1 Kings 18:13-26

¹³'Hath it not been declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel's slaying the prophets of Jehovah, that I hide of the prophets of Jehovah a hundred men, fifty by fifty in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?

¹⁴and now thou art saying, Go, say to my lord, Lo, Elijah — and he hath slain me!'

¹⁵And Elijah saith, 'Jehovah of Hosts liveth, before whom I have stood, surely to-day I appear unto him.'

¹⁶And Obadiah goeth to meet Ahab, and declareth it to him, and Ahab goeth to meet Elijah,

¹⁷and it cometh to pass at Ahab's seeing Elijah, that Ahab saith unto him, 'Art thou he — the troubler of Israel?'

¹⁸And he saith, 'I have not troubled Israel, but thou and the house of thy father, in your forsaking the commands of Jehovah, and thou goest after the Baalim;

¹⁹and now, send, gather unto me all Israel, unto the mount of Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the shrine, four hundred — eating at the table of Jezebel.'

²⁰And Ahab sendeth among all the sons of Israel, and gathereth the prophets unto the mount of Carmel;

²¹and Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people, and saith, 'Till when are ye leaping on the two branches? — if Jehovah is God, go after Him; and if Baal, go after him;' and the people have not answered him a word.

²²And Elijah saith unto the people, 'I — I have been left a prophet of Jehovah — by myself; and the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men;

²³and let them give to us two bullocks, and they choose for themselves the one bullock, and cut it in pieces, and place it on the wood, and place no fire; and I — I prepare the other bullock, and have put it on the wood, and fire I do not place; —

²⁴and ye have called in the name of your god, and I — I call in the name of Jehovah, and it hath been, the god who answereth by fire — He is the God.' And all the people answer and say, 'Good is the word.'

²⁵And Elijah saith to the prophets of Baal, 'Choose for you the one bullock, and prepare first, for ye are the multitude, and call ye in the name of your god, and place no fire.'

²⁶And they take the bullock that one gave to them, and prepare, and call in the name of Baal from the morning even till the noon, saying, 'O Baal, answer us!' and there is no voice, and there is none answering; and they leap on the altar that one had made.