Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today we're
going to be reading the story of
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Ahab, and Jezebel, and
Elijah; but before we get into
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that story, let's pray together.
Dear Lord, thank you so much
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for an opportunity
to sit in your presence,
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especially right now, and
to hear your word. Please may
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the lessons that you have for
each of us in this story today,
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bear fruit in our lives, to your
Glory. Thank you for loving us
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and we love your so much. Amen,
We're picking up in the book of
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1st Kings, chapter 16, verse 34.
This is the King James Version.
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In his days did Hiel
the Bethelite build Jericho:
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he laid the foundation
thereof in Abiram his firstborn,
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and set up the gates thereof
in his youngest son Segub,
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according to the word of the
Lord, which he spake by Joshua
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the son of Nun.
Continuing now in 1st Kings,
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chapter 17, King James Version.
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And Elijah the Tishbite, who was
of the inhabitants of Gilead,
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said unto Ahab, As the
Lord God of Israel liveth,
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before whom I stand,
there shall not be dew nor rain
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these years, but
according to my word.
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And the word of the
Lord came unto him, saying,
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Get thee hence, and turn
thee eastward, and hide thyself
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by the brook Cherith,
that is before Jordan.
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And it shall be, that
thou shalt drink of the brook;
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and I have commanded the
ravens to feed thee there.
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So he went and did according
unto the word of the Lord:
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for he went and
dwelt by the brook Cherith,
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that is before Jordan. And
the ravens brought him bread and
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flesh in the morning, and
bread and flesh in the evening;
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and he drank of the brook. And
it came to pass after a while,
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that the brook dried up,
because there had been no rain
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in the land. And the word of
the Lord came unto him, saying,
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Arise, get the to Zarephath,
which belongeth to Zidon,
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and dwell there: behold, I have
commanded a widow woman there
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to sustain thee. So he
arose and went to Zarephath.
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And when he came to the gate
of the city, behold, the widow
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woman was there gathering of
sticks: and he called to her,
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and said, Fetch me, I pray thee,
a little water in a vessel,
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that I may drink. And as
she was going to fetch it,
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he called to her, and said,
Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel
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of Bread in thine hand. And she
said, As the Lord thy God liveth
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I have not a cake but an
handful of meal in a barrel,
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and a little oil in a cruse: and
behold, I am gathering 2 sticks
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that I may go in and
dress it for me and my son,
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that we may eat it, and
die. And Elijah said unto her,
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Fear not; go and do as thou
hast said: but make me thereof
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a little cake first, and bring
it unto me and after make for
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thee and for thy son. For thus
saith the Lord God of Israel,
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The barrel of meal shall not
waste, neither shall the cruse
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of oil fail, until the
day that the Lord sendeth rain
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upon the earth. And she went
and did according to the saying
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of Elijah: and she, and he, and
her house, did eat many days.
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And the barrel of meal wasted
not neither did the cruse of oil
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fail, according to the
word of the Lord, which he spake
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by Elijah. And it came to pass
after these things, that the son
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of the woman, the mistress
of the house, fell sick:
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and his sickness was so sore,
that there was no breath left in
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him. And she said unto Elijah,
What have I to do with thee,
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O thou man of God? art
thou come unto me to call my sin
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to remembrance, and to slay
my son? And he said unto her,
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Give me thy son. And he took him
out of her bosom, and carried
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him up into a loft, where he
abode, and laid him on his own
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bed. And he cried unto the
Lord, and said, O Lord my God,
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hast thou also brought evil upon
the widow with whom I sojourn,
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by slaying her son? And he
stretched himself upon the child
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three times, and cried unto the
Lord, and said, O Lord my God,
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I pray thee, let this child's
soul come into him again.
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And the Lord heard the voice
of Elijah; and the soul of the
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child came into him
again, and he revived.
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And Elijah took the child,
and brought him down out of the
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chamber into the house, and
delivered him unto his mother:
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and Elijah said, See, thy
son liveth. And the woman said
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to Elijah, Now by this I
know that thou art a man of God,
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and that the word of the
Lord in thy mouth is truth.
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We're continuing
with 1st Kings chapter 18,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And it came to pass after many
days, that the word of the Lord
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came to Elijah in the third
year, saying, Go, shew thyself
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unto Ahab; and I will
send rain upon the earth.
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And Elijah went to shew himself
unto Ahab. And there was a sore
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famine in Samaria. And
Ahab called Obadiah, which was
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the governor of his house. Now
Obadiah feared the Lord greatly:
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for it was so, when Jezebel cut
off the prophets of the Lord,
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that Obadiah took an hundred
prophets, and hid them by fifty
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in a cave, and fed
them with bread and water.
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And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go
into the land unto all fountains
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of water, and unto all brooks:
peradventure we may find grass
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to save the horses and mules
alive, that we lose not all the
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beasts. So they divided
the land between them to pass
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throughout it: Ahab went one
way by himself, and Obadiah went
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another way by himself. And as
Obadiah was in the way, behold,
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Elijah met him: and he knew him,
and fell on his face, and said,
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Art thou that my lord Elijah?
And he answered him, I am:
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go, tell thy lord,
Behold, Elijah is here.
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And he said, What have I sinned,
that thou wouldest deliver thy
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servant into the hand of Ahab,
to slay me? As the lord thy God
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liveth, there is no nation
or kingdom, whither my lord
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hath not sent to seek
thee: and when they said,
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The is not there; he took an
oath of the kingdom and nation,
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that they found thee not. And
now thou sayest, Go, tell thy
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lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
And it come to pass, as soon
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as I am gone from thee, that
the spirit of the Lord shall
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carry thee whither I know not;
and so when I come and tell Ahab
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and he cannot find
thee, he shall slay me:
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but I thy servant fear
the Lord from my youth.
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Was it not told my lord
what I did when Jezebel slew the
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prophets of the Lord, how I
hid an hundred men of the Lord's
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prophets by fifty in a cave, and
fed them with bread and water?
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And now thou sayest, Go tell
thy lord, Behold Elijah is here?
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and he shall slay me. And Elijah
said, As the Lord of hosts
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liveth, before whom I stand,
I will surely shew myself unto
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him today. So Obadiah went
to meet Ahab, and told him:
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and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
And it came to pass, when Ahab
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saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto
him, Art thou he that troubleth
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Israel? And he answered, I have
not troubled Israel; but thou,
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and thy father's house
in that ye have forsaken
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the commandments of the Lord,
and thou hast followed Baalim.
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Now therefore send, and gather
to me all Israel unto the mount
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Carmel, and the prophets of
Baal four hundred and fifty,
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and the prophets of the groves
400, which eat at Jezebel's
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table. So Ahab sent unto all the
children of Israel, and gathered
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the prophets together unto
mount Carmel. And Elijah came
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unto all the people, and
said, How long halt ye between
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two opinions? if the Lord
be God follow him: but if Baal,
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then follow him. And the
people answered him not a word.
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Then said Elijah unto the people
I, even I only, remain a prophet
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of the Lord; but Baal's prophets
are four hundred and fifty men.
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Let them therefore give us two
bullocks; and let them choose
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one bullock for themselves, and
cut it in pieces, and lay it on
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wood, and put no fire under: and
I will dress the other bullock
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and lay it on wood, and put no
fire under: And call ye on the
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name of your gods, and I will
call on the name of the Lord:
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and the God that answereth
by fire, let him be God.
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And all the people answered
and said, it is well spoken.
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And Elijah said unto the
prophets of Baal, Choose you
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one bullock for yourselves, and
dress it first; for ye are many;
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and call on the name of your
gods, but put no fire under.
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And they took the bullock which
was given them, and they dressed
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it and called on the name
of Baal from morning even until
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noon, saying, O Baal, hear
us. But there was no voice,
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nor any that answered. And they
leaped upon the altar which was
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made. And it came to pass at
noon, that Elijah mocked them,
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and said, Cry aloud: for he
is a god; either he is talking
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or he is pursuing, or he is
in a journey, or peradventure he
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sleepeth, and must be awaked.
And they cried aloud, and cut
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themselves after their
manner with knives and lancets,
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till the blood gushed out
upon them. And it came to pass,
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when midday was past, and they
prophesied until the time of the
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offering of the evening
sacrifice, that there was
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neither voice, nor any to
answer, nor any that regarded.
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and Elijah said unto all
the people, Come near unto me.
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And all the people
came near unto him.
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And he repaired the altar of
the Lord that was broken down.
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And Elijah took 12 stones,
according to the number of the
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tribes of the sons of Jacob,
unto whom the word of the Lord
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came, saying, Israel shall
be thy name: And with the stones
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he built an altar in the name of
the Lord: and he made a trench
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about the altar, as great
as would contain two measures
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of seed. And he put the wood
in order, and cut the bullock in
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pieces, and laid him on the
wood, and said, Fill 4 barrels
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with water, and pour it on the
burnt sacrifice and on the wood.
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And he said, Do it the second
time. And they did it the second
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time. And he said, Do it
the third time. And they did it
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the third time. And the
water ran round about the altar;
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and he filled the
trench also with water.
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And it came to pass at the time
of the offering of the evening
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sacrifice, that Elijah the
prophet came near, and said,
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Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and
of Israel, let it be known this
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day that thou art God in Israel,
and that I am thy servant,
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and that I have done all
these things at thy word.
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Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that
this people may know that thou
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art the Lord God, and that thou
hast turned their heart back
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again. Then the fire of
the Lord fell, and consumed the
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burnt sacrifice, and the wood,
and the stones, and the dust,
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and licked up the
water that was in the trench.
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And when all the people saw
it, they fell on their faces:
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and they said, The Lord, he is
the God; the Lord, he is the God
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And Elijah said unto
them, Take the prophets of Baal;
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let not one of them
escape. And they took them:
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and Elijah brought them
down to the brook Kishon,
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and slew them there. And Elijah
said unto Ahab, Get thee up,
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eat and drink; for there is
the sound of abundance of rain.
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So Ahab went up to eat and to
drink. And Elijah went up to the
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top of Carmel; and he cast
himself down upon the earth,
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and put his face between his
knees and he said to his servant
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Go up now, look toward the
sea. And he went up, and looked,
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and said, There is nothing. And
he said Go again, seven times.
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And it came to pass at the
7th time, that he said, Behold,
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there ariseth a
little cloud out of the sea,
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like a man's hand. And he
said, Go up, say unto Ahab,
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Prepare thy chariot, and
get thee down, that the rain
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stop thee not. And it
came to pass in the mean while,
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that the heaven was black with
clouds and wind, and there was
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a great rain. And Ahab
rode, and went to Jezreel.
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and the hand of the Lord was
on Elijah; and he girded up his
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loins, and ran before Ahab
to the entrance of Jezreel.
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Reading in 1st
Kings, chapter 19.
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And Ahab told Jezebel all
that Elijah had done, and withal
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how he had slain all
the prophets with the sword.
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Then Jezebel sent a
messenger unto Elijah, saying,
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So let the gods do to me,
and more also, if I make not thy
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life as the life of one of them
by tomorrow about this time.
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And when he saw that, he
arose, and went for his life,
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and came to Beersheba,
which belongeth to Judah,
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and left his servant there. But
he himself went a day's journey
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into the wilderness, and came
and sat down under a juniper
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tree: and he requested
for himself that he might die;
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and said, It is enough;
now, O Lord, take away my life;
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for I am not
better than my fathers.
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Please join me
again next time. Goodbye.
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