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1 Kings · read by Joseph Carroll
27 verses, in order. Only the verses Joseph read aloud are shown.
1 Kings 18
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After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: "Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth."Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again."Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, "The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!"Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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Then Elijah ordered them, "Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape." So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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And Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain."Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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"Go and look toward the sea," he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, "There is nothing there." Seven times Elijah said, "Go back."Read from ESV · Session 5: John 17
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On the seventh time the servant reported, "There is a cloud as small as a man's hand rising from the sea." And Elijah replied, "Go and tell Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.'"Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
1 Kings 19
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Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!"Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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while he himself traveled on a day's journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. "I have had enough, LORD," he said. "Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers."Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, "Get up and eat."Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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A second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, "Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you."Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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"I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts," he replied, "but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well."Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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Then the LORD said, "Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by." And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.Read from NKJV · Session 5: John 17
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When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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"I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts," he replied, "but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well."Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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Then the LORD said to him, "Go back by the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram.Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17
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Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him."Read from KJV · Session 5: John 17