<vn='1'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> after <sn="7227">many</s><sn="3117">days</s>, that the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="452">Elijah</s> in the <sn="7992">third</s><sn="8141">year</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="1980">Go</s>, show <sn="7200">thyself</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="256">Ahab</s>; and I will <sn="5414">send</s><sn="4306">rain</s><sn="5921 6440">upon</s> the <sn="127">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="452">Elijah</s><sn="1980">went</s> to show <sn="7200">himself</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="256">Ahab</s>. And there was a <sn="2389">sore</s><sn="7458">famine</s> in <sn="8111">Samaria</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="7121 413">called</s><sn="5662">Obadiah</s>, <sn="834">which</s> was the <sn="5921">governor</s> of his <sn="1004">house</s>. (Now <sn="5662">Obadiah</s><sn="1961 3372">feared</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3966">greatly</s>: </v>
<vn='4'>For it <sn="1961">was</s> so, when <sn="348">Jezebel</s> cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, that <sn="5662">Obadiah</s><sn="3947">took</s> a <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="5030">prophets</s>, and <sn="2244">hid</s> them by <sn="2572 376">fifty</s> in a <sn="4631">cave</s>, and <sn="3557">fed</s> them with <sn="3899">bread</s> and <sn="4325">water</s>.) </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="5662">Obadiah</s>, <sn="1980">Go</s> into the <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="413">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="4599">fountains</s> of <sn="4325">water</s>, and <sn="413">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="5158">brooks</s>: <sn="194">peradventure</s> we may <sn="4672">find</s><sn="2682">grass</s> to save the horses and mules <sn="2421 5483 6505">alive</s>, that we <sn="3772">lose</s><sn="3808">not</s> all the <sn="4480 929">beasts</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>So they <sn="2505">divided</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s> between them to <sn="5674">pass</s> throughout it: <sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="1980">went</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="1870">way</s> by <sn="905">himself</s>, and <sn="5662">Obadiah</s><sn="1980">went</s><sn="259">another</s><sn="1870">way</s> by <sn="905">himself</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And as <sn="5662">Obadiah</s><sn="1961">was</s> in the <sn="1870">way</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="452">Elijah</s><sn="7122">met</s> him: and he <sn="5234">knew</s> him, and <sn="5307">fell</s><sn="5921">on</s> his <sn="6440">face</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, Art <sn="859">thou</s><sn="2088">that</s> my <sn="113">lord</s><sn="452">Elijah</s>? </v>
<vn='8'>And he <sn="559">answered</s> him, <sn="589">I</s> am: <sn="1980">go</s>, <sn="559">tell</s> thy <sn="113">lord</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="452">Elijah</s> is here. </v>
<vn='9'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> have I <sn="2398">sinned</s>, <sn="3588">that</s><sn="859">thou</s> wouldest <sn="5414">deliver</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s>, to <sn="4191">slay</s> me? </v>
<vn='10'> As the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, there <sn="3426">is</s><sn="518">no</s><sn="1471">nation</s> or <sn="4467">kingdom</s>, <sn="834 8033">whither</s> my <sn="113">lord</s> hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7971">sent</s> to <sn="1245">seek</s> thee: and when they <sn="559">said</s>, He is <sn="369">not</s> there; he took an <sn="7650">oath</s> of <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4467">kingdom</s> and <sn="1471">nation</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> they <sn="4672">found</s> thee <sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s>, as soon as <sn="589">I</s> am <sn="1980">gone</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> thee, that the <sn="7307">Spirit</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall <sn="5375">carry</s> thee <sn="5921 834">whither</s> I <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3808">not</s>; and so when I <sn="935">come</s> and <sn="5046">tell</s><sn="256">Ahab</s>, and he <sn="3808">cannot</s><sn="4672">find</s> thee, he shall <sn="2026">slay</s> me: but I thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="3372">fear</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> from my <sn="4480 5271">youth</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Was it <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5046">told</s> my <sn="113">lord</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="834">what</s> I <sn="6213">did</s> when <sn="348">Jezebel</s><sn="2026">slew</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, how I <sn="2244">hid</s> a <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s> of the LORD's <sn="4480 5030 3068">prophets</s> by <sn="2572 2572 376">fifty</s> in a <sn="4631">cave</s>, and <sn="3557">fed</s> them with <sn="3899">bread</s> and <sn="4325">water</s>? </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="6258">now</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="559">sayest</s>, <sn="1980">Go</s>, <sn="559">tell</s> thy <sn="113">lord</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="452">Elijah</s> is here: and he shall <sn="2026">slay</s> me. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="452">Elijah</s><sn="559">said</s>, As the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, <sn="6440">before</s><sn="834">whom</s> I <sn="5975">stand</s>, I will <sn="3588">surely</s> show <sn="7200">myself</s><sn="413">unto</s> him <sn="3117">today</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>So <sn="5662">Obadiah</s><sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="7122">meet</s><sn="256">Ahab</s>, and <sn="5046">told</s> him: and <sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="7122">meet</s><sn="452">Elijah</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="452">Elijah</s>, that <sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, Art <sn="859">thou</s> he <sn="2088">that</s><sn="5916">troubleth</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='18'>And he <sn="559">answered</s>, I have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5916">troubled</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s>; <sn="3588 518">but</s><sn="859">thou</s>, and thy <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, in that ye have <sn="5800">forsaken</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4687">commandments</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and thou hast <sn="1980 310">followed</s><sn="1168">Baalim</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="7971">send</s>, and <sn="6908">gather</s><sn="413">to</s> me <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="2022">mount</s><sn="3760">Carmel</s>, and the <sn="5030">prophets</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s><sn="702">four</s><sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="2572">fifty</s>, and the <sn="5030">prophets</s> of the <sn="842">groves</s><sn="702">four</s><sn="3967">hundred</s>, which <sn="398">eat</s> at <sn="348">Jezebel</s> 's <sn="7979">table</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>So <sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="7971">sent</s> unto <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and gathered the prophets <sn="6908 *853 5030">together</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="2022">mount</s><sn="3760">Carmel</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="452">Elijah</s><sn="5066">came</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, How <sn="5704 4970">long</s><sn="6452">halt</s><sn="859">ye</s><sn="5921">between</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="5587">opinions</s>? <sn="518">if</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> be <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="1980 310">follow</s> him: but <sn="518">if</s><sn="1168">Baal</s>, then <sn="1980 310">follow</s> him. And the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="6030">answered</s> him <sn="3808">not</s> a <sn="1697">word</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="452">Elijah</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="589">I</s>, even I <sn="905">only</s>, <sn="3498">remain</s> a <sn="5030">prophet</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; but <sn="1168">Baal</s> 's <sn="5030">prophets</s> are <sn="702">four</s><sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="2572">fifty</s><sn="376">men</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>Let them therefore <sn="5414">give</s> us <sn="8147">two</s><sn="6499">bullocks</s>; and let them <sn="977">choose</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="6499">bullock</s> for themselves, and cut it in <sn="5408">pieces</s>, and <sn="7760">lay</s> it <sn="5921">on</s><sn="6086">wood</s>, and <sn="7760">put</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="784">fire</s> under: and <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="6213">dress</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="259">other</s><sn="6499">bullock</s>, and <sn="5414">lay</s> it <sn="5921">on</s><sn="6086">wood</s>, and <sn="7760">put</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="784">fire</s> under: </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="7121">call</s> ye on the <sn="8034">name</s> of your <sn="430">gods</s>, and <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="7121">call</s> on the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: and the <sn="430">God</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="6030">answereth</s> by <sn="784">fire</s>, let <sn="1931">him</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="430">God</s>. And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, It is <sn="2896">well</s><sn="1697">spoken</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="452">Elijah</s><sn="559">said</s> unto the <sn="5030">prophets</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s>, <sn="977">Choose</s> you <sn="259">one</s><sn="6499">bullock</s> for yourselves, and <sn="6213">dress</s> it <sn="7223">first</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="859">ye</s> are <sn="7227">many</s>; and <sn="7121">call</s> on the <sn="8034">name</s> of your <sn="430">gods</s>, but <sn="7760">put</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="784">fire</s> under. </v>
<vn='26'>And they <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6499">bullock</s><sn="834">which</s> was <sn="5414">given</s> them, and they <sn="6213">dressed</s> it, and <sn="7121">called</s> on the <sn="8034">name</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s> from <sn="4480 1242">morning</s> even <sn="5704">until</s><sn="6672">noon</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, O <sn="1168">Baal</s>, <sn="6030">hear</s> us. But there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="6963">voice</s>, <sn="369">nor</s> any that <sn="6030">answered</s>. And they <sn="6452">leaped</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s><sn="834">which</s> was <sn="6213">made</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> at <sn="6672">noon</s>, that <sn="452">Elijah</s><sn="2048">mocked</s> them, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="7121">Cry</s><sn="6963 1419">aloud</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">he</s> is a <sn="430">god</s>; <sn="3588">either</s> he is <sn="7879">talking</s>, <sn="3588">or</s> he is <sn="7873">pursuing</s>, <sn="3588">or</s> he is in a <sn="1870">journey</s>, or <sn="194">peradventure</s><sn="1931">he</s><sn="3463">sleepeth</s>, and must be <sn="3364">awaked</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And they <sn="7121">cried</s><sn="6963 1419">aloud</s>, and cut <sn="1413">themselves</s> after their <sn="4941">manner</s> with <sn="2719">knives</s> and <sn="7420">lancets</s>, <sn="5704">till</s> the <sn="1818">blood</s> gushed <sn="8210">out</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them. </v>
<vn='29'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="6672">midday</s> was <sn="5674">past</s>, and they <sn="5012">prophesied</s><sn="5704">until</s> the time of the <sn="5927">offering</s> of the evening <sn="4503">sacrifice</s>, that there was <sn="369">neither</s><sn="6963">voice</s>, <sn="369">nor</s> any to <sn="6030">answer</s>, <sn="369">nor</s> any that <sn="7182">regarded</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And <sn="452">Elijah</s><sn="559">said</s> unto <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, Come <sn="5066">near</s><sn="413">unto</s> me. And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> came <sn="5066">near</s><sn="413">unto</s> him. And he <sn="7495">repaired</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> that was broken <sn="2040">down</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And <sn="452">Elijah</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="8147 6240">twelve</s><sn="68">stones</s>, according to the <sn="4557">number</s> of the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="3290">Jacob</s>, <sn="413">unto</s><sn="834">whom</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3478">Israel</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> thy <sn="8034">name</s>: </v>
<vn='32'>And <sn="854">with</s> the <sn="68">stones</s> he <sn="1129">built</s> an <sn="4196">altar</s> in the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: and he <sn="6213">made</s> a <sn="8585">trench</s><sn="5439">about</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s>, as great as would <sn="1004">contain</s> two <sn="5429">measures</s> of <sn="2233">seed</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>And he <sn="6186">put</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6086">wood</s> in order, and <sn="5408">cut</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6499">bullock</s> in pieces, and <sn="7760">laid</s> him <sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="6086">wood</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4390">Fill</s><sn="702">four</s><sn="3537">barrels</s> with <sn="4325">water</s>, and <sn="3332">pour</s> it <sn="5921">on</s> the burnt <sn="5930">sacrifice</s>, and <sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="6086">wood</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, Do it the second <sn="8138">time</s>. And they did it the second <sn="8138">time</s>. And he <sn="559">said</s>, Do it the third <sn="8027">time</s>. And they did it the third <sn="8027">time</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>And the <sn="4325">water</s><sn="1980">ran</s> round <sn="5439">about</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s>; and he <sn="4390">filled</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8585">trench</s><sn="1571">also</s> with <sn="4325">water</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> at the time of the <sn="5927">offering</s> of the evening <sn="4503">sacrifice</s>, that <sn="452">Elijah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s> came <sn="5066">near</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="85">Abraham</s>, <sn="3327">Isaac</s>, and of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, let it be <sn="3045">known</s> this <sn="3117">day</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="859">thou</s> art <sn="430">God</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and that <sn="589">I</s> am thy <sn="5650">servant</s>, and that I have <sn="6213">done</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">things</s> at thy <sn="1697">word</s>. </v>
<vn='37'><sn="6030">Hear</s> me, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="6030">hear</s> me, that <sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s> may <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="859">thou</s> art the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s>, and that <sn="859">thou</s> hast <sn="5437">turned</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="3820">heart</s> back <sn="322">again</s>. </v>
<vn='38'>Then the <sn="784">fire</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5307">fell</s>, and <sn="398">consumed</s><sn="*853"></s> the burnt <sn="5930">sacrifice</s>, and the <sn="6086">wood</s>, and the <sn="68">stones</s>, and the <sn="6083">dust</s>, and licked <sn="3897">up</s> the <sn="4325">water</s><sn="834">that</s> was in the <sn="8585">trench</s>. </v>
<vn='39'>And when <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="7200">saw</s> it, they <sn="5307">fell</s><sn="5921">on</s> their <sn="6440">faces</s>: and they <sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> is the <sn="430">God</s>; the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> is the <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='40'>And <sn="452">Elijah</s><sn="559">said</s> unto them, <sn="8610">Take</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s>; let <sn="408">not</s><sn="376">one</s> of <sn="4480">them</s><sn="4422">escape</s>. And they <sn="8610">took</s> them: and <sn="452">Elijah</s> brought them <sn="3381">down</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5158">brook</s><sn="7028">Kishon</s>, and <sn="7819">slew</s> them <sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='41'>And <sn="452">Elijah</s><sn="559">said</s> unto <sn="256">Ahab</s>, Get thee <sn="5927">up</s>, <sn="398">eat</s> and <sn="8354">drink</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> there is a <sn="6963">sound</s> of <sn="1995">abundance</s> of <sn="1653">rain</s>. </v>
<vn='42'>So <sn="256">Ahab</s> went <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="398">eat</s> and to <sn="8354">drink</s>. And <sn="452">Elijah</s> went <sn="5927">up</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="7218">top</s> of <sn="3760">Carmel</s>; and he cast himself <sn="1457">down</s> upon the <sn="776">earth</s>, and <sn="7760">put</s> his <sn="6440">face</s><sn="996">between</s> his <sn="1290">knees</s>, </v>
<vn='43'>And <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s> his <sn="5288">servant</s>, Go <sn="5927">up</s><sn="4994">now</s>, <sn="5027">look</s><sn="1870">toward</s> the <sn="3220">sea</s>. And he went <sn="5927">up</s>, and <sn="5027">looked</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, There is <sn="369 3972">nothing</s>. And he <sn="559">said</s>, Go <sn="7725">again</s><sn="7651">seven</s><sn="6471">times</s>. </v>
<vn='44'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> at the seventh <sn="7637">time</s>, that he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, there <sn="5927">ariseth</s> a <sn="6996">little</s><sn="5645">cloud</s> out of the <sn="4480 3220">sea</s>, like a <sn="376">man</s> 's <sn="3709">hand</s>. And he <sn="559">said</s>, Go <sn="5927">up</s>, <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="256">Ahab</s>, <sn="631">Prepare</s> thy chariot, and get thee <sn="3381">down</s>, that the <sn="1653">rain</s><sn="6113">stop</s> thee <sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='45'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="5704 3541 5704 3541">meanwhile</s>, that the <sn="8064">heaven</s> was <sn="6937">black</s> with <sn="5645">clouds</s> and <sn="7307">wind</s>, and there <sn="1961">was</s> a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="1653">rain</s>. And <sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="7392">rode</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="3157">Jezreel</s>. </v>
<vn='46'>And the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="413">on</s><sn="452">Elijah</s>; and he girded <sn="8151">up</s> his <sn="4975">loins</s>, and <sn="7323">ran</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="935">entrance</s> of <sn="3157">Jezreel</s>. </v>