1 Kings 18
18:1And it came to pass after many days, and the word of the lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, and appear to Ahab! and I will put rain upon the face of the earth.
18:2And Elijah went to appear to Ahab, and there was a strong famine in Samaria.
18:3And Ahab called Obadiah the manager. And Obadiah was fearing the lord exceedingly.
18:4And it came to pass when Jezebel struck the prophets of the lord, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and he hid them by fifty in two caves, and nourished them with bread and water.
18:5And Ahab said to Obadiah, Come, and we should go through in the land unto the springs of the waters, and unto all the rushing streams, if perchance we should find pasturage, and we should preserve the horses and mules, and cattle shall not be destroyed from us.
18:6And they divided to themselves the way to go by it; Ahab went by one way, and Obadiah went by another way alone.
18:7And Obadiah was in the way alone, and behold, Elijah came to meet with him. And Obadiah hastened and fell upon his face, and he said, Are you he, O my master, Elijah?
18:8And Elijah said to him, I am, Go, tell your master, Behold, Elijah!
18:9And Obadiah said, How have I sinned that you appoint your servant into the hands of Ahab to kill me?
18:10As the lord your God lives, is there a nation or kingdom of which my master did not send to seek you? And if they said, He is not here; then he adjured the kingdom and its places, for he did not find you.
18:11And now you say, Go announce to your master, Behold, Elijah!
18:12And it will be if I should go forth from you, and a wind of the lord shall lift you into the land which I do not know, and I shall enter to report to Ahab, and he should not find you, then he will kill me. But your servant is fearing the lord from out of his youth.
18:13Or was it not reported to you, O my master, what things I have done when Jezebel killed the prophets of the lord, that I took some of the prophets of the lord -- a hundred men, and I hid them in the caves by fifty, and I maintained them with bread loaves and water?
18:14And now you say, Go, tell your master, Behold, Elijah! and he will kill me.
18:15And Elijah said, As the lord of the forces lives, in which I stand before him, that today I will appear to him.
18:16And Obadiah went to meet with Ahab, and he reported to him. And Ahab ran forth and went to meet with Elijah.
18:17And it came to pass as Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to Elijah, Are you he turning aside Israel?
18:18And Elijah said, I do not turn aside Israel, but you, and the house of your father, in your leaving the lord your God, and to go after the Baalim.
18:19And now, send and gather together to me all Israel at mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal -- four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the sacred groves -- four hundred, eating at the table of Jezebel!
18:20And Ahab sent into all Israel, and he assembled all the prophets to mount Carmel.
18:21And Elijah came near to all the people, and he said to them, For how long will you be lame upon both your hams? If the lord is God, go after him! But if Baal, go after him! And the people answered not a word.
18:22And Elijah said to the people, I am left alone a prophet of the lord, and the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men.
18:23Give then to us two oxen, and let them choose for themselves one, and let them dismember it, and place it upon the wood, and do not put fire upon it! And I will do the same with the other ox, and in no way will I put fire upon it.
18:24And you yell out in the name of your gods, and I will call upon the name of the lord my God. And it will be the God who ever heeds by fire, this is God. And all the people answered and said, The word is good which you have spoken.
18:25And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose for yourselves the one ox, and prepare it first! for you are many; and call in the name of your god, and do not put fire upon it!
18:26And they took the ox, and offered it, and they called in the name of Baal from morning until midday. And they said, Heed us, O Baal, heed us! And there was no sound, and there was no hearing a thing. And they ran upon the altar of which they made.
18:27And it became midday, and Elijah the Tishbite sneered at them, and he said, Call with a great voice! perhaps he is himself in some meditation, and at the same time perhaps he is executing business, or perhaps he sleeps and shall rise up.
18:28And they called out with a great voice, and mutilated themselves according to their custom with knives and by spears, until blood poured out of them.
18:29And they prophesied until of which time it went into the midday. And it came to pass as the time of the midday to ascend for the sacrifice -- and there was no sound, and there was no hearing.
18:30And Elijah said to the people, Come forward to me! And all the people came forward to him. And he repaired the altar, the one having been razed.
18:31And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of Israel, as the lord spoke to him, saying, Israel will be your name.
18:32And he built the stones in the name of the lord, and he repaired the altar of the lord, the one having been razed. And he made a sea, having the space to hold two measures of seed, round about the altar.
18:33And he put the kindling upon the altar which he made. And he dismembered the whole burnt-offering, and he put it upon the kindling, and he piled upon the altar. And Elijah said, Bring to me four water pitchers, and pour upon the whole burnt-offering, and upon the kindling!
18:34And he said, Repeat it a second time! And they repeated it a second time. And he said, Do it a third time! And they did it a third time.
18:35And the water went round about the altar, and the sea filled with water.
18:36And as it was time of the offering the sacrifice, and Elijah the prophet came and said, O lord God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel, today let it be known to all this people! that you are the lord God of Israel, and I am your servant, and through you I have done all these things.
18:37Heed me, O lord, heed me! And let this people know that you are the lord God! and you turned the heart of this people back.
18:38And fire fell from the lord from out of the heaven, and it devoured the whole burnt-offering, and the kindling, and the water in the sea, and the stones, and the dust was licked up by the fire.
18:39And all the people saw, and fell upon their face. And they said, Truly, the lord is God. The lord, he is God.
18:40And Elijah said to the people, Seize the prophets of Baal, let not one of them escape! And they seized them. And Elijah led them down unto the rushing stream Kishon, and slew them there.
18:41And Elijah said to Ahab, Ascend, and eat, and drink! for it is the sound of the noise of the rain.
18:42And Ahab ascended to eat and to drink. And Elijah ascended unto Carmel, and bowed upon the ground, and put his face between his knees.
18:43And he said to his servant-lad, Ascend, and look the way of the sea! And the servant-lad ascended and looked. And he said, There is nothing. And Elijah said, Return seven times!
18:44And it came to pass in the seventh time, and behold, a small cloud as the sole of a man's foot came with water from the sea. And he said, Ascend and say to Ahab! Team up your chariot, and go down, lest the rain should overtake you!
18:45And it happened from here and here, and the heaven darkened with clouds and wind, and there became a great rain. And Ahab rode horseback, and went unto Jezreel.
18:46And the hand of the lord came upon Elijah, and he fastened his loin, and he ran in front of Ahab unto Jezreel.