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33 And he laid the wood in order, and cut the 44 And at the seventh time: Behold a little
bullock in pieces, and laid it upon the wood. cloud arose out of the sea like a man’s foot. And
34 And he said: Fill four buckets with water, he said: Go up, and say to Achab: Prepare thy
and pour it upon the burnt offering, and upon chariot, and go down, lest the rain prevent thee.
the wood. And again he said: Do the same the 45 And while he turned himself this way and
second time. And when they had done it the that way, behold the heavens grew dark, with
second time, he said: Do the same also the third clouds and wind, and there fell a great rain. And
time. And they did so the third time. Achab getting up, went away to Jezrahel:
35 And the water run round about the altar, 46 And the hand of the Lord was upon Elias,
and the trench was filled with water. and he girded up his loins, and ran before Achab,
36 And when it was now time to offer the holo- till he came to Jezrahel.
caust, Elias, the prophet, came near and said: O
Lord God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel,
shew this day that thou art the God of Israel, Chapter 19
and I thy servant, and that according to thy com-
mandment I have done all these things. And Achab told Jezabel all that Elias had done,
37 Dear me, O Lord, hear me: that this people and how he had slain all the prophets with the
may learn that thou art the Lord God, and that sword.
thou hast turned their heart again. 2 And Jezabel sent a messenger to Elias, say-
38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and con- ing: Such and such things may the gods do to
sumed the holocaust, and the wood, and the me, and add still more, if by this hour to morrow
stones, and the dust, and licked up the water I make not thy life as the life of one of them.
that was in the trench. 3 Then EIias was afraid, and rising up, he
39 And when all the people saw this, they fell went whithersoever he had a mind: and he came
on their faces, and they said: The Lord, he is to Bersabee of Juda, and left his servant there,
God; the Lord, he is God. 4 And he went forward, one day’s journey into
40 And Elias said to them: Take the prophets the desert. And when he was there, and sat un-
of Baal, and let not one of them escape. And der a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that
when they had taken them, Elias brought them he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord;
down to the torrent Cison, and killed them there. take away my soul: for I am no better than my
41 And Elias said to Achab: Go up, eat and fathers.
drink: for there is a sound of abundance of rain. 5 And he cast himself down, and slept in the
42 Achab went up to eat and drink: and Elias shadow of the juniper tree: and behold an angel
went up to the top of Carmel, and casting himself of the Lord touched him, and said to him: Arise
down upon the earth, put his face between his and eat.
knees, 6 He looked, and behold there was at his head
43 And he said to his servant: Go up, and look a hearth cake, and a vessel of water: and he ate
towards the sea. And he went up, and looked, and drank, and he fell asleep again.
and said: There is nothing. And again he said 7 And the angel of the Lord came again the
to him: Return seven times. second time, and touched him, and said to him: