Nevi'im
Melakhim Alef17
1 Kings · Chapter 17
And Eliyahu the Tishbite,
who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab,
As 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of Yisra'el liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
And the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) came unto him, saying,
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that
is before Yarden.
And it shall be,
that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
So he went and did according unto the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that
is before Yarden.
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
And the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) came unto him, saying,
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which
belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman
was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
And as she was going to fetch
it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
And she said,
As 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I
am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
And Eliyahu said unto her, Fear not; go
and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring
it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
For thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of Yisra'el, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day
that
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) sendeth rain upon the earth.
And she went and did according to the saying of Eliyahu: and she, and he, and her house, did eat
many days.
And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), which he spake by Eliyahu.
And it came to pass after these things,
that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
And she said unto Eliyahu, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of Elohim? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
And he cried unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and said, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) my Elohim, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and said, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) my Elohim, I pray thee, let this child’s nephesh come into him again.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) heard the voice of Eliyahu; and the nephesh of the child came into him again, and he revived.
And Eliyahu took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Eliyahu said, See, thy son liveth.
And the woman said to Eliyahu, Now by this I know that thou
art
a man of Elohim,
and that the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) in thy mouth
is truth.
Nevi'im
Melakhim Alef18
1 Kings · Chapter 18
And it came to pass
after many days, that the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) came to Eliyahu in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
And Eliyahu went to shew himself unto Ahab. And
there was a sore famine in Samaria.
And Ahab called Obadiah, which
was the governor of
his
house. (Now Obadiah feared 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) greatly:
For it was
so, when Jezebel cut off the nevi'im of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), that Obadiah took an hundred nevi'im, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Eliyahu met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said,
Art thou that my lord Eliyahu?
And he answered him, I
am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Eliyahu
is here.
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
As 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said,
He is
not
there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Eliyahu
is here.
And it shall come to pass,
as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Ruach of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) from my youth.
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the nevi'im of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), how I hid an hundred men of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)’S nevi'im by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Eliyahu
is here:
and he shall slay me.
And Eliyahu said,
As 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Eliyahu.
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Eliyahu, that Ahab said unto him,
Art thou he that troubleth Yisra'el?
And he answered, I have not troubled Yisra'el; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the mitsvot of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and thou hast followed Baalim.
Now therefore send,
and gather to me all Yisra'el unto mount Carmel, and the nevi'im of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the nevi'im of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.
So Ahab sent unto all the children of Yisra'el, and gathered the nevi'im together unto mount Carmel.
And Eliyahu came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
be Elohim, follow him: but if Baal,
then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
Then said Eliyahu unto the people, I,
even I only, remain a navi of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); but Baal’s nevi'im
are four hundred and fifty men.
Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay
it on wood, and put no fire
under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay
it
on wood, and put no fire
under:
And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): and the Elohim that answereth by fire, let him be Elohim. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
And Eliyahu said unto the nevi'im of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress
it first; for ye
are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire
under.
And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed
it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But
there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
And it came to pass at noon, that Eliyahu mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he
is a elohim; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey,
or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the
time of the offering of the
evening sacrifice, that
there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
And Eliyahu said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
that was broken down.
And Eliyahu took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Ya'aqov, unto whom the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) came, saying, Yisra'el shall be thy name:
And with the stones he built an altar in the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid
him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour
it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
And he said, Do
it the second time. And they did
it
the second time. And he said, Do
it the third time. And they did
it the third time.
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
And it came to pass at
the time of the offering of the
evening sacrifice, that Eliyahu the navi came near, and said, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of Avraham, Yitschaq, and of Yisra'el, let it be known this day that thou art Elohim in Yisra'el, and
that I
am thy servant, and
that
I have done all these things at thy word.
Hear me, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), hear me, that this people may know that thou
art 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim, and
that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Then the fire of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that
was in the trench.
And when all the people saw
it, they fell on their faces: and they said, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), he
is the Elohim; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), he
is the Elohim.
And Eliyahu said unto them, Take the nevi'im of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Eliyahu brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
And Eliyahu said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for
there is a sound of abundance of rain.
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Eliyahu went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said,
There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare
thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
And it came to pass in the mean while, that the shamayim was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
And the hand of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) was on Eliyahu; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Nevi'im
Melakhim Alef19
1 Kings · Chapter 19
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Eliyahu had done, and withal how he had slain all the nevi'im with the sword.
Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Eliyahu, saying, So let the gods do
to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
And when he saw
that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which
belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), take away my life; for I
am not better than my fathers.
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an mal'akh touched him, and said unto him, Arise
and eat.
And he looked, and, behold,
there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
And the mal'akh of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise
and eat; because the journey
is too great for thee.
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of Elohim.
And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Eliyahu?
And he said, I have been very jealous for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of hosts: for the children of Yisra'el have forsaken thy b'rit, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy nevi'im with the sword; and I,
even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH). And, behold, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH);
but 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake;
but
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
was not in the earthquake:
And after the earthquake a fire;
but 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
was
not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
And it was
so, when Eliyahu heard
it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold,
there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Eliyahu?
And he said, I have been very jealous for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of hosts: because the children of Yisra'el have forsaken thy b'rit, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy nevi'im with the sword; and I,
even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael
to be king over Syria:
And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint
to be king over Yisra'el: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint
to be navi in thy room.
And it shall come to pass,
that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
Yet I have left
me seven thousand in Yisra'el, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who
was plowing
with twelve yoke
of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Eliyahu passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
And he left the oxen, and ran after Eliyahu, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and
then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Eliyahu, and ministered unto him.