Discovery Box| (0.44) | 1Ki 18:18 |
| Elijah 1 replied, “I have not brought disaster 2 on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals. |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 18:22 |
| Elijah said to them: 1 “I am the only prophet of the Lord who is left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal. |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 18:30 |
| Elijah then told all the people, “Approach me.” So all the people approached him. He repaired the altar of the Lord that had been torn down. 1 |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 18:31 |
| Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, “Israel will be your new 1 name.” 2 |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 18:32 |
| With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord. 1 Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs 2 of seed. |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 18:38 |
| Then fire from the Lord fell from the sky. 1 It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the water in the trench. |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 18:46 |
| Now the Lord energized Elijah with power; 1 he tucked his robe into his belt 2 and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel. |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 19:7 |
| The Lord’s angelic messenger came back again, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, for otherwise you won’t be able to make the journey.” 1 |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 19:9 |
| He went into a cave there and spent the night. All of a sudden the Lord spoke to him, “Why are you here, Elijah?” |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 19:15 |
| The Lord said to him, “Go back the way you came and then head for the Desert of Damascus. Go and anoint Hazael king over Syria. |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 20:14 |
| Ahab asked, “By whom will this be accomplished?” 1 He answered, “This is what the Lord says, ‘By the servants of the district governors.’” Ahab 2 asked, “Who will launch the attack?” He answered, “You will.” |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 20:35 |
| One of the members of the prophetic guild, speaking with divine authority, ordered his companion, “Wound me!” 1 But the man refused to wound him. |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 20:36 |
| So the prophet 1 said to him, “Because you have disobeyed the Lord, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.” When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him. |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 20:42 |
| The prophet 1 then said to him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life and your people will suffer instead of his people.’” 2 |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 21:20 |
| When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, 1 “So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah 2 replied, “I have found you, because you are committed 3 to doing evil in the sight of 4 the Lord. |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 21:25 |
| (There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed 1 to doing evil in the sight of 2 the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel. 3 |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 21:26 |
| He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, 1 just like the Amorites 2 whom the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.) |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 22:11 |
| Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘With these you will gore Syria until they are destroyed.’” |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 22:12 |
| All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.” |
| (0.44) | 1Ki 22:16 |
| The king said to him, “How many times must I make you solemnly promise in 1 the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?” |
