Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 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 one of them."Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he himself went a day'...  Read More

And Elijah said to Ahab, "Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain." 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."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."The seventh time the servant re...  Read More

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.Answer me, LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, LORD, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again."Then the fire of the LORD fell...  Read More

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 taken down. 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." With the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold...  Read More

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."  So they took the bull given them and prepared it.Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. "Baal, answer us!" they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they ...  Read More

So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah. When he saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is that you, you troubler of Israel?""I have not made trouble for Israel," Elijah replied.  "But you and your father's family have. You have abandoned the LORD's command and have followed the Baals. Now summon the people from all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel. And bring the four hundre...  Read More