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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 1 Kings 17

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-19. Chapter 17 And Elijah the Tishbite of the

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inhabitants of Gilead said to Ahab, As the Lord

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God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there

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shall not be dew nor rain these years except

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at my word. Then the word of the Lord came to

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him, saying, Get away from here, and turn eastward,

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and hide by the brook Kerit, which flows into

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the Jordan. And it will be that you shall drink

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from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens

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to feed you there. So he went and did according

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to the word of the Lord, for he went and stayed

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by the brook Kerit, which flows into the Jordan.

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The ravens brought him bread and meat in the

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morning, and bread and meat in the evening. And

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he drank from the brook. And it happened after

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a while that the brook dried up, because there

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had been no rain in the land. Then the word of

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the Lord came to him, saying, Arise, go to Zarephath,

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which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. See,

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I have commanded a widow there to provide for

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you. So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when

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he came to the gate of the city, indeed a widow

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was there gathering sticks. And he called to

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her and said, Please bring me a little water

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and a cup that I may drink. And as she was going

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to get it, he called to her and said, Please

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bring me a morsel of bread in your hand. So she

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said, As the Lord your God lives, I do not have

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bread, only a handful of flour in a bin and a

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little oil in a jar. And see, I am gathering

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a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare

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it for myself and my son, that we may eat it

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and die. And Elijah said to her, Do not fear,

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go and do as you have said, but make me a small

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cake from it first, and bring it to me, and afterward

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make some for yourself and your son. For thus

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says the Lord God of Israel, The bin of flour

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shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil

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run dry, until the day the Lord sends rain on

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the earth. So she went away and did according

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to the word of Elijah, and she and he and her

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household ate for many days. The bin of flour

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was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry,

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according to the word of the Lord. which he spoke

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by Elijah. Now it happened after these things

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that the son of the woman who owned the house

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became sick, and his sickness was so serious

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that there was no breath left in him. So she

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said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O

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man of God? Have you come to me to bring my sin

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to remembrance and to kill my son? And he said

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to her, Give me your son. So he took him out

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of her arms and carried him to the upper room

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where he was staying and laid him on his own

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bed. Then he cried out to the Lord and said,

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O Lord my God, have you also brought tragedy

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on the widow with whom I lodged by killing her

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son? And he stretched himself out on the child

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three times and cried out to the Lord and said,

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O Lord my God, I pray let this child's soul come

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back to him. Then the Lord heard the voice of

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Elijah and the soul of the child came back to

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him and he revived. And Elijah took the child

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and brought him down from the upper room into

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the house and gave him to his mother. And Elijah

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said, See, your son lives. Then the woman said,

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Elijah, now by this I know that you are a man

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of God and that the word of the Lord in your

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mouth is the truth. Chapter 18 And it came to

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pass after many days that the word of the Lord

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came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go

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present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain

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on the earth. So Elijah went to present himself

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to Ahab, and there was a severe famine in Samaria.

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And Ahab had called Obadiah, who was in charge

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of his house. Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly,

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for so it was when Jezebel massacred the prophets

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of the Lord that Obadiah had taken one hundred

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prophets and hidden them. fifty to a cave, and

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had fed them with bread and water. And Ahab had

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said to Obadiah, Go into the land, to all the

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springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps

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we may find grass to keep the horses and mules

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alive, so that we will not have to kill any livestock.

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So they divided the land between them to explore

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it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah

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went another way by himself. Now as Obadiah was

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on his way, suddenly Elijah met him, and he recognized

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him, and fell on his face and said, Is that you,

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my lord Elijah? And he answered them, It is I.

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Go tell your master Elijah is here. So he said,

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How have I sinned that you are delivering your

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servant into the hand of Ahab to kill me? As

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the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or

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kingdom where my master has not sent someone

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to hunt for you. And when they said he is not

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here, he took an oath from the kingdom or nation

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that they could not find you. And now you say,

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go tell your master, Elijah is here and shall

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come to pass as soon as I am gone from you, that

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the spirit of the Lord will carry you to a place

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I do not know. So when I go and tell Ahab and

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he cannot find you, he will kill me. But I, your

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servant, have feared the Lord from my youth.

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Was it not reported to my lord what I did when

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Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, how

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I hid one hundred men of the Lord's prophets,

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fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and

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water? And now you say, Go tell your master Elijah

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is here, he will kill me. Then Elijah said, As

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the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand,

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I will surely present myself to him today. So

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Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab

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went to meet Elijah. Then it happened, when Ahab

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saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is that you,

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O troubler of Israel? And Elijah came to all

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the people and said, How long will you falter

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between two opinions, if the Lord is God? follow

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him. But if Baal, follow him. But the people

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answered him not a word. Then Elijah said to

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the people, I alone am left a prophet of the

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Lord, but Baal's prophets are 450 men. Therefore

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let them give us two bulls, and let them choose

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one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and

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lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it.

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And I will prepare the other bull, and lay it

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on the wood, but put no fire under it. Then you

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call on the name of your gods, and I will call

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on the name of the Lord, and the God who answers

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by fire, he is God. So all the people answered

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and said, It is well spoken. Now Elijah said

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to the prophets of Baal, Choose one bull for

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yourselves and prepare it first, for you are

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many, and call on the name of your God, but put

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no fire under it. So they took the bull which

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was given them, and they prepared it and called

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on the name of Baal from morning even till noon,

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saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice,

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no one answered. Then they leaped about the altar

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which they had made. And so it was at noon that

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Elijah mocked them and said, Cry aloud, for he

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is a god, either he is meditating, or he is busy,

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or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping

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and must be awakened. So they cried aloud and

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cut themselves, as was their custom, with knives

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and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.

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And when midday was passed, they prophesied until

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the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice,

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but there was no voice, no one answered, no one

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paid attention. Then Elijah said to all the people,

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Come near to me. So all the people came near

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to him, and he repaired the altar of the Lord

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that was broken down. And Elijah took twelve

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stones according to the number of the tribes

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of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the

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Lord had come, saying, Israel shall be your name.

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Then with the stones he built an altar in the

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name of the Lord. And he made a trench around

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the altar large enough to hold two sayers of

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seed. And he put the wood in order. cut the bowl

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in pieces and laid it on the wood and said, Fill

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four water pots with water and pour it on the

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burnt sacrifice and on the wood. Then he said,

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Do it a second time. And they did it a second

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time. And he said, Do it a third time. And they

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did it a third time. So the water ran all around

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the altar and he also filled the trench with

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water. And it came to pass at the time of the

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offering of the evening sacrifice that Elijah

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the prophet came near and said, Lord God of Abraham,

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Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that

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you are God in Israel, and I am your servant,

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and that I have done all these things at your

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word. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that these people

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may know that you are the Lord God, and that

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you have turned their hearts back to you again.

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Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed

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the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones,

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and the dust, and it licked up the water that

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was in the trench. Now when all the people saw

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it, they fell on their faces, and they said,

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The Lord, he is God, the Lord, he is God. And

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Elijah said to them, Seize the prophets of Baal,

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do not let one of them escape. So they seized

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them, and Elijah brought them down to the brook

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Kishon and executed them there. Then Elijah said

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to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink. for there is the

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sound of abundance of rain. So Ahab went up to

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eat and drink, and Elijah went up to the top

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of Carmel. Then he bowed down on the ground and

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put his face between his knees and said to his

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servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. So he

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went up and looked and said, There is nothing.

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And seven times he said, Go again. Then it came

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to pass the seventh time that he said, There

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is a cloud, as small as a man's hand, rising

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out of the sea. So he said, Go up, say to Ahab,

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prepare your chariot, and go down before the

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rain stops you. Now it happened in the meantime

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that the sky became black with clouds and wind,

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and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away

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and went to Jezreel. Then the hand of the Lord

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came upon Elijah, and he girded up his loins

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and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

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Chapter 19 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah

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had done, also how he had executed all the prophets

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with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger

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to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me and

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more also, if I do not make your life as the

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life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

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And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his

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life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to

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Judah, and left his servant there. But he himself

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went a day's journey into the wilderness, and

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came and sat under a broom tree. And he prayed

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that he might die and said, It is enough. Now,

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Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my

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father's. Then as he lay and slept under a broom

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tree, suddenly an angel touched him and said

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to him, Arise and eat. Then he looked, and there

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by his head was a cake baked on coals and a jar

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of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.

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And the angel of the Lord came back the second

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time and touched him and said, Arise and eat,

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because the journey is too great for you. So

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he arose and ate and drank, and he went in the

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strength of that food forty days and forty nights

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as far as Horeb, the mountain of God. And there

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he went into a cave, and spent the night in that

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place. And behold, the word of the Lord came

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to him, and he said to him, What are you doing

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here, Elijah? So he said, I have been very zealous

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for the Lord God of hosts. For the children of

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Israel have forsaken your covenant, torn down

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your altars, and killed your prophets with the

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sword. I alone am left, and I seek to take my

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life. Then he said, Go out and stand on the mountain

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before the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed

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by, and a great and strong wind tore into the

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mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before

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the Lord. But the Lord was not in the wind. And

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after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was

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not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake

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a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And

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after the fire a still small voice. So it was

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when Elijah heard it that he wrapped his face

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in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance

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of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and

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said, What are you doing here, Elijah? And he

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said, I have been very zealous for the Lord God

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of hosts, because the children of Israel have

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forsaken your covenant, torn down your altars,

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and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone

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am left, and they seek to take my life. Then

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the Lord said to him, Go, return on your way

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to the wilderness of Damascus, and when you arrive,

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anoint Hazael as king over Syria. Also you shall

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anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel.

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So he departed from there and found Elisha the

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son of Shaphat. who was plowing with twelve yoke

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of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth.

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Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle

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on him. And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah

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and said, Please let me kiss my father and my

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mother, and then I will follow you. And he said

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to him, Go back again, for what have I done to

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you? So Elisha turned back from him and took

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a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled

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their flesh using the oxen's equipment and gave

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it to the people and they ate. Then he arose

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and followed Elijah and became his servant. I

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hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as I

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did and I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow

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to continue on our journey. God bless you and

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have a great day.