וַיְהִי יָמִים רַבִּים וּדְבַר־יְהוָה הָיָה אֶל־אֵלִיָּהוּ בַּשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁלִישִׁית לֵאמֹר לֵךְ הֵרָאֵה אֶל־אַחְאָב וְאֶתְּנָה   18:1 מָטָר עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה׃

1Kin. 18:1   And it was many days into the third year when the word of the Lord occurred to Elijah saying, “Go show yourself to Ahab and I will send rain over the surface of the land.”

וַיֵּלֶךְ אֵלִיָּהוּ לְהֵרָאוֹת אֶל־אַחְאָב וְהָרָעָב חָזָק בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן׃   18:2

1Kin. 18:2   So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab.  Now the famine had been sore in Samaria.

וַיִּקְרָא אַחְאָב אֶל־עֹבַדְיָהוּ אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַבָּיִת וְעֹבַדְיָהוּ הָיָה יָרֵא אֶת־יְהוָה מְאֹד׃   18:3

1Kin. 18:3   So Ahab had called to Obadiah, who was over the household.  Now Obadiah was very afraid of the Lord.

וַיְהִי בְּהַכְרִית אִיזֶבֶל אֵת נְבִיאֵי יְהוָה וַיִּקַּח עֹבַדְיָהוּ מֵאָה נְבִאִים וַיַּחְבִּיאֵם חֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ בַּמְּעָרָה   18:4 וְכִלְכְּלָם לֶחֶם וָמָיִם׃

1Kin. 18:4   So it was with Jezebel cutting down the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hid them, fifty each in a cave, and fed them bread and water.

וַיֹּאמֶר אַחְאָב אֶל־עֹבַדְיָהוּ לֵךְ בָּאָרֶץ אֶל־כָּל־מַעְיְנֵי הַמַּיִם וְאֶל כָּל־הַנְּחָלִים אוּלַי נִמְצָא חָצִיר   18:5

  וּנְחַיֶּה סוּס וָפֶרֶד וְלוֹא נַכְרִית מֵהַבְּהֵמָה׃

1Kin. 18:5   And Ahab had said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the brooks.  Perhaps we will find grass and keep the horses and mules alive so we do not lose some of the beasts.”

וַיְחַלְּקוּ לָהֶם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ לַעֲבָר־בָּהּ אַחְאָב הָלַךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶחָד לְבַדּוֹ וְעֹבַדְיָהוּ הָלַךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ־אֶחָד לְבַדּוֹ׃   18:6

1Kin. 18:6   So they had apportioned to themselves the land to pass through it, Ahab going by one way by himself, and Obadiah going by another way by himself.

וַיְהִי עֹבַדְיָהוּ בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְהִנֵּה אֵלִיָּהוּ לִקְרָאתוֹ וַיַּכִּרֵהוּ וַיִּפֹּל עַל־פָּנָיו וַיֹּאמֶר הַאַתָּה זֶה אֲדֹנִי אֵלִיָּהוּ׃   18:7

1Kin. 18:7   So Obadiah was on the way when he beheld Elijah meeting him, and he knew him and fell on his face and said, “Are you he, my lord Elijah?”

וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ אָנִי לֵךְ אֱמֹר לַאדֹנֶיךָ הִנֵּה אֵלִיָּהוּ׃   18:8

1Kin. 18:8   And he said to him, “It is I.  Go say to your lord, ‘Behold, it is Elijah!’”

וַיֹּאמֶר מֶה חָטָאתִי כִּי־אַתָּה נֹתֵן אֶת־עַבְדְּךָ בְּיַד־אַחְאָב לַהֲמִיתֵנִי׃   18:9

1Kin. 18:9   And he said, “How have I sinned that you deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab for him to kill me?”

חַי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אִם־יֶשׁ־גּוֹי וּמַמְלָכָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא־שָׁלַח אֲדֹנִי שָׁם לְבַקֶּשְׁךָ וְאָמְרוּ אָיִן וְהִשְׁבִּיעַ   18:10 אֶת־הַמַּמְלָכָה וְאֶת־הַגּוֹי כִּי לֹא יִמְצָאֶכָּה׃

1Kin. 18:10   “As the Lord, your God, lives, there is not a nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you.  When they would say, ‘There is none,’ then he would make the kingdom or the nation swear when it could not find you.”

וְעַתָּה אַתָּה אֹמֵר לֵךְ אֱמֹר לַאדֹנֶיךָ הִנֵּה אֵלִיָּהוּ׃   18:11

1Kin. 18:11   “And now you say, ‘Go say to your lord, ‘Behold, It is Elijah.’”

וְהָיָה אֲנִי אֵלֵךְ מֵאִתָּךְ וְרוּחַ יְהוָה יִשָּׂאֲךָ עַל אֲשֶׁר לֹא־אֵדָע וּבָאתִי לְהַגִּיד לְאַחְאָב וְלֹא יִמְצָאֲךָ   18:12 וַהֲרָגָנִי וְעַבְדְּךָ יָרֵא אֶת־יְהוָה מִנְּעֻרָי׃

1Kin. 18:12   “And it will happen, I will go from you and the spirit of the Lord will lift you up, where I would not know, so I will come to tell to Ahab, and he will not find you, and he will kill me.  But your servant has feared the Lord since my youth.”

הֲלֹא־הֻגַּד לַאדֹנִי אֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי בַּהֲרֹג אִיזֶבֶל אֵת נְבִיאֵי יְהוָה וָאַחְבִּא מִנְּבִיאֵי יְהוָה מֵאָה אִישׁ   18:13 חֲמִשִּׁים חֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ בַּמְּעָרָה וָאֲכַלְכְּלֵם לֶחֶם וָמָיִם׃

1Kin. 18:13   “Has it not been told to my lord what I did when Jezebal had slain the prophets of the Lord, and I hid a hundred men from the prophets of the Lord, fifty each in a cave, and fed them bread and water?”

וְעַתָּה אַתָּה אֹמֵר לֵךְ אֱמֹר לַאדֹנֶיךָ הִנֵּה אֵלִיָּהוּ וַהֲרָגָנִי׃   18:14

1Kin. 18:14   And now you say, “Go say to your lord, ‘Behold, It is Elijah.’  And he will kill me.”

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלִיָּהוּ חַי יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֲשֶׁר עָמַדְתִּי לְפָנָיו כִּי הַיּוֹם אֵרָאֶה אֵלָיו׃   18:15

1Kin. 18:15   And Elijah said, “As the Lord of hosts lives, before Whom I stand, surely today I will appear to him.”

וַיֵּלֶךְ עֹבַדְיָהוּ לִקְרַאת אַחְאָב וַיַּגֶּד־לוֹ וַיֵּלֶךְ אַחְאָב לִקְרַאת אֵלִיָּהוּ׃   18:16

1Kin. 18:16   So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and he reported to him.  Then Ahab went to meet Elijah.

וַיְהִי כִּרְאוֹת אַחְאָב אֶת־אֵלִיָּהוּ וַיֹּאמֶר אַחְאָב אֵלָיו הַאַתָּה זֶה עֹכֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל׃   18:17

1Kin. 18:17   And it happened upon Ahab seeing Elijah that Ahab said to him, “Are you this troubler of Israel?”

וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא עָכַרְתִּי אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי אִם־אַתָּה וּבֵית אָבִיךָ בַּעֲזָבְכֶם אֶת־מִצְוֺת יְהוָה וַתֵּלֶךְ אַחֲרֵי   18:18 הַבְּעָלִים׃

1Kin. 18:18   And he said, “I have not troubled Israel, but only you and the house of your fathers, by your forsaking the commandments of the Lord and going after the Baalim.”

וְעַתָּה שְׁלַח קְבֹץ אֵלַי אֶת־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־הַר הַכַּרְמֶל וְאֶת־נְבִיאֵי הַבַּעַל אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁים   18:19 וּנְבִיאֵי הָאֲשֵׁרָה אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת אֹכְלֵי שֻׁלְחַן אִיזָבֶל׃

1Kin. 18:19   “So now send, gather to me all of Israel at Mount Carmel, and four hundred prophets of Baal, and four hundred prophets of Asherah, eaters of the table of Jezebel.”

וַיִּשְׁלַח אַחְאָב בְּכָל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּקְבֹּץ אֶת־הַנְּבִיאִים אֶל־הַר הַכַּרְמֶל׃   18:20

1Kin. 18:20   So Ahab sent throughout the children of Israel and gathered the prophets at Mount Carmel.

וַיִּגַּשׁ אֵלִיָּהוּ אֶל־כָּל־הָעָם וַיֹּאמֶר עַד־מָתַי אַתֶּם פֹּסְחִים עַל־שְׁתֵּי הַסְּעִפִּים אִם־יְהוָה הָאֱלֹהִים לְכוּ   18:21 אַחֲרָיו וְאִם־הַבַּעַל לְכוּ אַחֲרָיו וְלֹא־עָנוּ הָעָם אֹתוֹ דָּבָר׃

1Kin. 18:21   Then Elijah came near to all the people and said, “Until when will you be divided over two opinions?  If the Lord is He Who is God, go after Him, but if it is Baal, go after him.”  And the people did not answer him a word.

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלִיָּהוּ אֶל־הָעָם אֲנִי נוֹתַרְתִּי נָבִיא לַיהוָה לְבַדִּי וּנְבִיאֵי הַבַּעַל אַרְבַּע־מֵאוֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ׃   18:22

1Kin. 18:22   Then Elijah said to the people, “I am the remaining prophet for the Lord by myself, but the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men.”

וְיִתְּנוּ־לָנוּ שְׁנַיִם פָּרִים וְיִבְחֲרוּ לָהֶם הַפָּר הָאֶחָד וִינַתְּחֻהוּ וְיָשִׂימוּ עַל־הָעֵצִים וְאֵשׁ לֹא יָשִׂימוּ וַאֲנִי   18:23 אֶעֱשֶׂה אֶת־הַפָּר הָאֶחָד וְנָתַתִּי עַל־הָעֵצִים וְאֵשׁ לֹא אָשִׂים׃

1Kin. 18:23   “So let them give two bullocks to us, and let them choose for themselves one bullock and cut it into pieces, and lay on wood but they will not bring fire, and I will prepare the other bullock and I will put on wood and I will not bring fire.”

וּקְרָאתֶם בְּשֵׁם אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וַאֲנִי אֶקְרָא בְשֵׁם־יְהוָה וְהָיָה הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲנֶה בָאֵשׁ הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים   18:24 וַיַּעַן כָּל־הָעָם וַיֹּאמְרוּ טוֹב הַדָּבָר׃

1Kin. 18:24   “And you call on the name of your god and I will call on the name of the Lord, and the God Who answers with fire, let Him be God.  And all the people answered and they said, “Good is the word.”

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלִיָּהוּ לִנְבִיאֵי הַבַּעַל בַּחֲרוּ לָכֶם הַפָּר הָאֶחָד וַעֲשׂוּ רִאשֹׁנָה כִּי אַתֶּם הָרַבִּים וְקִרְאוּ בְּשֵׁם   18:25 אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וְאֵשׁ לֹא תָשִׂימוּ׃

1Kin. 18:25   Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose for yourselves one bullock and prepare first, for you are many, and call on the name of your god, but do not bring fire.”

וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־הַפָּר אֲשֶׁר־נָתַן לָהֶם וַיַּעֲשׂוּ וַיִּקְרְאוּ בְשֵׁם־הַבַּעַל מֵהַבֹּקֶר וְעַד־הַצָּהֳרַיִם לֵאמֹר הַבַּעַל   18:26 עֲנֵנוּ וְאֵין קוֹל וְאֵין עֹנֶה וַיְפַסְּחוּ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה׃

1Kin. 18:26   And they took the bullock that was given to them, and they prepared, and they called on the name of Baal from the morning and until noon saying, “O Baal, answer us.”   But there was not a sound and there was no answer, as they danced about the altar that had been made.

וַיְהִי בַצָּהֳרַיִם וַיְהַתֵּל בָּהֶם אֵלִיָּהוּ וַיֹּאמֶר קִרְאוּ בְקוֹל־גָּדוֹל כִּי־אֱלֹהִים הוּא כִּי שִׂיחַ וְכִי־שִׂיג לוֹ   18:27 וְכִי־דֶרֶךְ לוֹ אוּלַי יָשֵׁן הוּא וְיִקָץ׃

1Kin. 18:27   And it was at noon that Elijah made fun of them and said, “Call in a louder voice, for he is a god.  Either he meditates or he has withdrawn to himself, or is on the way for himself.  Maybe he is asleep and must be wakened.”

וַיִּקְרְאוּ בְּקוֹל גָּדוֹל וַיִּתְגֹּדְדוּ כְּמִשְׁפָּטָם בַּחֲרָבוֹת וּבָרְמָחִים עַד־שְׁפָךְ־דָּם עֲלֵיהֶם׃   18:28

1Kin. 18:28   So they called with a loud voice and cut themselves, as was their custom, with swords and with lances until blood gushed out on them.

וַיְהִי כַּעֲבֹר הַצָּהֳרַיִם וַיִּתְנַבְּאוּ עַד לַעֲלוֹת הַמִּנְחָה וְאֵין־קוֹל וְאֵין־עֹנֶה וְאֵין קָשֶׁב׃   18:29

1Kin. 18:29   And it was when the noon hour had passed that they prophesied until the offering of evening, but there was not a sound and there was no answer and there was none listening.

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלִיָּהוּ לְכָל־הָעָם גְּשׁוּ אֵלַי וַיִּגְּשׁוּ כָל־הָעָם אֵלָיו וַיְרַפֵּא אֶת־מִזְבַּח יְהוָה הֶהָרוּס׃   18:30

1Kin. 18:30   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 pulled down,

וַיִּקַּח אֵלִיָּהוּ שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה אֲבָנִים כְּמִסְפַּר שִׁבְטֵי בְנֵי־יַעֲקֹב אֲשֶׁר הָיָה דְבַר־יְהוָה אֵלָיו לֵאמֹר   18:31 יִשְׂרָאֵל יִהְיֶה שְׁמֶךָ׃

1Kin. 18:31   and Elijah took twelve stones, which was the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob to whom the word of the Lord came saying, “Israel shall be your name.”

וַיִּבְנֶה אֶת־הָאֲבָנִים מִזְבֵּחַ בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה וַיַּעַשׂ תְּעָלָה כְּבֵית סָאתַיִם זֶרַע סָבִיב לַמִּזְבֵּחַ׃   18:32

1Kin. 18:32   And he set up the stones, an altar in the name of the Lord, and he made a channel large enough for two measures of seed surrounding the altar.

וַיַּעֲרֹךְ אֶת־הָעֵצִים וַיְנַתַּח אֶת־הַפָּר וַיָּשֶׂם עַל־הָעֵצִים׃   18:33

1Kin. 18:33   Then he arranged the wood and cut into pieces the bullock and placed on the wood.

וַיֹּאמֶר מִלְאוּ אַרְבָּעָה כַדִּים מַיִם וְיִצְקוּ עַל־הָעֹלָה וְעַל־הָעֵצִים וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁנוּ וַיִּשְׁנוּ וַיֹּאמֶר שַׁלֵּשׁוּ   18:34 וַיְשַׁלֵּשׁוּ׃

1Kin. 18:34   Then he said, “Fill four jars of water and pour on the burnt offering and on the wood.”  And he said, “Again!”  And they did it again.  Then he said, “A third time!”  And they did it a third time.

וַיֵּלְכוּ הַמַּיִם סָבִיב לַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְגַם אֶת־הַתְּעָלָה מִלֵּא־מָיִם׃   18:35

1Kin. 18:35   And the water went around the altar.  Then he also filled the channel with water.

וַיְהִי בַּעֲלוֹת הַמִּנְחָה וַיִּגַּשׁ אֵלִיָּהוּ הַנָּבִיא וַיֹּאמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיִשְׂרָאֵל הַיּוֹם יִוָּדַע   18:36 כִּי־אַתָּה אֱלֹהִים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַאֲנִי עַבְדֶּךָ (ובדבריך) [וּבִדְבָרְךָ] עָשִׂיתִי אֵת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה׃

1Kin. 18:36   And it was after the offering of the evening that Elijah, the prophet, drew near and said, “O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, today it will be acknowledged that you are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and by Your word I do all these things.”

The word in parentheses, translated as by Your word, is misspelled with an extra yad, making it plural (by Your words).  The correct spelling appears in the brackets.

עֲנֵנִי יְהוָה עֲנֵנִי וְיֵדְעוּ הָעָם הַזֶּה כִּי־אַתָּה יְהוָה הָאֱלֹהִים וְאַתָּה הֲסִבֹּתָ אֶת־לִבָּם אֲחֹרַנִּית׃   18:37

1Kin. 18:37   “Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that these people will know that You, Lord, are He Who is God, and it is You Who turns their hearts back.”

וַתִּפֹּל אֵשׁ־יְהוָה וַתֹּאכַל אֶת־הָעֹלָה וְאֶת־הָעֵצִים וְאֶת־הָאֲבָנִים וְאֶת־הֶעָפָר וְאֶת־הַמַּיִם   18:38 אֲשֶׁר־בַּתְּעָלָה לִחֵכָה׃

1Kin. 18:38   Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and the water that was in the channel was licked up.

וַיַּרְא כָּל־הָעָם וַיִּפְּלוּ עַל־פְּנֵיהֶם וַיֹּאמְרוּ יְהוָה הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים יְהוָה הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים׃   18:39

1Kin. 18:39   When all the people saw, they fell on their faces and said, “The Lord, He is God.  The Lord, He is God.”

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלִיָּהוּ לָהֶם תִּפְשׂוּ אֶת־נְבִיאֵי הַבַּעַל אִישׁ אַל־יִמָּלֵט מֵהֶם וַיִּתְפְּשׂוּם וַיּוֹרִדֵם אֵלִיָּהוּ   18:40

  אֶל־נַחַל קִישׁוֹן וַיִּשְׁחָטֵם שָׁם׃

1Kin. 18:40   And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal.  One must not escape from them.”  And they caught them, and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon and slaughtered them there.                                                                                        [Return to 1Kin. 22:7]

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלִיָּהוּ לְאַחְאָב עֲלֵה אֱכֹל וּשְׁתֵה כִּי־קוֹל הֲמוֹן הַגָּשֶׁם׃   18:41

1Kin. 18:41   And Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink, for it is the sound of a tumult of rain.”

וַיַּעֲלֶה אַחְאָב לֶאֱכֹל וְלִשְׁתּוֹת וְאֵלִיָּהוּ עָלָה אֶל־רֹאשׁ הַכַּרְמֶל וַיִּגְהַר אַרְצָה וַיָּשֶׂם פָּנָיו בֵּין (ברכו)   18:42 [בִּרְכָּיו]׃

1Kin. 18:42   And Ahab rose up to eat and to drink.  And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel and lowered himself to the ground and put his face between his knees.

The misspelled word in this verse is missing a yad, making it singular, his knee, and should be plural, his knees.  The correct spelling appears in the brackets.

וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־נַעֲרוֹ עֲלֵה־נָא הַבֵּט דֶּרֶךְ־יָם וַיַּעַל וַיַּבֵּט וַיֹּאמֶר אֵין מְאוּמָה וַיֹּאמֶר שֻׁב שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים׃   18:43

1Kin. 18:43   And he said to his servant, “Ascend now, look toward the sea.”  And he went up and looked, and he said, “There is nothing.”  And he said, “Go back seven times.”

וַיְהִי בַּשְּׁבִעִית וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה־עָב קְטַנָּה כְּכַף־אִישׁ עֹלָה מִיָּם וַיֹּאמֶר עֲלֵה אֱמֹר אֶל־אַחְאָב אֱסֹר וָרֵד   18:44 וְלֹא יַעַצָרְכָה הַגָּשֶׁם׃

1Kin. 18:44   And it was on the seventh that he said, “Behold, a cloud as small as the hand of a man is rising from the sea.”  And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, “Prepare yourself and go down, so the rain does not stop you.”

וַיְהִי עַד־כֹּה וְעַד־כֹּה וְהַשָּׁמַיִם הִתְקַדְּרוּ עָבִים וְרוּחַ וַיְהִי גֶּשֶׁם גָּדוֹל וַיִּרְכַּב אַחְאָב וַיֵּלֶךְ יִזְרְעֶאלָה׃   18:45

1Kin. 18:45   And it happened while thus and while so that the skies became dark, cloudy and windy, and a great rain began.  And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.

וְיַד־יְהוָה הָיְתָה אֶל־אֵלִיָּהוּ וַיְשַׁנֵּס מָתְנָיו וַיָּרָץ לִפְנֵי אַחְאָב עַד־בֹּאֲכָה יִזְרְעֶאלָה׃   18:46

1Kin. 18:46   And the “hand” of the Lord came to Elijah, and he girded up his loins and ran before Ahab until your approach to Jezreel.

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