11:018:014 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord,
Behold, Elijah is
here:
and he shall slay me.
11:018:015 And Elijah said, As the lord of hosts
liveth, before whom I
stand,
I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
11:018:016 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told
him: and Ahab went to
meet
Elijah.
11:018:017 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah,
that Ahab said unto
him,
Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
11:018:018 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel;
but thou, and thy
father’s
house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of
the
lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.
11:018:019 Now therefore send, and gather to me all
Israel unto 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.
11:018:020 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel,
and gathered the
prophets
together unto mount Carmel.
11:018:021 And Elijah came unto all the people, and
said, How long halt
ye
between two opinions? if the lord be God, follow
him: but
if
Baal, then follow him. And the people answered
him not a
word.
11:018:022 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even
I only, remain a
prophet
of the lord; but Baal’s prophets are four
hundred and
fifty
men.
11:018:023 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:
11:018:024 And call ye on the name of your gods, and
I will call on the
name
of the lord: and the God that answereth by
fire, let him
be
God. And all the people answered and said, It
is well
spoken.
11:018:025 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal,
Choose you one
bullock
for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many;
and
call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
11:018:026 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.
11:018:027 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 peradventure he
sleepeth,
and must be awaked.


