1 Kings · Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
1 Kings 18 Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's edition in the ekavian pronunciation (e.g. свет, грех); Karadžić and Daničić wrote in ijekavian (свијет, гријех).
- 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).
1 После много времена, треће године, дође реч Господња Илији говорећи: Иди, покажи се Ахаву, и пустићу дажд на земљу.
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 И отиде Илија да се покаже Ахаву, и беше велика глад у Самарији.
2 Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.
3 И Ахав дозва Авдију, који беше управитељ двора његовог; а Авдија се бојаше Господа веома.
3 Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly;
4 Јер кад Језавеља убијаше пророке Господње, узе Авдија сто пророка, и сакри их, по педесет у једну пећину, и храни их хлебом и водом.
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 И рече Ахав Авдији: Пођи по земљи на изворе и на потоке, еда бисмо нашли траве да сачувамо у животу коње и мазге, да нам не изгине стока.
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 И поделише међу се земљу куда ће ићи; Ахав отиде једним путем сам, а Авдија отиде другим путем сам.
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 А кад Авдија беше на путу, гле, срете га Илија; и он га позна, и паде ничице, и рече: Јеси ли ти, господару мој Илија?
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 А он му рече: Ја сам; иди, кажи господару свом: Ево Илије.
8 He answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here!’”
9 А он рече: Шта сам згрешио, да слугу свог предаш у руке Ахаву да ме погуби?
9 He said, “How have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
10 Тако да је жив Господ Бог твој, нема народа ни царства куда није слао господар мој да те траже; и рекоше: Нема га. А он закле царства и народе да те не могу да нађу.
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 А ти сада кажеш: Иди, кажи господару свом: Ево Илије.
11 Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here.”’
12 А кад ја отидем од тебе, дух ће те Господњи однети, а ја нећу знати куда; па да отидем и прокажем Ахаву, а он да те не нађе, убиће ме; а слуга се твој боји Господа од младости своје.
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 Није ли казано господару мом шта сам учинио кад Језавеља убијаше пророке Господње? Како сакрих стотину пророка Господњих, по педесет у једну пећину, и храних их хлебом и водом.
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 А ти сада кажеш: Иди, кажи господару свом: Ево Илије. Убиће ме.
14 Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”.’ He will kill me.”
15 А Илија рече: Тако да је жив Господ над војскама, пред којим стојим, данас ћу му се показати.
15 Elijah said, “As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”
16 Тада отиде Авдија пред Ахава, и каза му; и Ахав отиде пред Илију.
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 А кад виде Ахав Илију, рече му Ахав: Јеси ли ти онај што несрећу доносиш на Израиља?
17 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
18 А он рече: Не доносим ја несрећу на Израиља, него ти и дом оца твог оставивши заповести Господње и приставши за Валима.
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 Него сада пошаљи и сабери к мени свега Израиља на гору кармилску, и четири стотине и педесет пророка Валових и четири стотине пророка из луга, који једу за столом Језавељиним.
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 И посла Ахав к свим синовима Израиљевим, и сабра оне пророке на гору кармилску.
20 So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
21 Тада приступи Илија ка свему народу и рече: Докле ћете храмати на обе стране? Ако је Господ Бог, идите за Њим; ако ли је Вал, идите за њим. Али народ не одговори му ни речи.
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 А Илија рече народу: Ја сам сам остао пророк Господњи; а пророка Валових има четири стотине и педесет.
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 Дајте нам два јунца, и нека они изаберу себи једног, и нека га исеку на комаде и метну на дрва, али огањ да не подмећу; а ја ћу приготовити другог јунца, и метнућу га на дрва, али огањ нећу подметати.
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 Тада призовите име својих богова, а ја ћу призвати име Господње, па који се Бог одазове огњем онај нека је Бог. И сав народ одговори и рече: Добро рече.
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 Потом рече Илија пророцима Валовим: Изаберите себи једног јунца и приготовите га прво, јер је вас више; и призовите име богова својих, али огња не подмећите.
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 И узеше јунца, ког им даде, и приготовише, и стадоше призивати име Валово од јутра до подне говорећи: Вале, услиши нас! Али никаквог гласа ни кога да одговори. И скакаху око олтара, који начинише.
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 А кад би у подне, стаде им се ругати Илија говорећи: Вичите већма; јер је он бог! Ваља да се нешто замислио, или је у послу, или на путу, или може бити спава, да се пробуди.
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 А они стадоше викати гласно, и парати се ножима и шилима по свом обичају, докле их крв не обли.
28 They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances until the blood gushed out on them.
29 А кад дође подне, стадоше пророковати докле дође време да се принесе дар, али никаквог гласа ни кога да одговори, ни кога да чује.
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 Тада рече Илија свему народу: Приступите к мени. И приступи к њему сав народ. Тада он оправи олтар Господњи који беше разваљен.
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 И узе Илија дванаест камена према броју племена синова Јакова, коме дође реч Господња говорећи: Израиљ ће ти бити име.
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 И начини од тог камења олтар у име Господње, и око олтара ископа опкоп широк да би се могле посејати две мере жита.
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 И намести дрва, и јунца исеченог на комаде метну на дрва.
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 И рече: Напуните четири ведра воде, и излијте на жртву и на дрва. Па опет рече: Учините још једном. И учинише још једном. Па опет рече: Учините и трећом. И учинише трећом,
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 те вода потече око олтара, и напуни се опкоп воде.
35 The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
36 А кад би време да се принесе жртва, приступи Илија пророк и рече: Господе Боже Аврамов, Исаков и Израиљев, нека данас познаду да си Ти Бог у Израиљу и ја да сам Твој слуга, и да сам по Твојој речи учинио све ово.
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 Услиши ме, Господе, услиши ме, да би познао овај народ да си Ти Господе Бог, кад опет обратиш срца њихова.
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 Тада паде огањ Господњи и спали жртву паљеницу и дрва и камен и прах, и воду у опкопу попи.
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 А народ кад то виде сав попада ничице, и рекоше: Господ је Бог, Господ је Бог.
39 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”
40 Тада им рече Илија: Похватајте те пророке Валове да ни један не утече. И похваташе их, и Илија их одведе на поток Кисон, и покла их онде.
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 И рече Илија Ахаву: Иди, једи и пиј, јер долази велики дажд.
41 Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
42 И отиде Ахав да једе и пије; а Илија се попе на врх Кармила, и саже се к земљи и метну лице своје међу колена своја.
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 А момку свом рече: Иди, погледај пут мора. А он отишавши погледа, па рече: Нема ништа. И рече му: Иди опет седам пута.
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 А кад би седми пут, рече: Ено, мали облак као длан човечији диже се од мора. Тада рече: Иди, реци Ахаву: Прежи и иди, да те не ухвати дажд.
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 У том се замрачи небо од облака и ветра, и удари велики дажд. А Ахав седавши на кола отиде у Језраел.
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 А рука Господња дође над Илију, и он опасавши се отрча пред Ахавом докле дође у Језраел.
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
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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
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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."