1 Kings 18:10-24

1 Kings 18:10-24

[10] As the LORD  thy God  liveth,  there is no  nation  or kingdom,  whither  my lord  hath not sent  to seek  thee: and when they said,  He is not there; he took an oath  of the kingdom  and nation,  that they found  [11] And now thou sayest,  thy lord,  Behold, Elijah  [12] from thee, that the Spirit  of the LORD  shall carry  thee whither I know  not; and so when I come  and tell  Ahab,  and he cannot find  thee, he shall slay  me: but I thy servant  fear  the LORD  from my youth.  [13] Was it not told  my lord  what I did  when Jezebel  slew  the prophets  of the LORD,  how I hid  an hundred  men  of the LORD'S  prophets  by fifty  in a cave,  and fed  them with bread  and water?  [14] And now thou sayest,  thy lord,  Behold, Elijah  is here: and he shall slay  me. [15] And Elijah  said,  As the LORD  of hosts  liveth,  before  whom I stand,  I will surely shew  myself unto him to day.  [16] So Obadiah  to meet  Ahab,  and told  him: and Ahab  to meet  Elijah.  [17] And it came to pass, when Ahab  saw  Elijah,  that Ahab  said  unto him, Art thou he that troubleth  Israel?  [18] And he answered,  I have not troubled  Israel;  but thou, and thy father's  house,  in that ye have forsaken  the commandments  of the LORD,  Baalim.  [19] Now therefore send,  and gather  to me all Israel  unto mount  Carmel,  and the prophets  of Baal  four  hundred  and fifty,  and the prophets  of the groves  four  hundred,  which eat  at Jezebel's  table.  [20] So Ahab  sent  unto all the children  of Israel,  the prophets  together  unto mount  Carmel.  [21] And Elijah  came  unto all the people,  and said,  How long  halt  ye between two  opinions?  if the LORD  be God,  follow him: but if Baal,  him. And the people  answered  him not a word.  [22] Then said  Elijah  unto the people,  I, even I only, remain  a prophet  of the LORD;  but Baal's  prophets  are four  hundred  and fifty  men.  [23] Let them therefore give  us two  bullocks;  and let them choose  one  bullock  for themselves, and cut it in pieces,  and lay  it on wood,  and put  no fire  under: and I will dress  the other  bullock,  and lay  it on wood,  and put  no fire  under: [24] And call  ye on the name  of your gods,  and I will call  on the name  of the LORD:  and the God  that answereth  by fire,  let him be God.  And all the people  answered  and said,  It is well  spoken.