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1 Kings 18 :: Darby Translation (DBY)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:1 - And it came to pass after many days, that the word of Jehovah came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:2 - And Elijah went to shew himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:3 - And Ahab called Obadiah, who was the steward of his house (now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - and it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and maintained them with bread and water);

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:5 - and Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the fountains of water and to all the torrents, perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and the mules alive, so that we may not have to destroy some of our beasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:6 - And they divided the land between them to pass through it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:7 - And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him; and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it indeed thou, my lord Elijah?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:8 - And he said to him, I am he: go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:9 - And he said, What have I sinned, that thou givest thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to put me to death?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:10 - As Jehovah thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom whither my lord has not sent to seek thee; and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom or nation that they found thee not.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:11 - And now thou sayest, Go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:12 - And it shall come to pass when I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah shall carry thee whither I know not; and when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will kill me; and I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of Jehovah, how I hid a hundred men of Jehovah's prophets by fifty in a cave, and maintained them with bread and water?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:14 - And now thou sayest, Go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah! and he will kill me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:15 - And Elijah said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will certainly shew myself to him to-day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:16 - Then Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:17 - And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, the troubler of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:18 - And he said, I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and thou hast followed the Baals.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:19 - And now send, gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the Asherah four hundred, who eat at Jezebel's table.

God or Baal on Mount Carmel

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:20 - So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21 - Then Elijah drew near to all the people, and said, How long do ye halt between two opinions? if Jehovah be God, follow him; and if Baal, follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:22 - And Elijah said to the people, I, only I, remain a prophet of Jehovah; and Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:23 - Let them therefore give us two bullocks: and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and put it on the wood, and put no fire; and I will sacrifice the other bullock, and put it on the wood, and put no fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:24 - And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of Jehovah; and the god that answers by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, The word is good.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:25 - And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose one bullock for yourselves, and sacrifice it first; for ye are the many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26 - And they took the bullock which had been given them, and sacrificed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, O Baal, answer us! But there was no voice, and none answered. And they leaped about the altar that had been made.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:27 - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god; for he is meditating, or gone aside, or he is on a journey; perhaps he sleeps, and will awake.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:28 - And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with swords and spears, till the blood gushed out upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:29 - And it came to pass when midday was past, that they prophesied until the time of the offering up of the oblation; but there was neither voice, nor any that answered, nor any attention.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:30 - Then Elijah said to all the people, Draw near to me. And all the people drew near to him. And he repaired the altar of Jehovah which was broken down.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:31 - And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Jehovah came saying, Israel shall be thy name;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:32 - and with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah, and made a trench round about the altar, of the capacity of two measures of seed;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:33 - and he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood. And he said, Fill four pitchers with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:34 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:35 - And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

Elijah's Prayer

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:36 - And it came to pass at the time of the offering up of the oblation, that Elijah the prophet drew near, and said, Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things by thy word.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:37 - Answer me, Jehovah, answer me, that this people may know that thou Jehovah art God, and that *thou* hast turned their heart back again.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:38 - And the fire of Jehovah 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:39 - And all the people saw it, and they fell on their faces and said, Jehovah, he is God! Jehovah, he is God!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 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 torrent of Kishon, and slaughtered them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:41 - And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42 - And Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - And it came to pass at the seventh time that he said, Behold there is a cloud, small as a man's hand, arising out of the sea. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Harness and go down, that the pour of rain stop thee not.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heavens became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great pour of rain. And Ahab got on the chariot, and went to Jizreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:46 - And the hand of Jehovah was upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jizreel.
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In 1867, John Nelson Darby translated the New Testament from Greek into English. Further revisions were done in 1872 and 1884. Darby’s work was first published as The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages by J. N. Darby. After Darby’s death in 1882, some of his students worked together to produce the complete Darby Bible based on the Masoretic Hebrew text, Darby’s German (Elberfelder), and the French (Pau) translations. In 1890, the first complete Darby Bible was published in English. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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