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And while Obadiah was on his way, he came face to face with Elijah; and seeing who it was, he went down on his face and said, Is it you, my lord Elijah?

לִקְרָאת֑וֹ (וֹ) o “him”וַיַּכִּרֵ֙הוּ֙ (הוּ֙) hu “him”

And Elijah in answer said, It is I; now go and say to your lord, Elijah is here.

ל֖וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

And Elijah said, By the life of the Lord of armies, whose servant I am, I will certainly let him see me today.

אֵלָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

So Obadiah went to Ahab and gave him the news; and Ahab went to see Elijah.

ל֑וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

And when he saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, Is it you, you troubler of Israel?

אֵלָ֔יו (ו) v “him”

And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go on balancing between two opinions? if the Lord is God, then give worship to him; but if Baal, give worship to him. And the people said not a word in answer.

אַחֲרָ֔יו (ו) v “him”אַחֲרָ֑יו (ו) v “him”אֹת֖וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

Now, let them give us two oxen; and let them take one for themselves, and have it cut up, and put it on the wood, but put no fire under it; I will get the other ox ready, and put it on the wood, and put no fire under it.

וִֽינַתְּחֻ֗הוּ (הוּ) hu “it”

And in the middle of the day, Elijah made sport of them, saying, Give louder cries, for he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or he may have gone away for some purpose, or he may be on a journey, or by chance he is sleeping and has to be made awake.

ל֖וֹ (וֹ) o “him”ל֑וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

Then Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me; and all the people came near. And he put up again the altar of the Lord which had been broken down.

אֵלָ֑יו (ו) v “him”

And Elijah took twelve stones, the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, Israel will be your name:

אֵלָיו֙ (ו֙) v “him”

And stretching himself on the earth, he went to sleep under the broom-plant; but an angel, touching him, said to him, Get up and have some food.

בּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”ל֖וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

And the angel of the Lord came again a second time, and touching him said, Get up and have some food, or the journey will be overmuch for your strength.

בּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

And there he went into a hole in the rock for the night; then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?

אֵלָ֔יו (ו) v “him”ל֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

And Elijah, hearing it, went out, covering his face with his robe, and took his place in the opening of the hole. And there a voice came to him saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?

אֵלָיו֙ (ו֙) v “him”

And the Lord said to him, Go back on your way through the waste land to Damascus; and when you come there, put the holy oil on Hazael to make him king over Aram;

אֵלָ֔יו (ו) v “him”

But I will keep safe seven thousand in Israel, all those whose knees have not been bent to Baal, and whose mouths have given him no kisses.

לֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “it”

So he went away from there and came across Elisha, the son of Shaphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen, he himself walking with the twelfth; and Elijah went up to him and put his robe on him.

אֵלָ֔יו (ו) v “him”אֵלָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

And letting the oxen be where they were, he came running after Elijah, and said, Only let me give a kiss to my father and mother, and then I will come after you. But he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?

לוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “him”

And he went back, and took the oxen and put them to death, and cooking their flesh with the yokes of the oxen, he gave the people a feast. Then he got up and went after Elijah and became his servant.

מֵאַחֲרָ֜יו (ו) v “him”וַיִּזְבָּחֵ֗הוּ (הוּ) hu “it”וַיְשָׁרְתֵֽהוּ׃ (הוּ) hu “him”

Now Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got all his army together, and thirty-two kings with him, and horses and carriages of war; he went up and made war on Samaria, shutting it in.

אִתּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

And he sent representatives into the town to Ahab, king of Israel;

ל֗וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

Then the king of Israel sent for all the responsible men of the land, and said, Now will you take note and see the evil purpose of this man: he sent for my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, and I did not keep them back.

מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ (נּוּ) nu “him”

And all the responsible men and the people said to him, Do not give attention to him or do what he says.

אֵלָ֛יו (ו) v “him”

So he said to the representatives of Ben-hadad, Say to my lord the king, All the orders you sent the first time I will do; but this thing I may not do. And the representatives went back with this answer.

וַיְשִׁבֻ֖הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”

Then Ben-hadad sent to him, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if there is enough of the dust of Samaria for all the people at my feet to take some in their hands.

אֵלָיו֙ (ו֙) v “him”