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Elijah Predicts a Drought
Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”
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Elijah said to her, “Do not be afraid; go and do as you have said, but first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son.
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She went and did as Elijah said, so that she as well as he and her household ate for many days.
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The jar of meal was not emptied, neither did the jug of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah.
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Elijah Revives the Widow’s Son
After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill; his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.
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She then said to Elijah, “What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!”
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The Lord listened to the voice of Elijah; the life of the child came into him again, and he revived.
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Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother; then Elijah said, “See, your son is alive.”
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So the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”
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Elijah’s Message to Ahab
After many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year of the drought, saying, “Go, present yourself to Ahab; I will send rain on the earth.”
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So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.
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As Obadiah was on the way, Elijah met him; Obadiah recognized him, fell on his face, and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
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He answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord that Elijah is here.”
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But now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord that Elijah is here.’
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Yet now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord that Elijah is here’; he will surely kill me.”
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Elijah said, “As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”
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So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
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When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is it you, you troubler of Israel?”
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Elijah’s Triumph over the Priests of Baal
So Ahab sent to all the Israelites and assembled the prophets at Mount Carmel.
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Elijah then came near to all the people and said, “How long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him, but if Baal, then follow him.” The people did not answer him a word.
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Then Elijah said to the people, “I, even I only, am left a prophet of the Lord, but Baal’s prophets number four hundred fifty.
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Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first, for you are many; then call on the name of your god, but put no fire to it.”
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At noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud! Surely he is a god; either he is meditating, or he has wandered away, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.”
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Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come closer to me,” and all the people came closer to him. First he repaired the altar of the Lord that had been thrown down;
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Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord came, saying, “Israel shall be your name”;