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1. After many days the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth."
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1. And it came to pass H1961 after many H7227 days H3117 , that the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to H413 Elijah H452 in the third H7992 year H8141 , saying H559 , Go H1980 , show thyself H7200 unto H413 Ahab H256 ; and I will send H5414 rain H4306 upon H5921 H6440 the earth H127 .
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2. So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.
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2. And Elijah H452 went H1980 to show himself H7200 unto H413 Ahab H256 . And there was a sore H2389 famine H7458 in Samaria H8111 .
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3. And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly,
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3. And Ahab H256 called H7121 H413 Obadiah H5662 , which H834 was the governor H5921 of his house H1004 . (Now Obadiah H5662 feared H1961 H3372 H853 the LORD H3068 greatly H3966 :
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4. and when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.)
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4. For it was H1961 so , when Jezebel H348 cut off H3772 H853 the prophets H5030 of the LORD H3068 , that Obadiah H5662 took H3947 a hundred H3967 prophets H5030 , and hid H2244 them by fifty H2572 H376 in a cave H4631 , and fed H3557 them with bread H3899 and water H4325 .)
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5. And Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, and not lose some of the animals."
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5. And Ahab H256 said H559 unto H413 Obadiah H5662 , Go H1980 into the land H776 , unto H413 all H3605 fountains H4599 of water H4325 , and unto H413 all H3605 brooks H5158 : peradventure H194 we may find H4672 grass H2682 to save the horses and mules alive H2421 H5483 H6505 , that we lose H3772 not H3808 all the beasts H4480 H929 .
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6. So they divided the land between them to pass through it. Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another direction by himself.
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6. So they divided H2505 H853 the land H776 between them to pass H5674 throughout it: Ahab H256 went H1980 one H259 way H1870 by himself H905 , and Obadiah H5662 went H1980 another H259 way H1870 by himself H905 .
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7. And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. And Obadiah recognized him and fell on his face and said, "Is it you, my lord Elijah?"
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7. And as Obadiah H5662 was H1961 in the way H1870 , behold H2009 , Elijah H452 met H7122 him : and he knew H5234 him , and fell H5307 on H5921 his face H6440 , and said H559 , Art thou H859 that H2088 my lord H113 Elijah H452 ?
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8. And he answered him, "It is I. Go, tell your lord, 'Behold, Elijah is here.'"
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8. And he answered H559 him, I H589 am : go H1980 , tell H559 thy lord H113 , Behold H2009 , Elijah H452 is here .
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9. And he said, "How have I sinned, that you would give your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
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9. And he said H559 , What H4100 have I sinned H2398 , that H3588 thou H859 wouldest deliver H5414 H853 thy servant H5650 into the hand H3027 of Ahab H256 , to slay H4191 me?
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10. As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. And when they would say, 'He is not here,' he would take an oath of the kingdom or nation, that they had not found you.
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10. As the LORD H3068 thy God H430 liveth H2416 , there is H3426 no H518 nation H1471 or kingdom H4467 , whither H834 H8033 my lord H113 hath not H3808 sent H7971 to seek H1245 thee : and when they said H559 , He is not H369 there ; he took an oath H7650 of H853 the kingdom H4467 and nation H1471 , that H3588 they found H4672 thee not H3808 .
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11. And now you say, 'Go, tell your lord, "Behold, Elijah is here."'
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11. And now H6258 thou H859 sayest H559 , Go H1980 , tell H559 thy lord H113 , Behold H2009 , Elijah H452 is here .
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12. And as soon as I have gone from you, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you I know not where. And so, when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth.
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12. And it shall come to pass H1961 , as soon as I H589 am gone H1980 from H4480 H854 thee , that the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 shall carry H5375 thee whither H5921 H834 I know H3045 not H3808 ; and so when I come H935 and tell H5046 Ahab H256 , and he cannot H3808 find H4672 thee , he shall slay H2026 me : but I thy servant H5650 fear H3372 H853 the LORD H3068 from my youth H4480 H5271 .
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13. Has it not been told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water?
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13. Was it not H3808 told H5046 my lord H113 H853 what H834 I did H6213 when Jezebel H348 slew H2026 H853 the prophets H5030 of the LORD H3068 , how I hid H2244 a hundred H3967 men H376 of the LORD's prophets H4480 H5030 H3068 by fifty H2572 H2572 H376 in a cave H4631 , and fed H3557 them with bread H3899 and water H4325 ?
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14. And now you say, 'Go, tell your lord, "Behold, Elijah is here"'; and he will kill me."
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14. And now H6258 thou H859 sayest H559 , Go H1980 , tell H559 thy lord H113 , Behold H2009 , Elijah H452 is here : and he shall slay H2026 me.
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15. And Elijah said, "As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today."
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15. And Elijah H452 said H559 , As the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 liveth H2416 , before H6440 whom H834 I stand H5975 , I will surely H3588 show myself H7200 unto H413 him today H3117 .
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16. So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.
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16. So Obadiah H5662 went H1980 to meet H7122 Ahab H256 , and told H5046 him : and Ahab H256 went H1980 to meet H7122 Elijah H452 .
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17. When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, "Is it you, you troubler of Israel?"
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17. And it came to pass H1961 , when Ahab H256 saw H7200 H853 Elijah H452 , that Ahab H256 said H559 unto H413 him, Art thou H859 he that H2088 troubleth H5916 Israel H3478 ?
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18. And he answered, "I have not troubled Israel, but you have, and your father's house, because you have abandoned the commandments of the LORD and followed the Baals.
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18. And he answered H559 , I have not H3808 troubled H5916 H853 Israel H3478 ; but H3588 H518 thou H859 , and thy father H1 's house H1004 , in that ye have forsaken H5800 H853 the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 , and thou hast followed H1980 H310 Baalim H1168 .
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19. Now therefore send and gather all Israel to me at Mount Carmel, and the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table."
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19. Now H6258 therefore send H7971 , and gather H6908 to H413 me H853 all H3605 Israel H3478 unto H413 mount H2022 Carmel H3760 , and the prophets H5030 of Baal H1168 four H702 hundred H3967 and fifty H2572 , and the prophets H5030 of the groves H842 four H702 hundred H3967 , which eat H398 at Jezebel H348 's table H7979 .
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20. So Ahab sent to all the people of Israel and gathered the prophets together at Mount Carmel.
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20. So Ahab H256 sent H7971 unto all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , and gathered the prophets together H6908 H853 H5030 unto H413 mount H2022 Carmel H3760 .
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21. And Elijah came near to all the people and said, "How long will you go limping between two different opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." And the people did not answer him a word.
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21. And Elijah H452 came H5066 unto H413 all H3605 the people H5971 , and said H559 , How long H5704 H4970 halt H6452 ye H859 between H5921 two H8147 opinions H5587 ? if H518 the LORD H3068 be God H430 , follow H1980 H310 him : but if H518 Baal H1168 , then follow H1980 H310 him . And the people H5971 answered H6030 him not H3808 a word H1697 .
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22. Then Elijah said to the people, "I, even I only, am left a prophet of the LORD, but Baal's prophets are 450 men.
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22. Then said H559 Elijah H452 unto H413 the people H5971 , I H589 , even I only H905 , remain H3498 a prophet H5030 of the LORD H3068 ; but Baal H1168 's prophets H5030 are four H702 hundred H3967 and fifty H2572 men H376 .
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23. Let two bulls be given to us, and let them choose one bull for themselves and cut it in pieces and lay it on the wood, but put no fire to it. And I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the wood and put no fire to it.
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23. Let them therefore give H5414 us two H8147 bullocks H6499 ; and let them choose H977 one H259 bullock H6499 for themselves , and cut it in pieces H5408 , and lay H7760 it on H5921 wood H6086 , and put H7760 no H3808 fire H784 under : and I H589 will dress H6213 H853 the other H259 bullock H6499 , and lay H5414 it on H5921 wood H6086 , and put H7760 no H3808 fire H784 under :
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24. And you call upon the name of your god, and I will call upon the name of the LORD, and the God who answers by fire, he is God." And all the people answered, "It is well spoken."
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24. And call H7121 ye on the name H8034 of your gods H430 , and I H589 will call H7121 on the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 : and the God H430 that H834 answereth H6030 by fire H784 , let him H1931 be H1961 God H430 . And all H3605 the people H5971 answered H6030 and said H559 , It is well H2896 spoken H1697 .
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25. Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first, for you are many, and call upon the name of your god, but put no fire to it."
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25. And Elijah H452 said H559 unto the prophets H5030 of Baal H1168 , Choose H977 you one H259 bullock H6499 for yourselves , and dress H6213 it first H7223 ; for H3588 ye H859 are many H7227 ; and call H7121 on the name H8034 of your gods H430 , but put H7760 no H3808 fire H784 under .
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26. And they took the bull that was given them, and they prepared it and called upon the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, "O Baal, answer us!" But there was no voice, and no one answered. And they limped around the altar that they had made.
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26. And they took H3947 H853 the bullock H6499 which H834 was given H5414 them , and they dressed H6213 it , and called H7121 on the name H8034 of Baal H1168 from morning H4480 H1242 even until H5704 noon H6672 , saying H559 , O Baal H1168 , hear H6030 us . But there was no H369 voice H6963 , nor H369 any that answered H6030 . And they leaped H6452 upon H5921 the altar H4196 which H834 was made H6213 .
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27. And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, "Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened."
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27. And it came to pass H1961 at noon H6672 , that Elijah H452 mocked H2048 them , and said H559 , Cry H7121 aloud H6963 H1419 : for H3588 he H1931 is a god H430 ; either H3588 he is talking H7879 , or H3588 he is pursuing H7873 , or H3588 he is in a journey H1870 , or peradventure H194 he H1931 sleepeth H3463 , and must be awaked H3364 .
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28. And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them.
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28. And they cried H7121 aloud H6963 H1419 , and cut themselves H1413 after their manner H4941 with knives H2719 and lancets H7420 , till H5704 the blood H1818 gushed out H8210 upon H5921 them.
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29. And as midday passed, they raved on until the time of the offering of the oblation, but there was no voice. No one answered; no one paid attention.
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29. And it came to pass H1961 , when midday H6672 was past H5674 , and they prophesied H5012 until H5704 the time of the offering H5927 of the evening sacrifice H4503 , that there was neither H369 voice H6963 , nor H369 any to answer H6030 , nor H369 any that regarded H7182 .
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30. Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me." And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been thrown down.
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30. And Elijah H452 said H559 unto all H3605 the people H5971 , Come near H5066 unto H413 me . And all H3605 the people H5971 came near H5066 unto H413 him . And he repaired H7495 H853 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 that was broken down H2040 .
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31. 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,"
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31. And Elijah H452 took H3947 twelve H8147 H6240 stones H68 , according to the number H4557 of the tribes H7626 of the sons H1121 of Jacob H3290 , unto H413 whom H834 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 , saying H559 , Israel H3478 shall be H1961 thy name H8034 :
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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 seahs of seed.
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32. And with H854 the stones H68 he built H1129 an altar H4196 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 : and he made H6213 a trench H8585 about H5439 the altar H4196 , as great as would contain H1004 two measures H5429 of seed H2233 .
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33. And he put the wood in order and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. And he said, "Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood."
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33. And he put H6186 H853 the wood H6086 in order , and cut H5408 H853 the bullock H6499 in pieces , and laid H7760 him on H5921 the wood H6086 , and said H559 , Fill H4390 four H702 barrels H3537 with water H4325 , and pour H3332 it on H5921 the burnt sacrifice H5930 , and on H5921 the wood H6086 .
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34. And he said, "Do it a second time." And they did it a second time. And he said, "Do it a third time." And they did it a third time.
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34. And he said H559 , Do it the second time H8138 . And they did it the second time H8138 . And he said H559 , Do it the third time H8027 . And they did it the third time H8027 .
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35. And the water ran around the altar and filled the trench also with water.
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35. And the water H4325 ran H1980 round about H5439 the altar H4196 ; and he filled H4390 H853 the trench H8585 also H1571 with water H4325 .
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36. And at the time of the offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, "O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.
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36. And it came to pass H1961 at the time of the offering H5927 of the evening sacrifice H4503 , that Elijah H452 the prophet H5030 came near H5066 , and said H559 , LORD H3068 God H430 of Abraham H85 , Isaac H3327 , and of Israel H3478 , let it be known H3045 this day H3117 that H3588 thou H859 art God H430 in Israel H3478 , and that I H589 am thy servant H5650 , and that I have done H6213 H853 all H3605 these H428 things H1697 at thy word H1697 .
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37. Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people may know that you, O LORD, are God, and that you have turned their hearts back."
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37. Hear H6030 me , O LORD H3068 , hear H6030 me , that this H2088 people H5971 may know H3045 that H3588 thou H859 art the LORD H3068 God H430 , and that thou H859 hast turned H5437 H853 their heart H3820 back again H322 .
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38. Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
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38. Then the fire H784 of the LORD H3068 fell H5307 , and consumed H398 H853 the burnt sacrifice H5930 , and the wood H6086 , and the stones H68 , and the dust H6083 , and licked up H3897 the water H4325 that H834 was in the trench H8585 .
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39. And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, "The LORD, he is God; the LORD, he is God."
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39. And when all H3605 the people H5971 saw H7200 it , they fell H5307 on H5921 their faces H6440 : and they said H559 , The LORD H3068 , he H1931 is the God H430 ; the LORD H3068 , he H1931 is the God H430 .
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40. And Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape." And they seized them. And Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon and slaughtered them there.
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40. And Elijah H452 said H559 unto them, Take H8610 H853 the prophets H5030 of Baal H1168 ; let not H408 one H376 of them H4480 escape H4422 . And they took H8610 them : and Elijah H452 brought them down H3381 to H413 the brook H5158 Kishon H7028 , and slew H7819 them there H8033 .
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41. And Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for there is a sound of the rushing of rain."
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41. And Elijah H452 said H559 unto Ahab H256 , Get thee up H5927 , eat H398 and drink H8354 ; for H3588 there is a sound H6963 of abundance H1995 of rain H1653 .
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42. So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel. And he bowed himself down on the earth and put his face between his knees.
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42. So Ahab H256 went up H5927 to eat H398 and to drink H8354 . And Elijah H452 went up H5927 to H413 the top H7218 of Carmel H3760 ; and he cast himself down H1457 upon the earth H776 , and put H7760 his face H6440 between H996 his knees H1290 ,
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43. And he 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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43. And said H559 to H413 his servant H5288 , Go up H5927 now H4994 , look H5027 toward H1870 the sea H3220 . And he went up H5927 , and looked H5027 , and said H559 , There is nothing H369 H3972 . And he said H559 , Go again H7725 seven H7651 times H6471 .
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44. And at the seventh time he said, "Behold, a little cloud like a man's hand is rising from the sea." And he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you.'"
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44. And it came to pass H1961 at the seventh time H7637 , that he said H559 , Behold H2009 , there ariseth H5927 a little H6996 cloud H5645 out of the sea H4480 H3220 , like a man H376 's hand H3709 . And he said H559 , Go up H5927 , say H559 unto H413 Ahab H256 , Prepare H631 thy chariot , and get thee down H3381 , that the rain H1653 stop H6113 thee not H3808 .
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45. And in a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.
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45. And it came to pass H1961 in the meanwhile H5704 H3541 H5704 H3541 , that the heaven H8064 was black H6937 with clouds H5645 and wind H7307 , and there was H1961 a great H1419 rain H1653 . And Ahab H256 rode H7392 , and went H1980 to Jezreel H3157 .
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46. And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah, and he gathered up his garment and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
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46. And the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 was H1961 on H413 Elijah H452 ; and he girded up H8151 his loins H4975 , and ran H7323 before H6440 Ahab H256 to H5704 the entrance H935 of Jezreel H3157 .
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