(NIV)
Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, ‘As the
Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.’
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.”
(NIV)
Then the word of the
Lord came to Elijah:
And the
word of the
Lord came to him:
(NIV)
Elijah said to her, ‘Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.
And
Elijah said to her, “Do
not fear;
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.
(NIV)
She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family.
And she
went and
did as
Elijah said. And she and he and her
household ate for many
days.
(NIV)
For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the
Lord spoken by Elijah.
The
jar of
flour was
not spent,
neither did the
jug of
oil become empty, according to the
word of the
Lord that he
spoke by Elijah.
(NIV)
She said to Elijah, ‘What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?’
And she
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!”
(NIV)
‘Give me your son,’ Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed.
And he
said to her, “
Give me your
son.” And he
took him
from her
arms and
carried him up into the
upper chamber where he
lodged, and
laid him
on his own
bed.
(NIV)
The
Lord heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived.
And the
Lord listened to the
voice of
Elijah. And the
life of the
child came into him again, and he
revived.
(NIV)
Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, ‘Look, your son is alive!’
And
Elijah took the
child and
brought him down from the
upper chamber into the
house and
delivered him to his
mother. And
Elijah said, “
See, your
son lives.”
(NIV)
Then the woman said to Elijah, ‘Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the
Lord from your mouth is the truth.’
And 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.”
(NIV)
After a long time, in the third year, the word of the
Lord came to Elijah: ‘Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.’
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.”
(NIV)
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab.
Now the famine was severe in Samaria,
So
Elijah went to
show himself to
Ahab. Now the
famine was
severe in
Samaria.
(NIV)
As Obadiah was walking along, Elijah met him. Obadiah recognised him, bowed down to the ground, and said, ‘Is it really you, my lord Elijah?’
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?”
(NIV)
‘Yes,’ he replied. ‘Go tell your master, “Elijah is here.”’
And he
answered him, “It is I.
Go,
tell your
lord, ‘
Behold,
Elijah is here.’”
(NIV)
But now you tell me to go to my master and say, “Elijah is here.”
And
now you
say, ‘
Go,
tell your
lord, “
Behold,
Elijah is here.”’
(NIV)
And now you tell me to go to my master and say, “Elijah is here.” He will kill me!’
And
now you
say, ‘
Go,
tell your
lord, “
Behold,
Elijah is here”’; and he will
kill me.”
(NIV)
Elijah said, ‘As the
Lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, I will surely present myself to Ahab today.’
And
Elijah said,
“As the
Lord of
hosts lives,
before whom I
stand, I will
surely show myself to him
today.”
(NIV)
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
So
Obadiah went to
meet Ahab, and
told him. And
Ahab went to
meet Elijah.
(NIV)
When he saw Elijah, he said to him, ‘Is that you, you troubler of Israel?’
When
Ahab saw Elijah,
Ahab said to him, “Is
it you, you
troubler of
Israel?”
(NIV)
‘I have not made trouble for Israel,’ Elijah replied. ‘But you and your father’s family have. You have abandoned the
Lord’s commands and have followed the Baals.
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.
(NIV)
Elijah went before the people and said, ‘How long will you waver between two opinions? If the
Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.’
But the people said nothing.
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.
(NIV)
Then Elijah said to them, ‘I am the only one of the
Lord’s prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.
Then
Elijah said to the
people,
“I, even I
only, am
left a
prophet of the
Lord, but
Baal’s prophets are
450 men.
(NIV)
Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, ‘Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.’
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.”
(NIV)
At noon Elijah began to taunt them. ‘Shout louder!’ he said. ‘Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or travelling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.’
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.”
(NIV)
Then Elijah said to all the people, ‘Come here to me.’ They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the
Lord, which had been torn down.
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.
(NIV)
Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the
Lord had come, saying, ‘Your name shall be Israel.’
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,”
(NIV)
At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: ‘
Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.
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.
(NIV)
Then Elijah commanded them, ‘Seize the prophets of Baal. Don’t let anyone get away!’ They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered there.
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.
(NIV)
And Elijah said to Ahab, ‘Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.’
And
Elijah said to
Ahab, “Go
up,
eat and
drink,
for there is a
sound of the
rushing of
rain.”
(NIV)
So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.
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.
(NIV)
‘Go and look toward the sea,’ he told his servant. And he went up and looked.
‘There is nothing there,’ he said.
Seven times Elijah said, ‘Go back.’
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.
(NIV)
The seventh time the servant reported, ‘A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.’
So Elijah said, ‘Go and tell Ahab, “Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.”’
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.’”
(NIV)
The power of the
Lord came on Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
And the
hand of the
Lord was on
Elijah,
and he
gathered up his
garment and
ran before Ahab to the
entrance of
Jezreel.
(NIV)
Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had
done, and how he had
killed all the
prophets with the
sword.
(NIV)
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, ‘May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.’
Then
Jezebel sent a
messenger to
Elijah,
saying,
“
So may the
gods do to me and
more also, if I do not
make your
life as the
life of
one of them by this
time tomorrow.”
(NIV)
Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
Then he was
afraid, and he
arose and
ran for his
life and
came to
Beersheba,
which belongs to
Judah, and
left his
servant there.
(NIV)
There he went into a cave and spent the night.
And the word of the
Lord came to him: ‘What are you doing here, Elijah?’
There he
came to a
cave and
lodged in it. And
behold,
the
word of the
Lord came to him, and he
said to him, “
What are you doing
here,
Elijah?”
(NIV)
When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.
Then a voice said to him, ‘What are you doing here, Elijah?’
And when
Elijah heard it, he
wrapped his
face in his
cloak and
went out and
stood at the
entrance of the
cave. And
behold,
there came a
voice to him and
said, “
What are you doing
here,
Elijah?”
(NIV)
So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him.
So he
departed from there and
found Elisha the
son of
Shaphat, who was
plowing with
twelve yoke of oxen in
front of him, and he was with the
twelfth.
Elijah passed by him and
cast his
cloak upon him.
(NIV)
Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. ‘Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,’ he said, ‘and then I will come with you.’
‘Go back,’ Elijah replied. ‘What have I done to you?’
And he
left the
oxen and
ran after Elijah and
said,
“Let me
kiss my
father and my
mother, and then I will
follow you.” And he
said to him, “Go
back again,
for what have I
done to you?”
(NIV)
So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He burned the ploughing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.
And he
returned from following him and
took the
yoke of
oxen and
sacrificed them and
boiled their
flesh with the
yokes of the
oxen and
gave it to the
people, and they
ate. Then he
arose and
went after Elijah and
assisted him.
(NIV)
Then the word of the
Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite:
Then the
word of the
Lord came to
Elijah the
Tishbite,
saying,
(NIV)
Ahab said to Elijah, ‘So you have found me, my enemy!’
‘I have found you,’ he answered, ‘because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the
Lord.
Ahab said to
Elijah,
“Have you
found me, O my
enemy?” He
answered, “I have
found you,
because you have
sold yourself to
do what is
evil in the
sight of the
Lord.
(NIV)
Then the word of the
Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite:
And the
word of the
Lord came to
Elijah the
Tishbite,
saying,
(NIV)
But the angel of the
Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, ‘Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, “Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?”
But the
angel of the
Lord said to
Elijah the
Tishbite, “
Arise,
go up to
meet the
messengers of the
king of
Samaria, and
say to them, ‘Is it because there is
no God in
Israel that you are
going to
inquire of
Baal-zebub, the
god of
Ekron?
(NIV)
Therefore this is what the
Lord says: “You will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!”’ So Elijah went.
Now
therefore thus says the
Lord,
You shall
not come down from the
bed to
which you have
gone up,
but you shall
surely die.’” So
Elijah went.
(NIV)
They replied, ‘He had a garment of hair and had a leather belt round his waist.’
The king said, ‘That was Elijah the Tishbite.’
They
answered him, “
He wore a garment of
hair,
with a
belt of
leather about his
waist.” And he
said, “It is
Elijah the
Tishbite.”
(NIV)
Then he sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. The captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, ‘Man of God, the king says, “Come down!”’
Then the
king sent to him a
captain of
fifty men with his
fifty. He
went up to Elijah,
who was
sitting on the
top of a
hill, and
said to him, “O
man of
God, the king
says, ‘Come
down.’”
(NIV)
Elijah answered the captain, ‘If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!’ Then the fire fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men.
But
Elijah answered the
captain of
fifty, “
If I am a
man of
God,
let
fire come down from heaven and
consume you and your
fifty.” Then
fire came down from heaven and
consumed him and his
fifty.
(NIV)
At this the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. The captain said to him, ‘Man of God, this is what the king says, “Come down at once!”’
Again the
king sent to him
another captain of
fifty men with his
fifty. And he
answered and
said to him, “O
man of
God,
this is the king’s
order, ‘
Come down quickly!’”
(NIV)
‘If I am a man of God,’ Elijah replied, ‘may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!’ Then the fire of God fell from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.
But
Elijah answered them, “
If I am a
man of
God,
let
fire come down from heaven and
consume you and your
fifty.” Then the
fire of
God came down from heaven and
consumed him and his
fifty.
(NIV)
So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. ‘Man of God,’ he begged, ‘please have respect for my life and the lives of these fifty men, your servants!
Again the king
sent the
captain of a
third fifty with his
fifty. And the
third captain of
fifty went up and
came and
fell on his
knees before Elijah and
entreated him, “O
man of
God,
please let my
life, and the
life of these
fifty servants of yours, be
precious in your
sight.
(NIV)
The angel of the
Lord said to Elijah, ‘Go down with him; do not be afraid of him.’ So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.
Then the
angel of the
Lord said to
Elijah, “Go
down with him; do
not be
afraid of him.” So he
arose and
went down with him to the
king
(NIV)
So he died, according to the word of the
Lord that Elijah had spoken.
Because Ahaziah had no son, Joram succeeded him as king in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah.
So he
died according to the
word of the
Lord that Elijah had
spoken.
Jehoram became king in his
place in the
second year of
Jehoram the
son of
Jehoshaphat,
king of
Judah,
because Ahaziah had
no son.
(NIV)
When the
Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.
Now when the
Lord was about to
take Elijah up to
heaven by a
whirlwind,
Elijah and
Elisha were on their way
from Gilgal.
(NIV)
Elijah said to Elisha, ‘Stay here; the
Lord has sent me to Bethel.’
But Elisha said, ‘As surely as the
Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.’ So they went down to Bethel.
And
Elijah said to
Elisha,
“
Please stay here,
for the
Lord has
sent me as
far as Bethel.” But
Elisha said,
“As the
Lord lives, and as you
yourself live, I will
not leave you.” So they
went down to
Bethel.
(NIV)
Then Elijah said to him, ‘Stay here, Elisha; the
Lord has sent me to Jericho.’
And he replied, ‘As surely as the
Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.’ So they went to Jericho.
Elijah said to him, “
Elisha,
please stay here,
for the
Lord has
sent me to
Jericho.” But he
said,
“As the
Lord lives, and as you
yourself live, I will
not leave you.” So they
came to
Jericho.
(NIV)
Then Elijah said to him, ‘Stay here; the
Lord has sent me to the Jordan.’
And he replied, ‘As surely as the
Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.’ So the two of them walked on.
Then
Elijah said to him, “
Please stay here,
for the
Lord has
sent me to the
Jordan.” But he
said, “As the
Lord lives, and as you
yourself live, I will
not leave you.” So the
two of them
went on.
(NIV)
Fifty men from the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan.
Fifty men of the
sons of the
prophets also
went and
stood at some
distance from them, as they
both were
standing by the
Jordan.
(NIV)
Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up and struck the water with it. The water divided to the right and to the left, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
Then
Elijah took his
cloak and rolled it
up and
struck the
water,
and the water was
parted to the
one side and to the
other, till the
two of them could go
over on
dry ground.
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