1 Kings · Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
1 Kings 18 Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Includes the books not found in the Hebrew Bible (Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, Letter of Jeremiah, 1–3 Maccabees, 2 and 3 Esdras, Prayer of Manasseh), as in the Synodal editions.
1 По прошествии многих дней было слово Господне к Илии в третий год: пойди и покажись Ахаву, и Я дам дождь на землю.
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 пошел Илия, чтобы показаться Ахаву. Голод же сильный был в Самарии.
2 Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.
3 И призвал Ахав Авдия, начальствовавшего над дворцом. Авдий же был человек весьма богобоязненный,
3 Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly;
4 и когда Иезавель истребляла пророков Господних, Авдий взял сто пророков, и скрывал их, по пятидесяти человек, в пещерах, и питал их хлебом и водою.
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 сказал Ахав Авдию: пойди по земле ко всем источникам водным и ко всем потокам на земле, не найдем ли где травы, чтобы нам прокормить коней и лошаков и не лишиться скота.
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 разделили они между собою землю, чтобы обойти ее: Ахав особо пошел одною дорогою, и Авдий особо пошел другою дорогою.
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 Когда Авдий шел дорогою, вот, навстречу ему идет Илия. Он узнал его и пал на лице свое и сказал: ты ли это, господин мой Илия?
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 Тот сказал ему: я; пойди, скажи господину твоему: "Илия здесь".
8 He answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here!’”
9 Он сказал: чем я провинился, что ты предаешь раба твоего в руки Ахава, чтоб умертвить меня?
9 He said, “How have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
10 Жив Господь Бог твой! нет ни одного народа и царства, куда бы не посылал государь мой искать тебя; и когда ему говорили, что тебя нет, он брал клятву с того царства и народа, что не могли отыскать тебя;
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 ты теперь говоришь: "пойди, скажи господину твоему: Илия здесь".
11 Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here.”’
12 Когда я пойду от тебя, тогда Дух Господень унесет тебя, не знаю, куда; и если я пойду уведомить Ахава, и он не найдет тебя, то он убьет меня; а раб твой богобоязнен от юности своей.
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 Разве не сказано господину моему, что я сделал, когда Иезавель убивала пророков Господних, как я скрывал сто человек пророков Господних, по пятидесяти человек, в пещерах и питал их хлебом и водою?
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 ты теперь говоришь: "пойди, скажи господину твоему: Илия здесь"; он убьет меня.
14 Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”.’ He will kill me.”
15 И сказал Илия: жив Господь Саваоф, пред Которым я стою! сегодня я покажусь ему.
15 Elijah said, “As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”
16 И пошел Авдий навстречу Ахаву и донес ему. И пошел Ахав навстречу Илии.
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 Когда Ахав увидел Илию, то сказал Ахав ему: ты ли это, смущающий Израиля?
17 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
18 И сказал Илия: не я смущаю Израиля, а ты и дом отца твоего, тем, что вы презрели повеления Господни и идете вслед Ваалам;
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 теперь пошли и собери ко мне всего Израиля на гору Кармил, и четыреста пятьдесят пророков Вааловых, и четыреста пророков дубравных, питающихся от стола Иезавели.
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 послал Ахав ко всем сынам Израилевым и собрал всех пророков на гору Кармил.
20 So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
21 И подошел Илия ко всему народу и сказал: долго ли вам хромать на оба колена? если Господь есть Бог, то последуйте Ему; а если Ваал, то ему последуйте. И не отвечал народ ему ни слова.
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 И сказал Илия народу: я один остался пророк Господень, а пророков Вааловых четыреста пятьдесят человек [и четыреста пророков дубравных];
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 пусть дадут нам двух тельцов, и пусть они выберут себе одного тельца, и рассекут его, и положат на дрова, но огня пусть не подкладывают; а я приготовлю другого тельца и положу на дрова, а огня не подложу;
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 и призовите вы имя бога вашего, а я призову имя Господа Бога моего. Тот Бог, Который даст ответ посредством огня, есть Бог. И отвечал весь народ и сказал: хорошо, [пусть будет так].
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 И сказал Илия пророкам Вааловым: выберите себе одного тельца и приготовьте вы прежде, ибо вас много; и призовите имя бога вашего, но огня не подкладывайте.
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 взяли они тельца, который дан был им, и приготовили, и призывали имя Ваала от утра до полудня, говоря: Ваале, услышь нас! Но не было ни голоса, ни ответа. И скакали они у жертвенника, который сделали.
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 В полдень Илия стал смеяться над ними и говорил: кричите громким голосом, ибо он бог; может быть, он задумался, или занят чем-либо, или в дороге, а может быть, и спит, так он проснется!
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 И стали они кричать громким голосом, и кололи себя по своему обыкновению ножами и копьями, так что кровь лилась по ним.
28 They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances until the blood gushed out on them.
29 Прошел полдень, а они всё еще бесновались до самого времени вечернего жертвоприношения; но не было ни голоса, ни ответа, ни слуха. [И сказал Илия Фесвитянин пророкам Вааловым: теперь отойдите, чтоб и я совершил мое жертвоприношение. Они отошли и умолкли.]
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 Тогда Илия сказал всему народу: подойдите ко мне. И подошел весь народ к нему. Он восстановил разрушенный жертвенник Господень.
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 взял Илия двенадцать камней, по числу колен сынов Иакова, которому Господь сказал так: Израиль будет имя твое.
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 построил из сих камней жертвенник во имя Господа, и сделал вокруг жертвенника ров, вместимостью в две саты зерен,
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 положил дрова [на жертвенник], и рассек тельца, и возложил его на дрова,
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 сказал: наполните четыре ведра воды и выливайте на всесожигаемую жертву и на дрова. [И сделали так.] Потом сказал: повторите. И они повторили. И сказал: сделайте то же в третий раз. И сделали в третий раз,
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 и вода полилась вокруг жертвенника, и ров наполнился водою.
35 The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
36 Во время приношения вечерней жертвы подошел Илия пророк [и воззвал на небо] и сказал: Господи, Боже Авраамов, Исааков и Израилев! [Услышь меня, Господи, услышь меня ныне в огне!] Да познают в сей день [люди сии], что Ты один Бог в Израиле, и что я раб Твой и сделал всё по слову Твоему.
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 Услышь меня, Господи, услышь меня! Да познает народ сей, что Ты, Господи, Бог, и Ты обратишь сердце их [к Тебе].
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 И ниспал огонь Господень и пожрал всесожжение, и дрова, и камни, и прах, и поглотил воду, которая во рве.
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 Увидев это, весь народ пал на лице свое и сказал: Господь есть Бог, Господь есть Бог!
39 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”
40 И сказал им Илия: схватите пророков Вааловых, чтобы ни один из них не укрылся. И схватили их, и отвел их Илия к потоку Киссону и заколол их там.
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 сказал Илия Ахаву: пойди, ешь и пей, ибо слышен шум дождя.
41 Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
42 И пошел Ахав есть и пить, а Илия взошел на верх Кармила и наклонился к земле, и положил лице свое между коленами своими,
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 и сказал отроку своему: пойди, посмотри к морю. Тот пошел и посмотрел, и сказал: ничего нет. Он сказал: продолжай это до семи раз.
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 В седьмой раз тот сказал: вот, небольшое облако поднимается от моря, величиною в ладонь человеческую. Он сказал: пойди, скажи Ахаву: "запрягай [колесницу твою] и поезжай, чтобы не застал тебя дождь".
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 Между тем небо сделалось мрачно от туч и от ветра, и пошел большой дождь. Ахав же сел в колесницу, [заплакал] и поехал в Изреель.
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 И была на Илии рука Господня. Он опоясал чресла свои и бежал пред Ахавом до самого Изрееля.
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."