Study Desk

At noon Elijah made fun of them. He said, "Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god. It might be that he is in deep thought or has turned away. He could be away traveling. Or it may be that he is asleep and needs to have someone wake him."

Then the time came for giving the evening gift. Elijah the man who spoke for God came near and said, "O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that You are God in Israel. Let it be known that I am Your servant, and have done all these things at Your word.

Answer me, O Lord. Answer me so these people may know that You, O Lord, are God. Turn their hearts to You again."

All the people fell on their faces when they saw it. They said, "The Lord, He is God. The Lord, He is God."

So he got up and ate and drank. And he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Elijah said, "I have been very careful to serve the Lord, the God of All. For the people of Israel have turned away from Your agreement. They have torn down Your altars and have killed with the sword the men who speak for You. Only I am left, and they want to kill me."

He said, "I have been very careful to serve the Lord, the God of All. For the people of Israel have turned away from Your agreement. They have torn down Your altars. And they have killed with the sword the men who speak for You. Only I am left, and they want to kill me."

Set apart Nimshi's son Jehu to be the king of Israel. And set apart Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah to speak for God in your place.

Then a man who spoke for God came to Ahab king of Israel and said, "This is what the Lord says. ‘Have you seen all these many people? See, I will give them to you today. Then you will know that I am the Lord.'"

Then the man who spoke for God came to the king of Israel, and said to him, "Go and make yourself strong. Look and see what you have to do. For the first of next year the king of Syria will come to fight against you."

Then a man who spoke for God came to the king of Israel and said, "This is what the Lord says. ‘The Syrians have said, "The Lord is a god of the mountains, but He is not a god of the valleys." So I will give all these many people to you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.'"

Now a certain son of the men who spoke for God said to another by the word of the Lord, "Hit me." But the man would not hit him.

So the man of God left, and waited for the king by the way. He tied a cloth over his eyes so no one would know him.

In a hurry the man took the cloth away from his eyes. And the king of Israel saw that he was one of the men who speak for God.

Seat two men of no worth beside him. And have them speak against him, saying, ‘You spoke against God and the king.' Then take him out and kill him with stones."

Then the two men of no worth came in and sat beside him. These men spoke against Naboth in front of the people, saying, "Naboth spoke against God and the king." So they took him outside the city and killed him with stones.

Then the king of Israel gathered together the men who spoke for God, 400 men. He said to them, "Should I go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or should I not?" And they said, "Go. For the Lord will give it to the king."

Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones, dressed in their king's clothing. They sat at the grain-floor at the gate of Samaria. All the men who speak for God were speaking in front of them.

And all the men who spoke for God said so. They said, "Go up to Ramoth-gilead and do well. For the Lord will give it to the king."

The man who went to call Micaiah said to him, "See, the words of those who speak for God are all in the king's favor. Let your words be like theirs and speak in favor of the king."