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Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, how I hid one hundred men of the Lord's prophets, fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
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And now you say, 'Go, tell your master, "Elijah is here." ' He will kill me!"
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Then Elijah said, "As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely present myself to him today."
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So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
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Then it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, "Is that you, O troubler of Israel?"
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And he answered, "I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and have followed the Baals.
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Now therefore, send and gather all Israel to me on Mount Carmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table."
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So Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together on Mount Carmel.
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And Elijah came to all the people, and said, "How long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." But the people answered him not a word.
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Then Elijah said to the people, "I alone am left a prophet of the Lord; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
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Therefore let them give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other bull, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it.