them
with
bread
and
water.)
18:5 And
Ahab
said
to
Obadiah,
"Go
through
the
land
to
all
the
springs
of
water
and
to
all
the
valleys.
Perhaps
we
may
find
grass
and
save
the
horses
and
mules
alive,
and
not
lose
some
of
the
animals."
18:6 So
they
divided
the
land
between
them
to
pass
through
it.
Ahab
went
in
one
direction
by
himself,
and
Obadiah
went
in
another
direction
by
himself.
18:7 And
as
Obadiah
was
on
the
way,
behold,
Elijah
met
him.
And
Obadiah
recognized
him
and
fell
on
his
face
and
said,
"Is
it
you,
my
lord
Elijah"
18:8 And
he
answered
him,
"It
is
I.
Go,
tell
your
lord,
'Behold,
Elijah
is
here.'"
18:9 And
he
said,
"How
have
I
sinned,
that
you
would
give
your
servant
into
the
hand
of
Ahab,
to
kill
me
18:10 As
the
LORD
your
God
lives,
there
is
no
nation
or
kingdom
where
my
lord
has
not
sent
to
seek
you.
And
when
they
would
say,
'He
is
not
here,'
he
would
take
an
oath
of
the
kingdom
or
nation,
that
they
had
not
found
you.
18:11 And
now
you
say,
'Go,
tell
your
lord,
"Behold,
Elijah
is
here."'
18:12 And
as
soon
as
I
have
gone
from
you,
the
Spirit
of
the
LORD
will
carry
you
I
know
not
where.
And
so,
when
I
come
and
tell
Ahab
and
he
cannot
find
you,
he
will
kill
me,
although
I
your
servant
have
feared
the
LORD
from
my
youth.
18:13 Has
it
not
been
told
my
lord
what
I
did
when
Jezebel
killed
the
prophets
of
the
LORD,
how
I
hid
a
hundred
men
of
the
LORD's
prophets
by
fifties
in
a
cave
and
fed
them
with
bread
and
water
18:14 And
now
you
say,
'Go,
tell
your
lord,
"Behold,
Elijah
is
here"';
and
he
will
kill
me."
18:15 And
Elijah
said,
"As
the
LORD
of
hosts
lives,
before
whom
I
stand,
I
will
surely
show
myself
to
him
today."
18:16 So
Obadiah
went
to
meet
Ahab,
and
told
him.
And
Ahab
went
to
meet
Elijah.
18:17 When
Ahab
saw
Elijah,
Ahab
said
to
him,
"Is
it
you,
you
troubler
of
Israel"
18:18 And
he
answered,
"I
have
not
troubled
Israel,
but
you
have,
and
your
father's
house,
because
you
have
abandoned
the
commandments
of
the
LORD
and
followed
the
Baals.
18:19 Now
therefore
send
and
gather
all
Israel
to
me
at
Mount
Carmel,
and
the
450
prophets
of
Baal
and
the
400
prophets
of
Asherah,
who
eat
at
Jezebel's
table."
18:20 So
Ahab
sent
to
all
the
people
of
Israel
and
gathered
the
prophets
together
at
Mount
Carmel.
18:21 And
Elijah
came
near
to
all
the
people
and
said,
"How
long
will
you
go
limping
between
two
different
opinions
If
the
LORD
is
God,
follow
him;
but
if
Baal,
then
follow
him."
And
the
people
did
not
answer
him
a
word.
18:22 Then
Elijah
said
to
the
people,
"I,
even
I
only,
am
left
a
prophet
of
the
LORD,
but
Baal's
prophets
are
450
men.
18:23 Let
two
bulls
be
given
to
us,
and
let
them
choose
one
bull
for
themselves
and
cut
it
in
pieces
and
lay
it
on
the
wood,
but
put
no
fire
to
it.
And
I
will
prepare
the
other
bull
and
lay
it
on
the
wood
and
put
no
fire
to
it.
18:24 And
you
call
upon
the
name
of
your
god,
and
I
will
call
upon
the
name
of
the
LORD,
and
the
God
who
answers
by
fire,
he
is
God."
And
all
the
people
answered,
"It
is
well
spoken."
18:25 Then
Elijah
said
to
the
prophets
of
Baal,
"Choose
for
yourselves
one
bull
and
prepare
it
first,
for
you
are
many,
and
call
upon
the
name
of
your
god,
but
put
no
fire
to
it."
18:26 And
they
took
the
bull
that
was
given
them,
and
they
prepared
it
and
called
upon
the
name
of
Baal
from
morning
until
noon,
saying,
"O
Baal,
answer
us!"
But
there
was
no
voice,
and
no
one
answered.
And
they
limped
around
the
altar
that
they
had
made.
18:27 And
at
noon
Elijah
mocked
them,
saying,
"Cry
aloud,
for
he
is
a
god.
Either
he
is
musing,
or
he
is
relieving
himself,
or
he
is
on
a
journey,
or
perhaps
he
is
asleep
and
must
be
awakened."
18:28 And
they
cried
aloud
and
cut
themselves
after
their
custom
with
swords
and
lances,
until
the
blood
gushed
out
upon
them.
18:29 And
as
midday
passed,
they
raved
on
until
the
time
of
the
offering
of
the
oblation,
but
there
was
no
voice.
No
one
answered;
no
one
paid
attention.
18:30 Then
Elijah
said
to
all
the
people,
"Come
near
to
me."
And
all
the
people
came
near
to
him.
And
he
repaired
the
altar
of
the
LORD
that
had
been
thrown
down.
18:31 Elijah
took
twelve
stones,
according
to
the
number
of
the
tribes
of
the
sons
of
Jacob,
to
whom
the
word
of
the
LORD
came,
saying,
"Israel
shall
be
your
name,"
18:32 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
seahs
of
seed.
18:33 And
he
put
the
wood
in
order
and
cut
the
bull
in
pieces
and
laid
it
on
the
wood.
And
he
said,
"Fill
four
jars
with
water
and
pour
it
on
the
burnt
offering
and
on
the
wood."
18:34 And
he
said,
"Do
it
a
second
time."
And
they
did
it
a
second
time.
And
he
said,
"Do
it
a
third
time."
And
they
did
it
a
third
time.
18:35 And
the
water
ran
around
the
altar
and
filled
the
trench
also
with
water.
18:36 And
at
the
time
of
the
offering
of
the
oblation,
Elijah
the
prophet
came
near
and
said,
"O
LORD,
God
of
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Israel,
let
it
be
known
this
day
that
you
are
God
in
Israel,
and
that
I
am
your
servant,
and
that
I
have
done
all
these
things
at
your
word.
18:37 Answer
me,
O
LORD,
answer
me,
that
this
people
may
know
that
you,
O
LORD,
are
God,
and
that
you
have
turned
their
hearts
back."
18:38 Then
the
fire
of
the
LORD
fell
and
consumed
the
burnt
offering
and
the
wood
and
the
stones
and
the
dust,
and
licked
up
the
water
that
was
in
the
trench.
18:39 And
when
all
the
people
saw
it,
they
fell
on
their
faces
and
said,
"The
LORD,
he
is
God;
the
LORD,
he
is
God."
18:40 And
Elijah
said
to
them,
"Seize
the
prophets
of
Baal;
let
not
one
of
them
escape."
And
they
seized
them.
And
Elijah
brought
them
down
to
the
brook
Kishon
and
slaughtered
them
there.
18:41 And
Elijah
said
to
Ahab,
"Go
up,
eat
and
drink,
for
there
is
a
sound
of
the
rushing
of
rain."
18:42 So
Ahab
went
up
to
eat
and
to
drink.
And
Elijah
went
up
to
the
top
of
Mount
Carmel.
And
he
bowed
himself
down
on
the
earth
and
put
his
face
between
his
knees.
18:43 And
he
said
to
his
servant,
"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.
18:44 And
at
the
seventh
time
he
said,
"Behold,
a
little
cloud
like
a
man's
hand
is
rising
from
the
sea."
And
he
said,
"Go
up,
say
to
Ahab,
'Prepare
your
chariot
and
go
down,
lest
the
rain
stop
you.'"
18:45 And
in
a
little
while
the
heavens
grew
black
with
clouds
and
wind,
and
there
was
a
great
rain.
And
Ahab
rode
and
went
to
Jezreel.
18:46 And
the
hand
of
the
LORD
was
on
Elijah,
and
he
gathered
up
his
garment
and
ran
before
Ahab
to
the
entrance
of
Jezreel.