Discovery Box| (0.35) | 1Ki 17:12 |
| She said, “As certainly as the Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I’m going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation.” 1 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 17:13 |
| Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you planned. 1 But first make a small cake for me and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 17:14 |
| For this is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘The jar of flour will not be empty and the jug of oil will not run out until the day the Lord makes it rain on the surface of the ground.’” |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 18:1 |
| Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the Lord told Elijah, 1 “Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground.” |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 18:5 |
| Ahab told Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas 1 so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill 2 some of the animals.” |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 18:10 |
| As certainly as the Lord your God lives, my master has sent to every nation and kingdom in an effort to find you. When they say, ‘He’s not here,’ he makes them 1 swear an oath that they could not find you. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 18:21 |
| Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? 1 If the Lord is the true God, 2 then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 18:24 |
| Then you 1 will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.” 2 All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.” 3 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 18:25 |
| Elijah told the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire.” 1 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 18:26 |
| So they took a bull, as he had suggested, 1 and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us.” But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped 2 around on the altar they had made. 3 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 18:27 |
| At noon Elijah mocked them, “Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened.” 1 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 18:33 |
| He arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 18:36 |
| When it was time for the evening offering, 1 Elijah the prophet approached the altar 2 and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove 3 today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 18:40 |
| Elijah told them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let even one of them escape!” So they seized them, and Elijah led them down to the Kishon Valley and executed 1 them there. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 19:2 |
| Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, 1 “May the gods judge me severely 2 if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!” 3 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 19:4 |
| while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub 1 and asked the Lord to take his life: 2 “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” 3 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 19:10 |
| He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal 1 to the Lord, the sovereign God, 2 even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, 3 torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” 4 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 19:11 |
| The Lord 1 said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord. Look, the Lord is ready to pass by.” A very powerful wind went before the Lord, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, 2 but the Lord was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 19:14 |
| He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal 1 to the Lord, the sovereign God, 2 even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, 3 torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” 4 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 20:7 |
| The king of Israel summoned all the leaders 1 of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. 2 Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.” |
