hundred prophets of the grove, which eat of the table of Jezebel.

So Ahab sent down all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long do ye linger on both sides? If the LORD be God, walk after him: but if it be Baal, walk after him. And the people answered him nothing.

And Elijah said unto the people, I alone am left a prophet of the LORD: but the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men.

Now therefore give us two bullocks, and let them choose one bullock, and cut it in pieces, and lay it upon the wood, and put no fire unto it: and I will take the other bullock, and lay it upon the wood, and put no fire unto it.

Then call ye on the name of your God, and I will call on the name of the LORD. Whichever God therefore shall answer with fire, let him be GOD. And all the people answered and said, This is right.

And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Call ye a bullock, and make the first, for yours is much; and call upon your God’s name, and put no fire to it.

And they took the bullock which he gave them, and dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from the morning even unto the south, saying: Baal, hear us. But there was neither voice nor answer. And they limped about the altar which they had made.

And when it was noon, Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; he worketh, or hath work, or is in the field, or peradventure sleepeth, that he may awake.

And they cried with a loud voice, and cut themselves with knives and awls after their manner, until their blood was gone.

And when noon was past, they prophesied until the meat offering should be offered: and there was no voice, nor answer, nor hearkening.

And Elijah said unto all the people, Come unto me, all ye people. And when all the people came unto him, he healed the altar of the LORD that was broken.

And he took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the children of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD spake, saying, Thou shalt be called Israel.

And he built of the stones an altar in the name of the LORD, and made round about the altar a pit two measures broad.

And he dressed the wood, and cut up the bullock, and laid it upon the wood.

And he said, Bring four measures of water, and pour it upon the burnt offering, and upon the wood. And he said, Do it again. And they did it again. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.

And the waters ran round about the altar, and the pit was filled with water.

And when the time was come to offer the meat offering, Elijah the prophet came near, and said, O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and I am thy servant; and that I have done all these things according to thy word.

Hear me, O LORD; hear me, that this people may know that thou, O LORD, art God, that thou mayest turn their hearts afterward.

And the fire of the LORD came down, and devoured burnt offerings, and wood, and stones, and earth, and licked up the waters of the pit.

And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces, and said: The LORD is GOD, the LORD is GOD!

And Elijah said unto them: Seize the prophets of Baal, that none of them escape. And they took them. And Elijah brought them down unto the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

And Elijah said unto Ahab: Go up, eat, and drink; for it is rushing as if it would rain very much.

And when Ahab went up to eat and to drink, Elijah went up to the top of Carmel, and bowed himself to the ground, and put his head between his knees.

And said unto his lad: Go up and look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing there. And he said, Go again seven times.

And the seventh time he said, Behold, a little cloud cometh up out of the sea, as the hand of a man. And he said, Go up, and tell Ahab: Tend, and go down, that the rain take thee not.

And before they looked, the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab departed, and went to Jezreel.

And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab, until he came to Jezreel.
(1 Kings)
Chapter 19
Elijah’s escape, fasting, comfort, and successor.

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had slain all the prophets of Baal with the sword.

And Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, The gods do this to me, and that to me, if I do not do to thy soul this time to morrow, as one of these souls.

And when he saw it, he arose, and went whithersoever he would, and came to Beer-sheba in Judah, and left his lad there.

And he went into the wilderness one day’s journey, and came in, and sat down under a juniper, and prayed that his soul might die, saying, It is enough; now therefore, O LORD, take my soul. I am no better than my fathers.

And he lay down, and slept under the juniper. And, behold, the angel stirred him, and said unto him, Arise, and eat.

And he looked round about, and, behold, there was at his head a loaf of toasted bread, and a pitcher of water. And when he had eaten and drunk, he lay down again to sleep.

And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and stirred him, saying, Arise, and eat: for thou hast a great way to go.

And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went by the strength of the same meat forty days and forty nights unto mount Horeb.

And there he entered into a cave, and lodged there overnight. And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, What doest thou here, Elijah?

And he said: I have been jealous for the LORD God of Zeboath: for the children of Israel
have forsaken thy covenant, and broken down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I alone am left, and they seek to take away my life.

And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mountain before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks, before the LORD: but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind there was an earthquake: but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

And after the earthquake there was a fire: but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, gentle whirring.

And when Elijah heard it, he covered his face with his mantle, and went out, and entered into the door of the cave. And, behold, a voice came unto him, saying, What hast thou to do here, Elijah?

And he said: I have been jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, they have broken down thine altars, they have slain thy prophets with the sword; and I alone am left, and they seek to take away my life.

And the LORD said unto him, Go thy way again through the wilderness unto Damascus, and go in, and anoint Hazael king over Syria.

And Jehu the son of Nimshi king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat, of Abel-meholah, a prophet in thy stead.

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall escape the sword of Hazael shall slay Jehu; and whosoever shall escape the sword of Jehu shall slay Elisha.

And I will leave seven thousand in Israel, every knee that hath not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that hath not kissed him.

And he went from thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat ploughing with twelve yokes before him: and he himself was of the twelve. And Elijah went unto him, and cast his mantle upon him.

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me kiss my father and my mother, and I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go thy way, and come again: for I have business with thee.

And he ran again from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and offered them; and boiled the flesh with the wood of the oxen, and gave it to the people to eat. And he arose, and followed Elijah, and ministered unto him.
(1 Kings)
Chapter 20
Twofold war and victory of Ahab against Benhadad the Syrian.

And Benhadad king of Syria gathered together all his power, and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up, and besieged Samaria, and fought against them.

And sent messengers unto Ahab king of Israel into the city.

And said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad, Thy silver and thy gold are mine, and thy wives and thy best children are mine.

And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord king, as thou hast spoken; I am thine, and all that I have.

And the messengers came again, and said, Thus saith Benhadad, Because I have sent unto