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Then Eliyahu said to the prophets of Ba‘al, "Choose one bull for yourselves, and prepare it first; because there are many of you. Then call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it."

They took the bull that was given to them, prepared it and called on the name of Ba‘al from morning till noon — "Ba‘al! Answer us!" But no voice was heard; and no one answered, as they jumped around on the altar they had made.

By now it was afternoon, and they went on ranting and raving until it was time for the evening offering. But no voice came, no one answered, no one paid any attention.

but he himself went a day farther into the desert, until he came to a broom tree. He sat down under it and prayed for his own death. "Enough!" he said. "Now, Adonai , take my life. I'm no better than my ancestors."

He said, "Go outside, and stand on the mountain before Adonai "; and right then and there, Adonai went past. A mighty blast of wind tore the mountains apart and broke the rocks in pieces before Adonai , but Adonai was not in the wind. After the wind came an earthquake, but Adonai was not in the earthquake.

After the earthquake, fire broke out; but Adonai was not in the fire. And after the fire came a quiet, subdued voice.

He left the oxen, ran after Eliyahu and said, "Please let me kiss my father and mother good-bye; then I will follow you." He answered, "Go; but return, because of what I did to you."

But I am going to send my servants to you tomorrow around this time; they will ransack your house and the houses of your servants; and whatever they see that they like they will seize and remove.'"

So he said to Ben-Hadad's messengers, "Tell my lord the king, ‘I will do all that you asked of me the first time, but this I cannot do." The messengers left and brought word back to him.

Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, "Their God is a God of the hills; that's why they were stronger than we were. But if we fight them on level ground, we will certainly be stronger than they are.

The army of Isra'el, already mobilized and supplied, went to meet them; but the army of Isra'el, encamped opposite them, looked like two herds of goats; while Aram filled the land.

At this point, a man of God approached and said to the king of Isra'el, "Here is what Adonai says: ‘Because Aram said that Adonai is a God of the hills but not a God of the valleys, I will hand over to you this entire huge army. Then you will know that I am Adonai .'"

One of the members of the prophets' guild said to another one, by the word of Adonai , "Hit me!" But the man refused to hit him.

But while your servant was busy with one thing and another, he disappeared." The king of Isra'el said to him, "So that is your sentence; you have pronounced it on yourself."

But Navot said to Ach'av, " Adonai forbid that I should give you my ancestral heritage!"

He answered her, "Because I spoke to Navot the Yizre‘eli and said to him, "Sell me your vineyard for money; or else, if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard for it"; but he answered, "I won't give you my vineyard."

But the word of Adonai came to Eliyahu from Tishbe:

"Do you see how Ach'av has humbled himself before me? Since he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring this evil during his lifetime; but during his son's lifetime I will bring the evil on his house."

But Y'hoshafat said to the king of Isra'el, "First, we should seek the word of Adonai ."

But Y'hoshafat said, "Besides these, isn't there a prophet of Adonai here that we can consult?"