Kings III 18:13-26

¹³Has it not been told to thee my lord, what I did when Jezabel slew the prophets of the Lord, that I hid a hundred men of the prophets of the Lord, by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

¹⁴And now thou sayest to me, Go, say to thy master, Behold, Eliu is here: and he shall slay me.

¹⁵And Eliu said, As the Lord of Hosts before whom I stand lives, to-day I will appear before him.

¹⁶And Abdiu went to meet Achaab, and told him: and Achaab hasted forth, and went to meet Eliu.

¹⁷And it came to pass when Achaab saw Eliu, that Achaab said to Eliu, Art thou he that perverts Israel?

¹⁸And Eliu said, I do not pervert Israel; but it is thou and thy father's house, in that ye forsake the Lord your God, and thou hast gone after Baalim.

¹⁹And now send, gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and the prophets of shame four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, that eat at Jezabel's table.

²⁰And Achaab sent to all Israel, and gathered all the prophets to mount Carmel.

²¹And Eliu drew near to them all: and Eliu said to them, How long wilt ye halt on both feet? if the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, follow him. And the people answered not a word.

²²And Eliu said to the people, I am left, the only one prophet of the Lord; and the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men, and the prophets of the groves four hundred.

²³Let them give us two oxen, and let them choose one for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire on the wood: and I will dress the other bullock, and put on no fire.

²⁴And do ye call loudly on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord my God, and it shall come to pass that the God who shall answer by fire, he is God. And all the people answered and said, The word which thou hast spoken is good.

²⁵And Eliu said to the prophets of shame, Choose to yourselves one calf, and dress it first, for ye are many; and call ye on the name of your god; but apply no fire.

²⁶And they took the calf and drest it, and called on the name of Baal from morning till noon, and said, Hear us, O Baal, hear us. And there was no voice, neither was there hearing, and they ran up and down on the altar which they had made.