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1 And it came to pass [after] many days, that the word of the LORD [Yahweh] came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
2 And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And [there was] a sore famine in Samaria.
3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which [was] the governor of [his] house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD [Yahweh] greatly:
4 For it was [so], when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD [Yahweh], that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
5 And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go into the land, to all fountains of water, and to all brooks: perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, [Are] you that my lord Elijah?
8 And he answered him, I [am]: go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
9 And he said, What have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
10 [As] the LORD [Yahweh] your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you: and when they said, [He is] not [there]; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found you not.
11 And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
12 And it will come to pass, [as soon as] I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD [Yahweh] will carry you where I know not; and [so] when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will slay me: but I your servant fear the LORD [Yahweh] from my youth.
 - SPIRIT OF GOD
13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD [Yahweh], how I hid a hundred men of the LORD [Yahweh]'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
14 And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]: and he will slay me.
15 And Elijah said, [As] the LORD [Yahweh] of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him to day.
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, [Are] you he that troubles Israel?
18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but you, and your father's house, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD [Yahweh], and you have followed Baalim.
19 Now therefore send, [and] gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
20 So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to mount Carmel.
21 And Elijah came to all the people, and said, How long halt you between two opinions? if the LORD [Yahweh] [be] God, follow him: but if Baal, [then] follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
22 Then said Elijah to the people, I, [even] I only, remain a prophet of the LORD [Yahweh]; 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 wood, and put no fire [under]: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay [it] on wood, and put no fire [under]:
24 And call you on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD [Yahweh]: and the God that answers by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
25 And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress [it] first; for you [are] many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire [under].
26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed [it], and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But [there was] no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he [is] a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, [or] perhaps he sleeps, and must be awaked.
28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the [time] of the offering of the [evening] sacrifice, that [there was] neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
30 And 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 [Yahweh] [that was] broken down.
31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD [Yahweh] came, saying, Israel will be your name:
32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD [Yahweh]: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid [him] on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour [it] on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
34 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.
35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
36 And it came to pass at [the time of] the offering of the [evening] sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD [Yahweh] God of Abraham, Isaac, and of 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.
37 Hear me, O LORD [Yahweh], hear me, that this people may know that you [are] the LORD [Yahweh] God, and [that] you have turned their heart back again.
38 Then the fire of the LORD [Yahweh] fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that [was] in the trench.
39 And when all the people saw [it], they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD [Yahweh], he [is] the God; the LORD [Yahweh], he [is] the God.
40 And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
41 And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up and celebrate with food and drink; for [there is] the sound of abundant rain.
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he crouched down on the ground, and put his face between his knees,
43 And 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.
44 And on the seventh time, he said, There is a little cloud rising up out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Prepare [your chariot], and start heading down, before the rain stops you.
45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
46 And the hand of the LORD [Yahweh] was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.