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1 Tres años más tarde, el Señor le dijo a Elías: «Ve y dile al rey Acab que pronto enviaré lluvia nuevamente».
1 After many days, Yahweh’s word came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth.”
2 Entonces Elías fue a decírselo. Debido a la sequía era mucha el hambre que había en Samaria.
2 Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.
3 El hombre que estaba a cargo de la casa de Acab era Abdías, un devoto servidor del Señor. Una vez, cuando la reina Jezabel trató de matar a todos los profetas del Señor, Abdías escondió a un centenar de ellos en dos cuevas, cincuenta en cada una, y los alimentó con pan y agua.
3 Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly;
4 Not in this translation
4 for when Jezebel cut off Yahweh’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
5 Aquel mismo día, mientras Elías iba al encuentro del rey Acab, este le había dicho a Abdías: «Debemos recorrer la tierra en busca de arroyos y ríos. Es probable que encontremos pasto para alimentar los caballos y las mulas, porque si no, se van a morir de hambre».
5 Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.”
6 Así que cada uno tomó una dirección opuesta, para ir a recorrer la tierra.
6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
7 Repentinamente, Abdías vio que Elías se le acercaba. Abdías lo reconoció inmediatamente y cayó en tierra delante de él. ―¿Es usted, mi señor Elías? —le preguntó.
7 As Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. He recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
8 ―Sí, soy yo —respondió Elías—. Ahora ve y dile al rey que yo estoy aquí.
8 He answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here!’”
9 ―Señor —protestó Abdías—, ¿qué mal he cometido yo, para que usted me envíe a darle ese mensaje a Acab? ¡Eso es entregarme en sus manos para que me mate!
9 He said, “How have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
10 Porque, ciertamente, el rey lo ha buscado a usted por todas las naciones y reinos de la región. Cada vez que se le ha dicho: “Elías no está aquí”, el rey Acab ha obligado al rey de esa nación a jurarle que le está diciendo la verdad.
10 As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he took an oath of the kingdom and nation that they didn’t find you.
11 Y ahora, usted me dice: “Ve y dile que Elías está aquí”.
11 Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here.”’
12 Pero en cuanto yo me haya ido, el Espíritu del Señor se lo llevará a usted a quién sabe qué lugar, y cuando Acab venga y no lo encuentre, me matará. Usted bien sabe que yo he sido un verdadero siervo del Señor toda mi vida.
12 It will happen, as soon as I leave you, that Yahweh’s Spirit will carry you I don’t know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can’t find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared Yahweh from my youth.
13 ¿No le han contado que cuando Jezabel estaba tratando de matar a los profetas del Señor, yo escondí a un centenar de ellos en dos cuevas, y les di pan y agua?
13 Wasn’t it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed Yahweh’s prophets, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh’s prophets with fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
14 Y ahora usted me dice: “Ve y dile al rey que Elías está aquí”. Señor, si hago eso soy hombre muerto.
14 Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”.’ He will kill me.”
15 Pero Elías le dijo: ―Te juro por el Señor, el Dios Todopoderoso, en cuya presencia estoy, que hoy me presentaré ante Acab.
15 Elijah said, “As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”
16 Entonces Abdías fue y le dijo a Acab que Elías había llegado; y Acab fue a encontrarse con él.
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 ―¡Así que tú eres el hombre que ha traído todo este desastre sobre Israel! —exclamó Acab, en cuanto lo vio.
17 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
18 ―Tú eres el que ha traído este desastre —respondió Elías—. Porque tú y tu familia se han negado a obedecer al Señor, y han adorado a Baal.
18 He answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house, in that you have forsaken Yahweh’s commandments and you have followed the Baals.
19 Ahora, convoca a todo el pueblo de Israel. Diles que vayan al monte Carmelo, junto con los cuatrocientos cincuenta profetas de Baal y los cuatrocientos profetas de la diosa Aserá, que tienen el apoyo de Jezabel.
19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel, and four hundred fifty of the prophets of Baal, and four hundred of the prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
20 Entonces Acab convocó a todo el pueblo y a los profetas en el monte Carmelo.
20 So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
21 Una vez allí, Elías les dijo: ―¿Hasta cuándo estarán ustedes vacilando entre dos opiniones? —le preguntó al pueblo—. ¡Si el Señor es Dios, síganlo; pero si Baal es Dios, sigan a Baal!
21 Elijah came near to all the people, and said, “How long will you waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” The people didn’t say a word.
22 Y añadió: ―Yo soy el único profeta que queda de los profetas del Señor, pero Baal tiene cuatrocientos cincuenta profetas.
22 Then Elijah said to the people, “I, even I only, am left as a prophet of Yahweh; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred fifty men.
23 Traigan ahora dos becerros. Los profetas de Baal pueden elegir uno de ellos, cortarlo en pedazos y ponerlo sobre la leña en el altar, pero sin encender fuego bajo la leña; yo prepararé el otro becerro y lo pondré sobre la leña, en el altar del Señor, y tampoco encenderé fuego debajo.
23 Let them therefore give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bull, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under it.
24 Entonces ustedes oren a su dios, y yo oraré al Señor. El que responda enviando fuego para encender la leña, ese es el verdadero Dios. Todo el pueblo estuvo de acuerdo en someterse a esta prueba.
24 You call on the name of your god, and I will call on Yahweh’s name. The God who answers by fire, let him be God.” All the people answered, “What you say is good.”
25 Elías se volvió a los profetas de Baal, y les dijo: ―Empiecen ustedes, pues son la mayoría. Escojan uno de los becerros, prepárenlo, y luego invoquen a su dios; pero no enciendan fuego debajo de la leña.
25 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one bull for yourselves, and dress it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.”
26 Ellos prepararon uno de los becerros y lo pusieron sobre el altar. Y estuvieron invocando a Baal toda la mañana. ―Baal, óyenos —gritaban, mientras saltaban alrededor del altar que habían construido. Pero no recibieron respuesta de ningún tipo.
26 They took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, “Baal, hear us!” But there was no voice, and nobody answered. They leaped about the altar which was made.
27 Alrededor del mediodía, Elías comenzó a burlarse de ellos: ―Ustedes tienen que gritar más fuerte —les decía—. De seguro que es dios, pero tienen que llamar su atención. Quizás está conversando con alguien, o quizás está sentado meditando, o quizás está de viaje, o se ha dormido y hay que despertarlo.
27 At noon, Elijah mocked them, and said, “Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is deep in thought, or he has gone somewhere, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he sleeps and must be awakened.”
28 Entonces ellos gritaron con más fuerza y, según era su costumbre, comenzaron a cortarse con cuchillos y espadas hasta chorrear sangre.
28 They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances until the blood gushed out on them.
29 Gritaron toda la tarde hasta la hora del sacrificio, pero no hubo respuesta; no sucedió nada, nadie les prestó atención.
29 When midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the evening offering; but there was no voice, no answer, and nobody paid attention.
30 Entonces Elías llamó al pueblo: ―Acérquense —les dijo. Y todos se acercaron mientras él reparaba el altar del Señor, que estaba destruido.
30 Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me!”; and all the people came near to him. He repaired Yahweh’s altar that had been thrown down.
31 Tomó doce piedras, una en representación de cada tribu de Israel,
31 Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom Yahweh’s word came, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”
32 y usó las piedras para reedificar el altar del Señor. Luego cavó una zanja donde cabían unos doce litros de agua.
32 With the stones he built an altar in Yahweh’s name. He made a trench around the altar large enough to contain two seahs of seed.
33 Puso la leña sobre el altar, cortó en pedazos el becerro y puso los trozos sobre la leña. ―Llenen cuatro cántaros de agua —dijo— y derramen el agua sobre el becerro y la leña. Después que lo hicieron les dijo:
33 He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. He said, “Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.”
34 ―Háganlo nuevamente—. Y ellos lo hicieron. ―Háganlo una vez más —volvió a decirles. Ellos lo hicieron,
34 He said, “Do it a second time;” and they did it the second time. He said, “Do it a third time;” and they did it the third time.
35 y el agua corrió alrededor del altar y llenó la zanja que Elías había hecho.
35 The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
36 Cuando llegó la hora del acostumbrado sacrificio de la tarde, Elías se dirigió hasta el altar y oró: «Señor, Dios de Abraham, Isaac e Israel, demuestra que tú eres el Dios de Israel, y que yo soy tu siervo; demuestra que yo he hecho todo esto por orden tuya.
36 At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.
37 Señor, respóndeme. Respóndeme para que esta gente sepa que tú eres Dios, y que quieres que ellos se vuelvan a ti».
37 Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.”
38 Entonces, repentinamente, descendió fuego del cielo y quemó el becerro, la leña, las piedras, el polvo, e hizo que se evaporara el agua que había en la zanja.
38 Then Yahweh’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust; and it licked up the water that was in the trench.
39 Y cuando los que estaban allí vieron esto, se inclinaron con sus rostros en tierra, gritando: ―¡El Señor es Dios! ¡El Señor es Dios!
39 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”
40 Entonces Elías les ordenó: ―¡Agarren a todos los profetas de Baal! ¡Que ninguno escape! Ellos los atraparon a todos, y Elías los condujo al arroyo de Quisón, y allí los degolló.
40 Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let one of them escape!” They seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
41 Después Elías le dijo a Acab: ―Ve y disfruta de una buena comida. Oigo que se acerca una tormenta.
41 Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
42 Enseguida Acab se fue a comer y a beber. Pero Elías se subió a la cumbre del monte Carmelo y se arrodilló con su rostro entre las rodillas,
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.
43 y le dijo a su siervo: ―Ve y mira hacia el mar. Él fue y miró, y regresó y le dijo a Elías: ―No se ve nada. Entonces Elías le dijo: ―Ve siete veces.
43 He said to his servant, “Go up now and look toward the sea.” He went up and looked, then said, “There is nothing.” He said, “Go again” seven times.
44 Finalmente, a la séptima vez, el siervo le dijo: ―Veo una pequeña nube, como del tamaño de una mano de hombre, que se levanta del mar. Entonces Elías gritó: ―Corre a decirle a Acab que se suba a su carro y baje de la montaña o será detenido por la lluvia.
44 On the seventh time, he said, “Behold, a small cloud, like a man’s hand, is rising out of the sea.” He said, “Go up, tell Ahab, ‘Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn’t stop you.’”
45 Poco después, el cielo se oscureció con nubes, y comenzó a soplar un viento que trajo una terrible tormenta. Acab salió apresuradamente hacia Jezrel.
45 In a little while, the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
46 Elías, por su parte, se amarró el manto con el cinturón, y echó a correr hacia Jezrel, y llegó primero que Acab, pues el Señor, con su poder, fortaleció a Elías para que pudiera correr.
46 Yahweh’s hand was on Elijah; and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Ahab
Son of Omri, who reigned twenty-two years in Samaria, married Jezebel and served Baal, took Naboth's vineyard, fought Ben-hadad of Aram, and died of an arrow wound at…
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 16:29; 1 Kings 16:30; 1 Kings 18:17
Elijah the Tishbite
A prophet among the settlers of Gilead who announced a drought to Ahab, was fed by ravens, revived the widow's son at Zarephath, defeated Baal's prophets on Mount Carmel, heard…
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:36; 1 Kings 19:9
Jezebel
Daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians and wife of Ahab, who slaughtered the LORD's prophets, threatened Elijah, had Naboth stoned on false testimony, and was thrown down from…
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 16:31; 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 19:2
Obadiah
The man in charge of Ahab's palace who greatly feared the LORD, hid a hundred prophets in caves when Jezebel slaughtered the LORD's prophets, and brought Elijah's message to Ahab.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 18:3; 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 18:7
Places
Mount Carmel
A fertile ridge jutting into the sea near Haifa. Elijah's contest with the prophets of Baal here vindicated the Lord as the God who answers by fire.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 18:20; 1 Kings 18:38
Cross references (42)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 4:25; James 5:17; 1 Kings 18:15–40; Deuteronomy 28:12; 1 Kings 17:1
- 2 Joel 1:15–20; Leviticus 26:26; Psalm 27:1; Psalm 51:4; Isaiah 51:12
- 3 Nehemiah 7:2; 1 Kings 16:9; Matthew 10:28; Malachi 3:16; Genesis 41:40
- 5 Jeremiah 14:5–6; Joel 1:18; Joel 2:22; Habakkuk 3:17; Romans 8:20–22
- 6 Jeremiah 14:3
- 7 2 Kings 1:6–8; Isaiah 60:14; Genesis 44:16; Matthew 11:8; Genesis 50:18
- 8 1 Kings 18:3; Romans 13:7; 1 Peter 2:17–18
- 9 Exodus 5:21; 1 Kings 17:18; 1 Kings 18:12
- 10 1 Kings 17:1; Psalm 10:2; 1 Kings 18:15; 1 Samuel 29:6; 1 Kings 17:9
- 11 1 Kings 18:8; 1 Kings 18:14
- 12 Acts 8:39; 2 Kings 2:16; Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 11:24; Ezekiel 40:1–2
- 13 1 Kings 18:4; Matthew 25:35; Acts 20:34; Matthew 10:41–42; Genesis 20:4–5
- 14 Matthew 10:28
- 15 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:10; Job 25:3; Psalm 148:2–3; Jeremiah 8:2
- 17 Joshua 7:25; 1 Kings 21:20; Acts 16:20; Acts 17:6; Amos 7:10
- 18 2 Chronicles 15:2; 1 Kings 9:9; 1 Kings 16:31; Jeremiah 2:19; 1 Kings 21:25
- 19 Joshua 19:26; 1 Kings 16:33; 2 Peter 2:1; 2 Kings 2:25; 1 Samuel 15:12
- 20 1 Kings 22:9
- 21 Matthew 6:24; Joshua 24:15; 1 Corinthians 10:21–22; 2 Corinthians 6:14–16; 1 Samuel 7:3
- 22 1 Kings 19:10; 1 Kings 19:14; 1 Kings 20:13; 2 Timothy 4:3–4; 2 Peter 2:1–3
- 24 1 Kings 18:38; 1 Chronicles 21:26; Leviticus 9:24; 2 Chronicles 7:3; 2 Chronicles 7:1
- 26 Jeremiah 10:5; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Matthew 6:7; 1 Corinthians 12:2; Isaiah 44:17
- 27 Isaiah 41:23; Psalm 78:65–66; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Mark 4:38–39; 2 Chronicles 25:8
- 28 Leviticus 19:28; Deuteronomy 14:1; Mark 5:5; Mark 9:22; Micah 6:7
- 29 1 Kings 22:10; Exodus 29:39; 1 Corinthians 11:4–5; 1 Samuel 18:10; Galatians 4:8
- 30 2 Chronicles 33:16; 1 Kings 19:14; 1 Kings 19:10; Romans 11:3
- 31 2 Kings 17:34; Genesis 35:10; Genesis 32:28; Joshua 4:3–4; Joshua 4:20
- 32 Colossians 3:17; Exodus 20:24–25; 1 Corinthians 10:31; Judges 21:4; 1 Samuel 7:17
- 33 Genesis 22:9; Judges 6:20; John 11:39–40; Daniel 3:25; Daniel 3:19
- 34 2 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 8:21
- 35 1 Kings 18:32; 1 Kings 18:38
- 36 1 Kings 18:29; 2 Kings 19:19; Exodus 3:6; 1 Kings 8:43; Matthew 22:32
- 37 Daniel 9:17–19; Luke 1:16–17; Ezekiel 36:25–27; Malachi 4:5–6; 1 Kings 18:24
- 38 Leviticus 9:24; 1 Chronicles 21:26; 2 Chronicles 7:1; Judges 6:21; 1 Kings 18:24
- 39 1 Kings 18:24; 2 Chronicles 7:3; 1 Kings 18:21; Judges 13:20; 1 Chronicles 21:16
- 40 Judges 4:7; Deuteronomy 18:20; Deuteronomy 13:5; Zechariah 13:2–3; Judges 5:21
- 41 1 Kings 18:1; Ecclesiastes 9:7; 1 Kings 17:1; Acts 27:34
- 42 Luke 6:12; 1 Kings 19:13; Genesis 24:52; 1 Kings 18:19–20; Ezra 9:6
- 43 Habakkuk 2:3; Luke 18:1; Luke 18:7; Genesis 32:26; Ephesians 6:18
- 44 Luke 12:54; Job 8:7; Micah 1:13; Zechariah 4:10; 1 Samuel 6:10
- 45 2 Kings 9:16; 1 Kings 21:23; 1 Kings 18:39–40; 2 Samuel 21:14; 1 Kings 21:1
- 46 Ezekiel 3:14; Ezekiel 1:3; 2 Kings 3:15; 2 Kings 9:1; Matthew 22:21
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… foot of the mountain, --the same number which was placed by Joshua in the river, and again, on the other side, the bearers of the ark of the covenant, --those stones which were set up by Elijah when the heifer was offered as a burnt-offering; the number, too, of the apostles; and, in fine, every event which embraces in it …
… is not lawful for thee to have thy brother Philip's wife;" such as he was possessed of, who before him was like him, and after him shall be so again; who said to Ahab, "I do not trouble Israel, but thou, and thy father's house;" such as the prophets had, such as all the apostles.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Elias, too, when all Israel was assembled at Mount Carmel, wishing to turn them from idolatry, says to them, "How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow Him." And again, at the burnt-offering, he thus addresses the idolatrous priests: "Ye shall call upon the name of your gods, and I will call on the name …
… directed them to that God upon whom he believed, and who was truly God; whom invoking, he exclaimed, "Lord God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, hear me to-day, and let all this people know that Thou art the God of Israel."