English Bible Presentation Sharing - 1-Kings Book, chapter 18, verse 66 in Lxxen Version

1 Kings 18 : 1 (LXXEN)

And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Eliu in the third year, saying, Go, and appear before Achaab, and I will bring rain upon the face of the earth.

1 Kings 18 : 2 (LXXEN)

And Eliu went to appear before Achaab: and the famine was severe in Samaria.

1 Kings 18 : 3 (LXXEN)

And Achaab called Abdiu the steward. Now Abdiu feared the Lord greatly.

1 Kings 18 : 4 (LXXEN)

And it came to pass when Jezabel smote the prophets of the Lord, that Abdiu took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.

1 Kings 18 : 5 (LXXEN)

And Achaab said to Abdiu, Come, and let us go through the land, and to the fountains of water, and to the brooks, if by any means we may find grass, and may save the horses and mules, and so they will not perish from the tents.

1 Kings 18 : 6 (LXXEN)

And they made a division of the way between them to pass through it: Achaab went one way, and Abdiu went by another way alone.

1 Kings 18 : 7 (LXXEN)

And Abdiu was alone in the way; and Eliu came alone to meet him: and Abdiu hasted, and fell upon his face, and said, My lord Eliu,

Gr. if thou art, etc.

art thou indeed he?

1 Kings 18 : 8 (LXXEN)

And Eliu said to him, I am: go say to thy master, Behold, Eliu is here.

1 Kings 18 : 9 (LXXEN)

And Abdiu said, What sin have I committed, that thou givest thy servant into the hand of Achaab to slay me?

1 Kings 18 : 10 (LXXEN)

As the Lord thy God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom, whither my lord has not sent to seek thee; and if they said, He is not here, then has he set fire to the kingdom and its territories, because he has not found thee.

1 Kings 18 : 11 (LXXEN)

And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Eliu is here.

1 Kings 18 : 12 (LXXEN)

And it shall come to pass when I shall have departed from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee to a land which I know not, and I shall go in to tell the matter to Achaab, and he will not find thee and will slay me: yet thy servant fears the Lord from his youth.

1 Kings 18 : 13 (LXXEN)

Has 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?

1 Kings 18 : 14 (LXXEN)

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

1 Kings 18 : 15 (LXXEN)

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

1 Kings 18 : 16 (LXXEN)

And Abdiu went to meet Achaab, and told him: and Achaab

Gr. ran forth

hasted forth, and went to meet Eliu.

1 Kings 18 : 17 (LXXEN)

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

1 Kings 18 : 18 (LXXEN)

And 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.

1 Kings 18 : 19 (LXXEN)

And now send, gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and the prophets of

Heb. Baal; See Jer 11:13; Ho 9:10

shame four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, that eat at Jezabel’s table.

1 Kings 18 : 20 (LXXEN)

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

1 Kings 18 : 21 (LXXEN)

And Eliu drew near to them all: and Eliu said to them, How long wilt ye halt on both

Gr. the hams, from gonu, the knee

feet? if the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, follow him. And the people answered not a word.

1 Kings 18 : 22 (LXXEN)

And Eliu said to the people, I am left, the

Or, quite alone

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.

1 Kings 18 : 23 (LXXEN)

Let 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.

1 Kings 18 : 24 (LXXEN)

And 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.

1 Kings 18 : 25 (LXXEN)

And 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.

1 Kings 18 : 26 (LXXEN)

And 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 alter which they had made.

1 Kings 18 : 27 (LXXEN)

And it was noon, and Eliu the Thesbite mocked them, and said, Call with a loud voice, for he is a god; for he is meditating, or else perhaps he is

Or, preparing an answer

engaged in business, or perhaps he is asleep, and

Gr. will awake or arise

is to be awaked.

1 Kings 18 : 28 (LXXEN)

And they cried with a loud voice, and cut themselves according to their custom with knives and lancets until the

Gr. shedding of blood upon them

blood gushed out upon them.

1 Kings 18 : 29 (LXXEN)

And they prophesied until the evening came; and it came to pass as it was the time of the

Gr. sacrifice going up

offering of the sacrifice, that Eliu the Thesbite spoke to the prophets of the abominations, saying, Stand by for the present, and I will offer my sacrifice. And they stood aside and departed.

1 Kings 18 : 30 (LXXEN)

And Eliu said to the people, Come near to me. And all the people came near to him.

1 Kings 18 : 31 (LXXEN)

And Eliu took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of Israel, as the Lord spoke to him, saying, Israel shall be thy name.

1 Kings 18 : 32 (LXXEN)

And he built up the stones in the name of the Lord, and

Gr. healed

repaired the altar that had been broken down; and he made a

Gr. sea

trench that would hold two measures of seed round about the altar.

1 Kings 18 : 33 (LXXEN)

And he piled the cleft wood on the altar which he had made, and divided the whole-burnt-offering, and laid it on the wood, and laid it in order on the altar, and said, Fetch me four pitchers of water, and pour it on the whole-burnt-offering, and on the wood. And they did so.

1 Kings 18 : 34 (LXXEN)

And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.

1 Kings 18 : 35 (LXXEN)

And the water ran round about the altar, and they filled the trench with water.

1 Kings 18 : 36 (LXXEN)

And Eliu cried aloud to the heaven, and said, Lord God of Abraam, and Isaac, and Israel,

Or, hearken unto me

answer me, O Lord, answer me this day by fire, and let all this people know that thou art the Lord, the God of Israel, and I am thy servant, and for thy sake I have wrought these works.

1 Kings 18 : 37 (LXXEN)

Hear me, O Lord, hear me, and let this people know that thou art the Lord God, and thou hast turned back the heart of this people.

1 Kings 18 : 38 (LXXEN)

Then fire fell from the Lord out of heaven, and devoured the whole-burnt-offerings, and the wood and the water that was in the

Gr. sea

trench, and the fire licked up the stones and the earth.

1 Kings 18 : 39 (LXXEN)

And all the people fell upon their faces, and said, Truly the Lord is God; he is God.

1 Kings 18 : 40 (LXXEN)

And Eliu said to the people, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Eliu brings them down to the brook Kisson, and he slew them there.

1 Kings 18 : 41 (LXXEN)

And Eliu said to Achaab, Go up, and eat and drink, for there is a sound of the

Gr. feet of rain

coming of rain.

1 Kings 18 : 42 (LXXEN)

And Achaab went up to eat and to drink; and Eliu went up to Carmel, and stooped to the ground, and put his face between his knees,

1 Kings 18 : 43 (LXXEN)

and said to his servant, Go up, and look toward the sea. And the servant looked, and said, There is nothing: and Eliu said, Do thou then go again seven times.

1 Kings 18 : 44 (LXXEN)

And the servant went again seven times: and it came to pass at the seventh time, that, behold, a little cloud like the sole of a man’s foot

Gr. bringing

brought water; and he said, Go up, and say to Achaab, make ready thy chariot, and go down, lest the rain overtake thee.

1 Kings 18 : 45 (LXXEN)

And it came to pass in the meanwhile, that the heaven grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Achaab wept, and went to Jezrael.

1 Kings 18 : 46 (LXXEN)

And the hand of the Lord was upon Eliu, and he girt up his loins, and ran before Achaab to Jezrael.