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Bible Reading for June 20
CHAPTER 17
1 Kings 17:1
1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto
Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not
be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. 1 Kings 17:2
2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 1 Kings 17:3
3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook
Cherith, that is before Jordan.
1 Kings 17:4
4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded
the ravens to feed thee there.
1 Kings 17:5
5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and
dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 1 Kings 17:6
6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and
flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. 1 Kings 17:7
7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there
had been no rain in the land.
1 Kings 17:8
8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 1 Kings 17:9
9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there:
behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. 1 Kings 17:10
10 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.
1 Kings 17:11
11 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. 1 Kings 17:12
12 And she said, As the LORD thy God 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.
1 Kings 17:13
13 And Elijah 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.
1 Kings 17:14
14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste,
neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth
rain upon the earth.
1 Kings 17:15
15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he,
and her house, did eat many days.
1 Kings 17:16
16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail,
according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah. 1 Kings 17:17
17 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.
1 Kings 17:18
18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God?
art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son? 1
Kings 17:19
19 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.
1 Kings 17:20
20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought
evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? 1 Kings 17:21
21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the
LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into
him again.
1 Kings 17:22
22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into
him again, and he revived.
1 Kings 17:23
23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the
house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
1 Kings 17:24
24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of
God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth. CHAPTER 18
1 Kings 18:1
1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to
Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send
rain upon the earth.
1 Kings 18:2
2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in
Samaria.
1 Kings 18:3
3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah
feared the LORD greatly:
1 Kings 18:4
4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah
took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with
bread and water.)
1 Kings 18:5
5 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. 1 Kings 18:6
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. 1 Kings 18:7
7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and
fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah? 1 Kings 18:8
8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 1
Kings 18:9
9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into
the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
1 Kings 18:10
10 As the LORD thy God 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. 1 Kings 18:11
11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 1 Kings
18:12
12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit
of the LORD 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 the
LORD from my youth.
1 Kings 18:13
13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the
LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and
fed them with bread and water? 1 Kings 18:14
14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he
shall slay me.
1 Kings 18:15
15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will
surely shew myself unto him to day. 1 Kings 18:16
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 1
Kings 18:17
17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art
thou he that troubleth Israel?
1 Kings 18:18
18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's
house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast
followed Baalim.
1 Kings 18:19
19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the
prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four
hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. 1 Kings 18:20
20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets
together unto mount Carmel.
1 Kings 18:21
21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two
opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And
the people answered him not a word. 1 Kings 18:22
22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the
LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men. 1 Kings 18:23
23 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:
1 Kings 18:24
24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the
LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people
answered and said, It is well spoken. 1 Kings 18:25
25 And Elijah said unto the prophets 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. 1 Kings 18:26
26 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.
1 Kings 18:27
27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud:
for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a
journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 1 Kings 18:28
28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and
lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. 1 Kings 18:29
29 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. 1 Kings 18:30
30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people
came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.
1 Kings 18:31
31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the
sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be
thy name:
1 Kings 18:32
32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made
a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
1 Kings 18:33
33 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.
1 Kings 18:34
34 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. 1 Kings 18:35
35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with
water.
1 Kings 18:36
36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice,
that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and
of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I
am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. 1 Kings
18:37
37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD
God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. 1 Kings 18:38
38 Then the fire of the LORD 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.
1 Kings 18:39
39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said,
The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God. 1 Kings 18:40
40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them
escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon,
and slew them there.
1 Kings 18:41
41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound
of abundance of rain.
1 Kings 18:42
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of
Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his
knees,
1 Kings 18:43
43 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. 1
Kings 18:44
44 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.
1 Kings 18:45
45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with
clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to
Jezreel.
1 Kings 18:46
46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran
before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. CHAPTER 19
1 Kings 19:1
1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain
all the prophets with the sword. 1 Kings 19:2
2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, 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.
1 Kings 19:3
3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to
Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. 1 Kings 19:4
4 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 LORD, take away my life; for I am not better
than my fathers.
1 Kings 19:5
5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched
him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. 1 Kings 19:6
6 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.
1 Kings 19:7
7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and
said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. 1 Kings 19:8
8 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 God. 1 Kings 19:9
9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of
the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? 1
Kings 19:10
10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the
children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and
slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they
seek my life, to take it away.
1 Kings 19:11
11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And,
behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains,
and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in
the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the
earthquake:
1 Kings 19:12
12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and
after the fire a still small voice. 1 Kings 19:13
13 And it was so, when Elijah 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, Elijah? 1 Kings
19:14
14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because
the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars,
and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and
they seek my life, to take it away. 1 Kings 19:15
15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of
Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: 1 Kings
19:16
16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and
Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in
thy room.
1 Kings 19:17
17 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.
1 Kings 19:18
18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not
bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. 1 Kings 19:19
19 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 Elijah
passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. 1 Kings 19:20
20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, 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? 1 Kings 19:21
21 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 Elijah, and ministered
unto him.
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