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I Kings Chapter 18

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In this chapter Elijah and Elisha are called to confront the worship of Baal, and Elijah performs miracles including a fire from heaven and a great earthquake. The chapter ends with a divine call to worship Yahweh and a warning against idolatry.

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(1) And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
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Luke 4:25James 5:17Revelation 11:2Revelation 11:6I Kings 17:1I Kings 17:7I Kings 17:15I Kings 18:2I Kings 18:15I Kings 18:16I Kings 18:17I Kings 18:18

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Revelation 8:12Joel 2:23I Samuel 20:12II Samuel 18:2II Kings 1:13Ezekiel 5:2

(2) And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
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Psalms 27:1Psalms 51:4Proverbs 28:1Isaiah 51:12Hebrews 13:5Hebrews 13:6Leviticus 26:26Deuteronomy 28:23Deuteronomy 28:24II Kings 6:25Jeremiah 14:2Jeremiah 14:3

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(3) And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
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Genesis 24:2Genesis 24:10Genesis 39:4Genesis 39:5Genesis 39:9Genesis 41:40I Kings 18:12Genesis 22:12Genesis 42:18II Kings 4:1Nehemiah 5:15Nehemiah 7:2

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(4) For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
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Nehemiah 9:26Matthew 21:35Revelation 17:4Revelation 17:5Revelation 17:6Hebrews 11:38I Kings 18:13II Kings 6:22II Kings 6:23Matthew 10:40Matthew 10:41Matthew 10:42

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(5) And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
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Psalms 104:14Jeremiah 14:5Jeremiah 14:6Joel 1:18Joel 2:22Habakkuk 3:17Romans 8:20Romans 8:21Romans 8:22

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(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.
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Jeremiah 14:3

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(7) And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
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I Kings 11:29II Kings 1:6II Kings 1:7II Kings 1:8Matthew 3:4Matthew 11:8Genesis 18:2Genesis 50:18I Samuel 20:41II Samuel 19:18Isaiah 60:14Genesis 18:12

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(8) And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
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I Kings 18:3Romans 13:7I Peter 2:17I Peter 2:18

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(9) And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
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I Kings 18:12I Kings 17:18Exodus 5:21

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(10) As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
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I Kings 18:15I Kings 1:29I Kings 2:24I Kings 17:1I Kings 17:12I Samuel 29:6Psalms 10:2Jeremiah 26:20Jeremiah 26:21Jeremiah 26:22Jeremiah 26:23I Kings 17:5

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(11) And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
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I Kings 18:8I Kings 18:14

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(12) And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
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II Kings 2:11II Kings 2:16Ezekiel 3:12Ezekiel 3:13Ezekiel 3:14Ezekiel 8:3Ezekiel 11:24Ezekiel 37:1Ezekiel 40:1Ezekiel 40:2Matthew 4:1Acts 8:39

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(13) Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
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I Kings 18:4Genesis 20:4Genesis 20:5Psalms 18:21Psalms 18:22Psalms 18:23Psalms 18:24Acts 20:34I Thessalonians 2:9I Thessalonians 2:10Matthew 10:41Matthew 10:42

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(14) And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
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Matthew 10:28

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(15) And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
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I Kings 18:10Hebrews 6:16Hebrews 6:17Genesis 2:1Deuteronomy 4:19Job 25:3Psalms 24:8Psalms 24:9Psalms 24:10Psalms 103:21Psalms 148:2Psalms 148:3

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(16) So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
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(17) And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
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I Kings 21:20Joshua 7:25Jeremiah 26:8Jeremiah 26:9Jeremiah 38:4Amos 7:10Acts 16:20Acts 17:6Acts 24:5

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(18) 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.
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Ezekiel 3:8Matthew 14:4Acts 24:13Acts 24:20I Kings 9:9II Chronicles 15:2Proverbs 11:19Proverbs 13:21Isaiah 3:11Jeremiah 2:13Jeremiah 2:19Revelation 2:8

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(19) 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.
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I Kings 18:42I Kings 18:43Joshua 19:26I Samuel 15:12II Kings 2:25Jeremiah 46:18Amos 1:2Amos 9:3I Kings 22:6II Peter 2:1Revelation 19:20I Kings 15:13

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(20) So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
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(21) 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.
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(22) 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.
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I Kings 19:10I Kings 19:14I Kings 20:13I Kings 20:32I Kings 20:35I Kings 20:38I Kings 22:6I Kings 22:7I Kings 22:8Romans 11:3I Kings 18:19I Kings 18:20

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(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:
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(24) 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.
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(25) 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.
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(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.
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Matthew 6:7I Kings 18:24Psalms 115:4Psalms 115:5Psalms 115:6Psalms 115:7Psalms 115:8Psalms 135:15Psalms 135:16Psalms 135:17Psalms 135:18Psalms 135:19

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(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 peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
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(28) And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
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(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.
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(30) And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.
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(31) And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
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(32) And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
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(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.
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(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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(35) And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
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(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 God of Abraham, Isaac, and of 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 at thy word.
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(37) Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
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(38) Then the fire of the LORD 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.
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(39) And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
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(40) And Elijah said unto 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.
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(41) And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
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(42) So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
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I Kings 18:19Matthew 14:23Luke 6:12Acts 10:9Genesis 24:52Joshua 7:6II Samuel 12:16Daniel 9:3Mark 14:35James 5:16James 5:17James 5:18

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(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.
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(44) And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
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(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.
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I Kings 18:39I Kings 18:40Numbers 25:8II Samuel 21:14I Kings 21:1I Kings 21:23Joshua 19:18II Samuel 2:9II Kings 9:16

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(46) And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
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II Kings 3:15Isaiah 8:11Ezekiel 1:3Ezekiel 3:14II Kings 4:29II Kings 9:1Job 38:3Jeremiah 1:17Ephesians 6:14I Peter 1:13Matthew 22:21I Peter 2:17

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