Archive THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (1 Kings Chapter 1 to 22)

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1 Kings 18:4 (NLT)

4 Once when Jezebel had tried to kill all the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah had hidden 100 of them in two caves. He put fifty prophets in each cave and supplied them with food and water.)

 

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1 Kings 18:5 (NLT)

5 Ahab said to Obadiah, “We must check every spring and valley in the land to see if we can find enough grass to save at least some of my horses and mules.”

 

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1 Kings 18:6 (NLT)

6 So they divided the land between them. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

 

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1 Kings 18:7 (NLT) - 7 As Obadiah was walking along, he suddenly saw Elijah coming toward him. Obadiah recognized him at once and bowed low to the ground before him. “Is it really you, my lord Elijah?” he asked.

 

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1 Kings 18:8 (NLT) - 8 “Yes, it is,” Elijah replied. “Now go and tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.’”

 

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1 Kings 18:9 (NLT) - 9 “Oh, sir,” Obadiah protested, “what harm have I done to you that you are sending me to my death at the hands of Ahab?

 

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1 Kings 18:10 (NLT) - 10 For I swear by the LORD your God that the king has searched every nation and kingdom on earth from end to end to find you. And each time he was told, ‘Elijah isn’t here,’ King Ahab forced the king of that nation to swear to the truth of his claim.

 

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1 Kings 18:11 (NLT) - 11 And now you say, ‘Go and tell your master, “Elijah is here.”’

 

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1 Kings 18:12 (NLT) - 12 But as soon as I leave you, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you away to who knows where. When Ahab comes and cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I have been a true servant of the LORD all my life.

 

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1 Kings 18:13 (NLT)

13 Has no one told you, my lord, about the time when Jezebel was trying to kill the LORD’s prophets? I hid 100 of them in two caves and supplied them with food and water.

 

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1 Kings 18:14 (NLT)

14 And now you say, ‘Go and tell your master, “Elijah is here.”’ Sir, if I do that, Ahab will certainly kill me.”

 

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1 Kings 18:15 (NLT)

15 But Elijah said, “I swear by the LORD Almighty, in whose presence I stand, that I will present myself to Ahab this very day.”

 

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1 Kings 18:16 (NLT)

16 So Obadiah went to tell Ahab that Elijah had come, and Ahab went out to meet Elijah.

 

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1 Kings 18:17 (NLT)

17 When Ahab saw him, he exclaimed, “So, is it really you, you troublemaker of Israel?”

 

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1 Kings 18:18 (NLT)

18 “I have made no trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “You and your family are the troublemakers, for you have refused to obey the commands of the LORD and have worshiped the images of Baal instead.

 

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1 Kings 18:19 (NLT)

19 Now summon all Israel to join me at Mount Carmel, along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah who are supported by Jezebel.

 

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1 Kings 18:20 (NLT) - 20 So Ahab summoned all the people of Israel and the prophets to Mount Carmel.

 

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1 Kings 18:21 (NLT) - 21 Then Elijah stood in front of them and said, “How much longer will you waver, hobbling between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him! But if Baal is God, then follow him!” But the people were completely silent.

 

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1 Kings 18:22 (NLT) - 22 Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only prophet of the LORD who is left, but Baal has 450 prophets.

 

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1 Kings 18:23 (NLT) - 23 Now bring two bulls. The prophets of Baal may choose whichever one they wish and cut it into pieces and lay it on the wood of their altar, but without setting fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the wood on the altar, but not set fire to it.