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Eliiah said vnto all the people, Come to me. And and he girded vp his Ioynes, and ran before Ahab
all the people came to him. And he repayred till he came to Izreel.
the altar of the Lord that was broken downe.
31 And Eliiah tooke twelue stones, according to 19
the nomber of the tribes of the sonnes of Iaakob, 1
Now Ahab tolde Iezebel all that Eliiah had
(vnto whome the worde of the Lord came, saying, done, and how he had slaine all the prophets
Israel shalbe thy name) 32 And with the stones he with the sword. Then Iezebel sent a messenger
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buylt an altar in the Name of the Lord: and he vnto Eliiah, saying, The gods doe so to me and
made a ditch round about the altar, as great as more also, if I make not thy life like one of their
woulde conteine two measures of seede. 33 And liues by to morowe this time. 3 When he sawe
he put the wood in order, and hewed the bullocke
in pieces, and layd him on the wood, 34 And said, that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to
Beer-sheba, which is in Iudah, and left his seruant
Fill foure barrels with water, and powre it on the there. 4 But he went a dayes iourney into the
burnt offring and on the wood. Againe he said, wildernesse, and came and sate downe vnder a
Doe so againe. And they did so the second time. iuniper tree, and desired that he might die, and
And he sayde, Doe it the third time. And they sayde, It is now ynough: O Lord, take my soule,
did it the third time. 35 And the water ran round for I am no better then my fathers. 5 And as he
about the altar: and he filled the ditch with water lay and slept vnder the iuniper tree, behold now,
also. 36 And when they should offer the euening an Angel touched him, and said vnto him, Vp,
sacrifice, Eliiah the Prophet came, and sayd, Lord and eate. 6 And when he looked about, behold,
God of Abraham, Izhak and of Israel, let it be there was a cake baken on the coles, and a pot
knowen this day, that thou art the God of Israel, of water at his head: so he did eate and drinke,
and that I am thy seruant, and that I haue done and returned and slept. 7 And the Angel of the
all these things at thy commandement. 37 Heare Lord came againe the second time, and touched
me, O Lord, heare me, and let this people know him, and sayd, Vp, and eate: for thou hast a great
that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast iourney. Then he arose, and did eate and drinke,
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turned their heart againe at the last. 38 Then and walked in the strength of that meate fourtie
the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt dayes and fourtie nights, vnto Horeb the mount
offring, and the wood, and the stones, and the 9
dust, and licked vp the water that was in the of God. And there he entred into a caue, and
lodged there: and beholde, the Lord spake to him,
ditche. 39 And when all the people sawe it, they and said vnto him, What doest thou here, Eliiah?
fell on their faces, and saide, The Lord is God, the 10 And he answered, I haue bene very ielous for
Lord is God. 40 And Elijah said vnto them, Take the the Lord God of hostes: for the children of Israel
prophets of Baal, let not a man of them escape. haue forsaken thy couenant, broken downe thine
and they tooke them, and Eliiah brought them to altars, and slayne thy Prophets with the sword,
the brooke Kishon, and slewe them there. 41 And and I onely am left, and they seeke my life to take
Eliiah sayde vnto Ahab, Get thee vp, eate and it away. 11 And he saide, Come out, and stand
drinke, for there is a sound of much rayne. 42 So vpon the mount before the Lord. And beholde,
Ahab went vp to eate and to drinke, and Eliiah the Lord went by, and a mightie strong winde
went vp to the top of Carmel: and he crouched rent the mountaines, and brake the rockes before
vnto the earth, and put his face betweene his the Lord: but the Lord was not in the winde:
knees, 43 And sayde to his seruant, Goe vp now and after the wind came an earthquake: but the
and looke towarde the way of the Sea. And he Lord was not in the earthquake: 12 And after the
went vp, and looked, and sayde, There is nothing. earthquake came fire: but the Lord was not in the
Againe he sayd, Goe againe seuen times. 44 And at fire: and after the fire came a still and soft voyce.
the seuenth time he sayd, Behold, there ariseth a 13 And when Eliiah heard it, he couered his face
litle cloude out of the sea like a mans hand. Then with his mantel, and went out, and stoode in the
he sayd, Vp, and say vnto Ahab, Make readie thy entring in of ye caue: and behold, there came a
charet, and get thee downe, that the raine stay voyce vnto him, and sayd, What doest thou here,
thee not. 45 And in the meane while the heauen Eliiah? 14 And he answered, I haue bene very
was blacke with cloudes and winde, and there was ielous for the Lord God of hostes, because the
a great rayne. Then Ahab went vp and came to children of Israel haue forsaken thy couenant,
Izreel. 46 And the hand of the Lord was on Eliiah, cast downe thine altars, and slayne thy Prophets