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He answered, "I have been very zealous for Adonai the God of armies; because the people of Isra'el have abandoned your covenant, broken down your altars and killed your prophets with the sword. Now I'm the only one left, and they're after me to kill me too."

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.

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 .'"

Have two good-for-nothing men sit opposite him, and have them accuse him publicly of cursing God and the king. Then take him outside and stone him to death."

The two good-for-nothing men came in and sat opposite him, and these scoundrels publicly accused Navot, saying, "Navot cursed God and the king." So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death,

He did what was evil from Adonai 's perspective, living in the manner of his father, his mother and Yarov‘am the son of N'vat, by which he led Isra'el into sin. He also served Ba‘al and worshipped him; and he made Adonai the God of Isra'el angry, in keeping with everything his father had done.

When Achazyah fell through a latticed window of his upper room in Shomron and lay injured, he sent messengers and said to them, "Go, consult Ba‘al-Z'vuv the god of ‘Ekron, and ask whether I will recover from this injury."

But an angel of Adonai said to Eliyahu from Tishbe, "Get up, and intercept the messengers of the king of Shomron, and ask them, ‘Is it because there's no God in Isra'el that you're on your way to consult Ba‘al-Z'vuv the god of ‘Ekron?

They answered him, "A man came to meet us. He told us to go and return to the king who sent us, and tell him, ‘Here is what Adonai says: "Is it because there's no God in Isra'el that you're sending to consult Ba‘al-Z'vuv the god of ‘Ekron? Therefore you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will certainly die."'"

Then the king sent a commander of fifty to Eliyahu, together with his fifty men. Eliyahu was sitting at the top of a hill. The commander climbed up to him and said, "Man of God, the king says to come down."

Eliyahu answered the commander of fifty, "If I am in fact a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and burn you up, along with your fifty men." Fire came down from heaven, and it burned up him and his fifty men.

The king sent him another commander of fifty, together with his fifty men. He said to him, "Man of God, the king says, ‘Come down immediately!'"

Eliyahu answered them, "If I am in fact a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and burn you up, along with your fifty men." Fire came down from heaven, and it burned up him and his fifty men.

The king sent a third commander of fifty, with his fifty men. The third commander of fifty climbed up, approached Eliyahu and fell on his knees before him. He pleaded with him: "Man of God, please! Have some regard for my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours!

Eliyahu said to the king, "Here is what Adonai says: ‘You sent messengers to consult Ba‘al-Z'vuv the god of ‘Ekron. Is it because there's no God in Isra'el you can consult? Therefore, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will certainly die.'"

he took the cloak that had fallen off Eliyahu, struck the water and said, "Where is Adonai , the God of Eliyahu?" But when he actually did strike the water, it divided itself to the left and to the right; then Elisha crossed over.

She came and told the man of God; and he said, "Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; then you and your sons can live on what's left."

She said to her husband, "I can see that this is a holy man of God who keeps stopping at our place.

He said, "Next year, when the season comes around, you will be holding a son." "No, my lord," she answered. "Man of God, don't lie to your servant!"

She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, shut the door on him and went out.