Elijah ralseth thejwidonu"ifin. I. K I sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. 18 And flie said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to flay my son? 19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of herbosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. »o And he cried unto the Lo R D , and laid, O Lord my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? ax And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again. a» And the Lo R D heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. »j And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother v and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.' 14 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth w truth. C H A P. XVIII. 1 Elijah, metteth <with good Obadiah. 17 He rtfro'veth Ahab, and con<vinceth Baal < prophets. 41 He obtaineth rain. AND it came to pass after many days, that the word 6f the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the'earth. % And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there Ioos a sore" simine in Samaria. 3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which •was the governor of hit house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly: 4 For it wasJo, when Jezebel cut off the prophets ofthe Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) 5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grafs to save the hoi tes and mides alive, that we lose not all the beasts. 6 So they divided the land between them to pas* throughout it •. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way byhiniself. 7 Anil a. Obaduh was L11 the way, i N G S He riproveth Ahab. behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and Ciid, Art thou that my lord Elijah? 8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant; into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? 10 As the Lord thy God liveth,there is no nation or kingdom, whither roylord 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. 11 And now thou sayeft, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 11 And it (hall come to pass, as soon at I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not j andyi when I come and tell Ahab, and he cinndt find thee, he (hall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth. 13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the I.ci R n, how I hid an hundred men of thel.oR D'sprophets byfiftyinacave, and fed them with bread and water? 14 And now thou sayeft, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah :i here: and he shall ilay me. ■••'■••* 15 And Elijah said, As the Lord'of: hosts liveth, before whom L stands! Mit surely shew myself unto him to day.. • '16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab,and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah. 17 «J And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that trbubleth Israel? 18 And he answered, I have nottroubled Israel; but thou and thy sachets house, in that ve hav« forsaken theccanmandmentsofthe Lord, and thou halt followed Baalim;'' 19 Now therefor* fend, «*</gather'to me all Israel Unto mount Carmtl, and ihe prophets; of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves'four' hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. . ao So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gMlwred the prophets together unto mount Carmel. ai And Elijah cnmeuntoall the people, and said. How long halt ye between two 1 ■pinions? if the Lor D be God, follow him: but if Baal, M«rfbllow him. And the people answered him not a word. 11 Then said Eliiah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men. a 3 Let them therefore give us two bul locks. Elijah ctxviitctth Chap locks; and let thtm choose on: bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and by if on wood, and put no fire under: mi 1 will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put 110 fire under: H And call ye on the name of your gads, and I will call on the name of the lo»D: and the God that anfwereth by ire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken. >5 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Chooieyou one bullock ioryourfetoes, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no sire under. id And they took the bullock which • is given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morniageven until noon, laying, O Baal, hear us. But there viids no voice, nor any that answered. And they*leaped .upon the altar which was made. 17 And it came to pal's at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and laid, Cry aloud: for he is a goil; either; he is talking, or he is puiiuiiig, ov lie it in a journey, or p^radventure he llecneth, and mull be awakad. iJ Aud they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gullied ont upon themv 19 And it came to pals, when midday "as pa!t, and they prophesied until the tat of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there iuas neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. jo And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people 36 And it came to pass at the time 0/ the oifering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lo a D (Jod of Abraham, Isaac, and of Ilrael, let it be known this day that thou art God in Ilrael, and that 1 am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. 37 Hear me, O Lor D, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lor D God, and that thou hast turned" their heart back again. 38 Then the fir* 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. 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lo R D , hew the/ God; the Lo R D, he if the God. ■ 40 And Elijah Cud unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not oneof them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook rCiJhon, and flew them there. : 41 «J And Elijah laid unto Ahab, Get thee; up, eat and drink; for there is a found of abundance of rain. 4z So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel j and he cast .himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his.knees, ■ 43 And said to his servant, Coup now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, Thert is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. .44 And it came to pass at the seventh carat near unto him. And be repaired the time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth •ording to the number of the tribes bf the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lor o came, faying, Israel (hall he thy name: ". ?t And with the stones he built an allar in the name of the Lo R D: and he "udeatrench about the altar, as gitat as ■ould contain two measures of feed, '' 13 And he put the wood in ordetyawd cutthe bullock in pieces, and laid :hr/non ** wood, and said, Fill four barrels *ith water, and pour it on the burnt1 wince, and on the wood. » And he said, Do it the secondtkne. And they did it the second time.. And * said, Do it the third time. And they «d it the third time. IS And the water ran round about ** altar-, and he filled the trench also *ith water. a1 little cloud Out of the sea like a man's j« And Elijah took tVvelve stones, ac- hand; And he said, Ge up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. 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 i-ode,anti went Wjezreel. 46 And the hand of the Lord was .on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, attd- ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. CHAP. XIX. 1 Elijah threatened >y jtXibtl, 4 is comforted by an angel. 9 God fendeih him to anoint Haaael, Jehu, aud Eli/ha. 19 Eli/ha fitlloaueth Elijah. AND Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal, how he had Jla-in all the prophets with the sword. 1 Then Jezebel sent a'mestenger unto Elijah, saying, 80 let the gods do to me,' * and $Iijah threatened by Jezebel. I. KINGS Ben-haJad brjirgeth Samaria. and more also, if I make not thy life as ,the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. 3 And when he saw that, lie arose, and went for his life, and came to BeerIheba, which bdongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. 4 Ifl But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and fat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; tor 1 am not better than my fathers. 5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arile««..'eat. 6 And he looked, and, behold, there iva.< a cake baktn on the coals, and a 'cruse of water at his head. And he did rat and drink, and laid him down again. . 7 And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey it too great for thee. 8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. 9«fl:And lie came thither unto a cave and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lor D came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah i io And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lo R D God of hosts i for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. it And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lo R D . And, behold, the Lo R n passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord Iuoj not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord nvas not in the earthquake: ii And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lo R D -was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. i 3 And it was fi, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here_, Elijah? 14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lo R D God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, e<ven I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 15 And the Lor D said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou cornel), anoint Hazael to be king over Syria; 16 And Jehu the son of Nimlhi slialt thou anoint to be king ever Israel: and Elislia the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholali (halt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. 17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword os Hazael shall Jehu stay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu sliall Elislia stay. 18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. 19 fl So he departed thence, and found Elilha the son of Shaphat, who tuat plowing with twelve yoke ef oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: anu Elijah passed by him* and cast his mantle upon him. 10 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my-mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? 11 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their slesli with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and thev did eat. Then lie arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him. C H A P. XX. 1 Ben-hadad befiegeth Samaria, t * ThtSyrians arefiain. 31 Ahab dismissesh Ben*, hadad. 35 A prophet feprovtth him. AND Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all.his host together: and there <were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots 1 and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred againft.lt. f\ x And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and laid unto him, Thus faith Ben-hadad, 3 Thy silver and thy gold // mine; thy wives also and thy children, /w* the goodliest, are mine. 4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have. 5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, ftying. Although I have sent unto thee, si)'in£' I Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, ami thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; The Syrians twice defeated 6 Yet I will send my servant! unto thee to morrow about this time, and they (ball farck thine house, and the houses of thy servants j and it shall be, that whatsoever isplea&nt in thine eyes, they shall put i: m their hand, and take /'/ away. 7 Then the king os Israel called all the eUersof the land, and laid, Mark, I pray you,and see how this man seeketh mischief; for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, S3ii for ray gold; and I denied him not. I And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto iim, nor consent. 9 Wherefore lie said unto the messengcTsofBcn-hadadjTellmylordtheking, AH that thou didst fend for to thy ser'wt at the first, I will do-, but this thing I may not do. And the messengers deputed, and brought him word again. Io And Ben-hadad sent unto him,and kid, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice serhandfuls for all the people that follow me. ii And the king of Israel answered ind said, Tell him, Let not him that prdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. u And it came to pass, when Ben-haid heard this message, as he -was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they let thiajdvts in array against the city. 15 % And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus (kith the Lord, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will dehver it into tiiine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. . 14 And Ahab said, By whom ? And he &d, Thus faith- the Lord, Even by the yung men of the princes of the profinces. Then he said, Who shall order •hebattle? And he answered, Thou. .15 Then he numbered the youn^ men of the princes of the provinces, and they >we two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, «*» all the children of Israel, being i«en thousand. 1$ And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad -was drinking himself drunk »the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. ,'7 And the young men of the princes w the provinces went out first; and BenMJ<1 sent out, and they told him, saylaK,Therearemen come out of Samaria. 1* And he said, Whether they be Chap. xx. fy the Israelites: come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. 19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. io And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king 0/ Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen. n And the king of Israel went out. and smote the horses and chariots, and (lew the Syrians with a great slaughter. 12 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said untohim, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. 13 And the servants of the king of Syria laid unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger •than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. *4 And do this thing, Take the kings, away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: 15 And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so. »6 And it came to pass at the return, of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel. *7 And t he children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country. T.% And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus faith the Lord, Because the Syrians have said. The Lor D is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lo R D . 19 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand foot men in one day. 30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of themenMariwr/ left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inneV chamber. 31 *! Ana his servants said unto him, V Behold AhaVssaoliJh pity reproved. I.KINGS Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life. 32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy Naboth unjustly stoned. servant Ben-hadad faith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he he is my brother. 33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. 34. And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou malt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will fend thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away. 35 fl And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the Lor D, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him. 36 Then (aid he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion (hall (lay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and (lew him. 37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man (mote him, so that in smiting he wounded him. . 38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face. 39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant wentout intothe midst of thtbattle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and (aid, Keep this man: if by any means he be misting, then mall thy life be for his life, or else thou (halt pay a talent of silver. 4.0 And as thy servant was busy here and th«re, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So /hall thy judgement be; thyself hast decided it. 4.1 And hehasted.and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel dilcerned him that he tva: of the prophets. 41 And he said unto him, Thus faith the Lor D, Because thou hall let go out of thy hand a nian whom I appointed to Ut ter destruction, therefore thy life (hall go for his life, and thy peoplefor his people. +3 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and cam* to Samaria. CHAP. XXI. 1 Ahab is denied Nabcth's -vineyard, 5 Jezebel causelh Naboth to be condemned. 17 Elijah denounceth judgement against Ahab and Jezebel. AND it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which ivat in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, is it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. 3 And Naboth said to Ahab,The Lo R D forbid it me, that I (liouhl give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. 4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 5 ^[ But Jezebel his wife came to him, ar.d ("aid unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatelt no bread? 6 And he said unto her, Becauielspake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: aud he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard. 7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dolt thou now govern the kingdom of Israel ? arise, and eat bread, and let thin? heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. 8 So (lie wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. 9 And (he wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and (et Naboth oft high among the people: i o And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, laying, Thou didit blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. n And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabiUaU in his city, did a* Jezebel hadsent unto |