1 Reyes · Majority Standard Bible
1 Reyes 18 Majority Standard Bible
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1 After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
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 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,
2 Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.
3 and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,
3 Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly;
4 for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
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 Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
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 So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.
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 Now as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
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 “It is I,” he answered. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here!’”
8 He answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here!’”
9 But Obadiah replied, “How have I sinned, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?
9 He said, “How have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
10 As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.
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 And now you say, ‘Go tell your master that Elijah is here!’
11 Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here.”’
12 I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
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 Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.
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 And now you say, ‘Go tell your lord that Elijah is here!’ He will kill me!”
14 Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”.’ He will kill me.”
15 Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”
15 Elijah said, “As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”
16 So Obadiah went to inform Ahab, who went to meet Elijah.
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
17 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
18 “I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
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 Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
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 So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.
20 So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
21 Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
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 Then Elijah said to the people, “I am the only remaining prophet of the LORD, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.
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 Get two bulls for us. Let the prophets of Baal choose one bull for themselves, cut it into pieces, and place it on the wood but not light the fire. And I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood but not light the fire.
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 Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered, “What you say is good.”
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 Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”
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 And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.
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 At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”
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 So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.
28 They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances until the blood gushed out on them.
29 Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.
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 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.
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 And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
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 And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
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 Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,
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 and said, “Fill four waterpots and pour the water on the offering and on the wood.” “Do it a second time,” he said, and they did it a second time. “Do it a third time,” he said, and they did it a third time.
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 So the water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.
35 The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
36 At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.
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 Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.”
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 Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.
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 When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
39 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”
40 Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.
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 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”
41 Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
42 So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.
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 “Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
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 On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”
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 Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to 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 And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to 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.
Personas y lugares de este capítulo
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Personas
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…
Citado en la guía: 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…
Citado en la guía: 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…
Citado en la guía: 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.
Citado en la guía: 1 Kings 18:3; 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 18:7
Lugares
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.
Citado en la guía: 1 Kings 18:20; 1 Kings 18:38
Referencias cruzadas (43)
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- 1 Lucas 4:25; Santiago 5:17; 1 Reyes 18:15–40; Deuteronomio 28:12; 1 Reyes 17:1
- 2 Joel 1:15–20; Levítico 26:26; Salmo 27:1; Salmo 51:4; Isaías 51:12
- 3 Nehemías 7:2; 1 Reyes 16:9; Mateo 10:28; Malaquías 3:16; Génesis 41:40
- 4 1 Reyes 18:13; Mateo 10:40–42; Mateo 25:35; Apocalipsis 17:4–6; Mateo 21:35
- 5 Jeremías 14:5–6; Joel 1:18; Joel 2:22; Habacuc 3:17; Romanos 8:20–22
- 6 Jeremías 14:3
- 7 2 Reyes 1:6–8; Isaías 60:14; Génesis 44:16; Mateo 11:8; Génesis 50:18
- 8 1 Reyes 18:3; Romanos 13:7; 1 Pedro 2:17–18
- 9 Éxodo 5:21; 1 Reyes 17:18; 1 Reyes 18:12
- 10 1 Reyes 17:1; Salmo 10:2; 1 Reyes 18:15; 1 Samuel 29:6; 1 Reyes 17:9
- 11 1 Reyes 18:8; 1 Reyes 18:14
- 12 Hechos 8:39; 2 Reyes 2:16; Ezequiel 8:3; Ezequiel 11:24; Ezequiel 40:1–2
- 13 1 Reyes 18:4; Mateo 25:35; Hechos 20:34; Mateo 10:41–42; Génesis 20:4–5
- 14 Mateo 10:28
- 15 1 Reyes 17:1; 1 Reyes 18:10; Job 25:3; Salmo 148:2–3; Jeremías 8:2
- 17 Josué 7:25; 1 Reyes 21:20; Hechos 16:20; Hechos 17:6; Amós 7:10
- 18 2 Crónicas 15:2; 1 Reyes 9:9; 1 Reyes 16:31; Jeremías 2:19; 1 Reyes 21:25
- 19 Josué 19:26; 1 Reyes 16:33; 2 Pedro 2:1; 2 Reyes 2:25; 1 Samuel 15:12
- 20 1 Reyes 22:9
- 21 Mateo 6:24; Josué 24:15; 1 Corintios 10:21–22; 2 Corintios 6:14–16; 1 Samuel 7:3
- 22 1 Reyes 19:10; 1 Reyes 19:14; 1 Reyes 20:13; 2 Timoteo 4:3–4; 2 Pedro 2:1–3
- 24 1 Reyes 18:38; 1 Crónicas 21:26; Levítico 9:24; 2 Crónicas 7:3; 2 Crónicas 7:1
- 26 Jeremías 10:5; 1 Corintios 8:4; Mateo 6:7; 1 Corintios 12:2; Isaías 44:17
- 27 Isaías 41:23; Salmo 78:65–66; Eclesiastés 11:9; Marcos 4:38–39; 2 Crónicas 25:8
- 28 Levítico 19:28; Deuteronomio 14:1; Marcos 5:5; Marcos 9:22; Miqueas 6:7
- 29 1 Reyes 22:10; Éxodo 29:39; 1 Corintios 11:4–5; 1 Samuel 18:10; Gálatas 4:8
- 30 2 Crónicas 33:16; 1 Reyes 19:14; 1 Reyes 19:10; Romanos 11:3
- 31 2 Reyes 17:34; Génesis 35:10; Génesis 32:28; Josué 4:3–4; Josué 4:20
- 32 Colosenses 3:17; Éxodo 20:24–25; 1 Corintios 10:31; Jueces 21:4; 1 Samuel 7:17
- 33 Génesis 22:9; Jueces 6:20; Juan 11:39–40; Daniel 3:25; Daniel 3:19
- 34 2 Corintios 4:2; 2 Corintios 8:21
- 35 1 Reyes 18:32; 1 Reyes 18:38
- 36 1 Reyes 18:29; 2 Reyes 19:19; Éxodo 3:6; 1 Reyes 8:43; Mateo 22:32
- 37 Daniel 9:17–19; Lucas 1:16–17; Ezequiel 36:25–27; Malaquías 4:5–6; 1 Reyes 18:24
- 38 Levítico 9:24; 1 Crónicas 21:26; 2 Crónicas 7:1; Jueces 6:21; 1 Reyes 18:24
- 39 1 Reyes 18:24; 2 Crónicas 7:3; 1 Reyes 18:21; Jueces 13:20; 1 Crónicas 21:16
- 40 Jueces 4:7; Deuteronomio 18:20; Deuteronomio 13:5; Zacarías 13:2–3; Jueces 5:21
- 41 1 Reyes 18:1; Eclesiastés 9:7; 1 Reyes 17:1; Hechos 27:34
- 42 Lucas 6:12; 1 Reyes 19:13; Génesis 24:52; 1 Reyes 18:19–20; Esdras 9:6
- 43 Habacuc 2:3; Lucas 18:1; Lucas 18:7; Génesis 32:26; Efesios 6:18
- 44 Lucas 12:54; Job 8:7; Miqueas 1:13; Zacarías 4:10; 1 Samuel 6:10
- 45 2 Reyes 9:16; 1 Reyes 21:23; 1 Reyes 18:39–40; 2 Samuel 21:14; 1 Reyes 21:1
- 46 Ezequiel 3:14; Ezequiel 1:3; 2 Reyes 3:15; 2 Reyes 9:1; Mateo 22:21
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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… 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.
Leer en contexto · 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."