1 Kings · Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
1 Kings 18 Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
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- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
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1 Posle mnogo vremena, treće godine, dođe reč Gospodnja Iliji govoreći: Idi, pokaži se Ahavu, i pustiću dažd na zemlju.
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 I otide Ilija da se pokaže Ahavu, i beše velika glad u Samariji.
2 Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.
3 I Ahav dozva Avdiju, koji beše upravitelj dvora njegovog; a Avdija se bojaše Gospoda veoma.
3 Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly;
4 Jer kad Jezavelja ubijaše proroke Gospodnje, uze Avdija sto proroka, i sakri ih, po pedeset u jednu pećinu, i hrani ih hlebom i vodom.
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 I reče Ahav Avdiji: Pođi po zemlji na izvore i na potoke, eda bismo našli trave da sačuvamo u životu konje i mazge, da nam ne izgine stoka.
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 I podeliše među se zemlju kuda će ići; Ahav otide jednim putem sam, a Avdija otide drugim putem sam.
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 A kad Avdija beše na putu, gle, srete ga Ilija; i on ga pozna, i pade ničice, i reče: Jesi li ti, gospodaru moj Ilija?
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 A on mu reče: Ja sam; idi, kaži gospodaru svom: Evo Ilije.
8 He answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here!’”
9 A on reče: Šta sam zgrešio, da slugu svog predaš u ruke Ahavu da me pogubi?
9 He said, “How have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
10 Tako da je živ Gospod Bog tvoj, nema naroda ni carstva kuda nije slao gospodar moj da te traže; i rekoše: Nema ga. A on zakle carstva i narode da te ne mogu da nađu.
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 A ti sada kažeš: Idi, kaži gospodaru svom: Evo Ilije.
11 Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here.”’
12 A kad ja otidem od tebe, duh će te Gospodnji odneti, a ja neću znati kuda; pa da otidem i prokažem Ahavu, a on da te ne nađe, ubiće me; a sluga se tvoj boji Gospoda od mladosti svoje.
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 Nije li kazano gospodaru mom šta sam učinio kad Jezavelja ubijaše proroke Gospodnje? Kako sakrih stotinu proroka Gospodnjih, po pedeset u jednu pećinu, i hranih ih hlebom i vodom.
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 A ti sada kažeš: Idi, kaži gospodaru svom: Evo Ilije. Ubiće me.
14 Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”.’ He will kill me.”
15 A Ilija reče: Tako da je živ Gospod nad vojskama, pred kojim stojim, danas ću mu se pokazati.
15 Elijah said, “As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”
16 Tada otide Avdija pred Ahava, i kaza mu; i Ahav otide pred Iliju.
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 A kad vide Ahav Iliju, reče mu Ahav: Jesi li ti onaj što nesreću donosiš na Izrailja?
17 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
18 A on reče: Ne donosim ja nesreću na Izrailja, nego ti i dom oca tvog ostavivši zapovesti Gospodnje i pristavši za Valima.
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 Nego sada pošalji i saberi k meni svega Izrailja na goru karmilsku, i četiri stotine i pedeset proroka Valovih i četiri stotine proroka iz luga, koji jedu za stolom Jezaveljinim.
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 I posla Ahav k svim sinovima Izrailjevim, i sabra one proroke na goru karmilsku.
20 So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
21 Tada pristupi Ilija ka svemu narodu i reče: Dokle ćete hramati na obe strane? Ako je Gospod Bog, idite za Njim; ako li je Val, idite za njim. Ali narod ne odgovori mu ni reči.
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 A Ilija reče narodu: Ja sam sam ostao prorok Gospodnji; a proroka Valovih ima četiri stotine i pedeset.
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 Dajte nam dva junca, i neka oni izaberu sebi jednog, i neka ga iseku na komade i metnu na drva, ali oganj da ne podmeću; a ja ću prigotoviti drugog junca, i metnuću ga na drva, ali oganj neću podmetati.
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 Tada prizovite ime svojih bogova, a ja ću prizvati ime Gospodnje, pa koji se Bog odazove ognjem onaj neka je Bog. I sav narod odgovori i reče: Dobro reče.
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 Potom reče Ilija prorocima Valovim: Izaberite sebi jednog junca i prigotovite ga prvo, jer je vas više; i prizovite ime bogova svojih, ali ognja ne podmećite.
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 I uzeše junca, kog im dade, i prigotoviše, i stadoše prizivati ime Valovo od jutra do podne govoreći: Vale, usliši nas! Ali nikakvog glasa ni koga da odgovori. I skakahu oko oltara, koji načiniše.
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 A kad bi u podne, stade im se rugati Ilija govoreći: Vičite većma; jer je on bog! Valja da se nešto zamislio, ili je u poslu, ili na putu, ili može biti spava, da se probudi.
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 A oni stadoše vikati glasno, i parati se nožima i šilima po svom običaju, dokle ih krv ne obli.
28 They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances until the blood gushed out on them.
29 A kad dođe podne, stadoše prorokovati dokle dođe vreme da se prinese dar, ali nikakvog glasa ni koga da odgovori, ni koga da čuje.
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 Tada reče Ilija svemu narodu: Pristupite k meni. I pristupi k njemu sav narod. Tada on opravi oltar Gospodnji koji beše razvaljen.
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 I uze Ilija dvanaest kamena prema broju plemena sinova Jakova, kome dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći: Izrailj će ti biti ime.
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 I načini od tog kamenja oltar u ime Gospodnje, i oko oltara iskopa opkop širok da bi se mogle posejati dve mere žita.
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 I namesti drva, i junca isečenog na komade metnu na drva.
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 I reče: Napunite četiri vedra vode, i izlijte na žrtvu i na drva. Pa opet reče: Učinite još jednom. I učiniše još jednom. Pa opet reče: Učinite i trećom. I učiniše trećom,
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 te voda poteče oko oltara, i napuni se opkop vode.
35 The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
36 A kad bi vreme da se prinese žrtva, pristupi Ilija prorok i reče: Gospode Bože Avramov, Isakov i Izrailjev, neka danas poznadu da si Ti Bog u Izrailju i ja da sam Tvoj sluga, i da sam po Tvojoj reči učinio sve ovo.
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 Usliši me, Gospode, usliši me, da bi poznao ovaj narod da si Ti Gospode Bog, kad opet obratiš srca njihova.
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 Tada pade oganj Gospodnji i spali žrtvu paljenicu i drva i kamen i prah, i vodu u opkopu popi.
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 A narod kad to vide sav popada ničice, i rekoše: Gospod je Bog, Gospod je Bog.
39 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”
40 Tada im reče Ilija: Pohvatajte te proroke Valove da ni jedan ne uteče. I pohvataše ih, i Ilija ih odvede na potok Kison, i pokla ih onde.
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 I reče Ilija Ahavu: Idi, jedi i pij, jer dolazi veliki dažd.
41 Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
42 I otide Ahav da jede i pije; a Ilija se pope na vrh Karmila, i saže se k zemlji i metnu lice svoje među kolena svoja.
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 A momku svom reče: Idi, pogledaj put mora. A on otišavši pogleda, pa reče: Nema ništa. I reče mu: Idi opet sedam puta.
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 A kad bi sedmi put, reče: Eno, mali oblak kao dlan čovečiji diže se od mora. Tada reče: Idi, reci Ahavu: Preži i idi, da te ne uhvati dažd.
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 U tom se zamrači nebo od oblaka i vetra, i udari veliki dažd. A Ahav sedavši na kola otide u Jezrael.
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 A ruka Gospodnja dođe nad Iliju, i on opasavši se otrča pred Ahavom dokle dođe u Jezrael.
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
From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.
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)
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
- 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
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“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."