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.
Nevi'im
Melakhim Alef20
1 Kings · Chapter 20
And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and
there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Yisra'el into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,
Thy silver and thy gold
is mine; thy wives also and thy children,
even the goodliest,
are mine.
And the king of Yisra'el answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I
am thine, and all that I have.
And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be,
that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put
it in their hand, and take
it away.
Then the king of Yisra'el called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this
man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not
unto him, nor consent.
Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
And the king of Yisra'el answered and said, Tell
him, Let not him that girdeth on
his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
And it came to pass, when
Ben-hadad heard this message, as he
was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set
yourselves in array. And they set
themselves in array against the city.
And, behold, there came a navi unto Ahab king of Yisra'el, saying, Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I
am
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH),
Even
by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.
Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people,
even all the children of Yisra'el,
being seven thousand.
And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad
was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Yisra'el pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
And the king of Yisra'el went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
And the navi came to the king of Yisra'el, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods
are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain,
and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Yisra'el.
And the children of Yisra'el were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Yisra'el pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
And there came a man of Elohim, and spake unto the king of Yisra'el, and said, Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), Because the Syrians have said, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
is
Elohim of the hills, but he
is not Elohim of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I
am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Yisra'el slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and
there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men
that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Yisra'el
are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Yisra'el: peradventure he will save thy life.
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and
put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Yisra'el, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said,
Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
Now the men did diligently observe whether
any thing would come
from him, and did hastily catch
it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
And
Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then
said Ahab, I will send thee away with this b'rit. So he made a b'rit with him, and sent him away.
And a certain man of the sons of the nevi'im said unto his neighbour in the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.
Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded
him.
So the navi departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Yisra'el said unto him, So
shall thy judgment
be; thyself hast decided
it.
And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Yisra'el discerned him that he
was of the nevi'im.
And he said unto him, Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), Because thou hast let go out of
thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
And the king of Yisra'el went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.