1 Kings · God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
1 Kings 18 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Pasados muchos días, al tercer año, la Palabra de Yavé vino a Elías: Vé, preséntate a Acab. Enviaré lluvia sobre la superficie de la tierra.
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 Elías fue a presentarse ante Acab. La hambruna era aguda en Samaria.
2 Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.
3 Acab llamó a Abdías, quien era administrador del palacio y temía en gran manera a Yavé.
3 Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly;
4 Porque cuando Jezabel exterminaba a los profetas de Yavé, Abdías tomó a 100 profetas, los ocultó de 50 en 50 en la cueva y los sustentó con pan y agua.
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 Acab dijo a Abdías: Vé por la tierra, a todos los manantiales de agua y arroyos. Quizás hallemos pasto y salvemos los caballos y las mulas, y no perdamos todas las bestias.
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 dividieron entre ellos el territorio por el cual pasaban: Acab iba solo por un camino y Abdías iba por otro.
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 Cuando Abdías iba por el camino, ahí llegaba Elías. Cuando lo reconoció, cayó sobre su rostro y le preguntó: ¿Eres tú mi ʼadón Elías?
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 Y le respondió: Soy yo. Vé y dí a tu ʼadon: Elías está aquí.
8 He answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here!’”
9 Pero él preguntó: ¿En qué pequé para que entregues a tu esclavo en mano de Acab 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 ¡Vive Yavé tu ʼElohim, que no hay nación ni reino adonde mi ʼadón no envió a buscarte! Cuando ellos decían: No está aquí, hacía jurar al reino y a la nación que no te hallaron.
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 me dices: Vé y dí a tu ʼadón, Elías está aquí!
11 Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here.”’
12 Lo que sucederá será que después que yo me aleje de ti, el Espíritu de Yavé te llevará donde yo no sepa, de modo que cuando yo vaya a decirle a Acab, él no podrá hallarte y me matará. Aunque yo, tu esclavo, temo a Yavé desde mi juventud.
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 fue dicho a mi ʼadón lo que hice cuando Jezabel mataba a los profetas de Yavé, cómo escondí en la cueva a 100 de ellos de 50 en 50 y los sustenté con 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 ordenas que diga a mi ʼadón: Elías está aquí, para que me mate?
14 Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”.’ He will kill me.”
15 Pero Elías respondió: ¡Vive Yavé de las huestes, en cuya presencia estoy, que hoy me presentaré ante él!
15 Elijah said, “As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”
16 Entonces Abdías fue a encontrarse con Acab y le informó, y Acab fue a encontrase con Elías.
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 Sucedió que cuando Acab fue a Elías, le preguntó: ¿Eres tú el que perturbas a Israel?
17 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
18 Y él respondió: Yo no perturbé a Israel, sino tú y la casa de tu padre, que abandonaron los Mandamientos de Yavé para seguir a los baales.
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 pues, ordena y convócame en la montaña Carmelo a todo Israel, los 450 profetas de baal y los 400 profetas de las Aseras, los cuales comen a la mesa 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 Acab convocó a todos los hijos de Israel y reunió a los profetas en la montaña Carmelo.
20 So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
21 Elías se acercó a todo el pueblo y preguntó: ¿Hasta cuándo claudican ustedes entre dos pensamientos? Si Yavé es ʼElohim, síganlo, y si es baal, sigan a él. Pero el pueblo nada le respondió.
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 Entonces Elías dijo al pueblo: Solo yo quedé como profeta de Yavé, pero hay 450 hombres de los profetas de baal.
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 Dennos, pues, dos bueyes, y escojan ellos un buey para ellos, córtenlo en trozos y pónganlo sobre la leña, pero no pongan fuego debajo. Yo prepararé el otro buey, lo pondré sobre la leña, y tampoco pondré 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 Luego invoquen ustedes el nombre de su ʼelohim, y yo invocaré el Nombre de Yavé. El ʼElohim que responda con fuego, ¡ése es ʼElohim! Y todo el pueblo respondió: ¡Bien dicho!
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 dijo a los profetas de baal: Escójanse un buey para ustedes, y prepárenlo primero, porque son muchos, e invoquen el nombre de su ʼelohim, pero no pongan fuego debajo.
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 Tomaron el buey que se les dio, lo prepararon e invocaron el nombre de baal desde la mañana hasta el mediodía: ¡Baal, respóndenos! Pero no se oía ni una voz ni una respuesta, mientras brincaban alrededor del altar que hicieron.
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 Sucedió que al mediodía Elías empezó a burlarse de ellos: ¡Griten más fuerte! Baal es ʼelohim, pero quizá esté meditando, quizás fue a hacer sus necesidades, quizás esté de viaje o tal vez esté 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 Ellos clamaban con fuerza y se sajaban según su costumbre con cuchillos y lancetas hasta que la sangre brotaba de ellos.
28 They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances until the blood gushed out on them.
29 Sucedió que pasado el mediodía, entraron en trance hasta la hora de ofrecer el sacrificio de la tarde, pero no hubo voz, ni respuesta, ni alguien que escuchara.
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 dijo a todo el pueblo: ¡Acérquense a mí! Y todo el pueblo se acercó a él y reparó el altar de Yavé que fue derribado.
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 Elías tomó 12 piedras, conforme al número de las tribus de los hijos de Jacob, al cual le fue dada Palabra de Yavé, Quien dijo, Israel será tu nombre.
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 Con las piedras construyó un altar en el Nombre de Yavé, e hizo una zanja alrededor del altar, en la cual cupieran dos medidas de grano.
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 Preparó luego la leña, cortó el buey en trozos, los colocó sobre la leña
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 y ordenó: Llenen cuatro cántaros con agua y derrámenla sobre el holocausto y sobre la leña. Y agregó: Háganlo por segunda vez, y lo hicieron. Dijo aún: Háganlo por tercera vez, y 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 Corrió el agua alrededor del altar, y la zanja se llenó de agua.
35 The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
36 Cuando llegó la hora de presentar el holocausto, sucedió que el profeta Elías se acercó y dijo: ¡Oh Yavé, ʼElohim de Abraham, Isaac e Israel, sea hoy manifiesto que Tú eres ʼElohim en Israel, que yo soy tu esclavo y que hice todas estas cosas por tu Palabra!
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 ¡Respóndeme, oh Yavé, respóndeme! Y este pueblo sabrá que Tú, oh Yavé, eres ʼElohim y que Tú devuelves sus corazones.
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 cayó fuego de Yavé y consumió el holocausto, la leña, las piedras, el polvo y lamió 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 Al verlo, toda la gente cayó sobre su rostro y dijo: ¡Yavé es ʼElohim! ¡Yavé es ʼElohim!
39 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”
40 Y Elías les dijo: ¡Agarren a los profetas de baal! ¡Que ninguno escape! Y Elías bajó con ellos al arroyo de Cisón 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 Y Elías dijo a Acab: ¡Levántate, come y bebe, porque hay sonido de abundancia de lluvia!
41 Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
42 Acab subió a comer y beber y Elías subió a la cumbre de la montaña Carmelo. Al postrarse en tierra, puso su rostro entre sus 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 dijo a su esclavo: Sube ahora, y mira atentamente hacia el mar. Él subió y miró atentamente, y dijo: Nada hallo. Y él volvió a decir siete veces: Vuelve.
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 Aconteció que a la séptima vez dijo: En verdad sube una nube del mar, tan pequeña como la mano de un hombre. Y él dijo: Vé y dí a Acab: Ata las bestias a tu carroza y baja, para que la lluvia no te detenga.
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 Mientras tanto, ocurrió que los cielos se oscurecieron con nubes y viento, y hubo una gran lluvia. Acab subió a la carroza y fue a Jezreel.
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 Pero la mano de Yavé estuvo sobre Elías, de modo que ató su cintura y corrió delante de Acab hasta la entrada de Jezreel.
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 (43)
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- 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
- 4 1 Kings 18:13; Matthew 10:40–42; Matthew 25:35; Revelation 17:4–6; Matthew 21:35
- 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."