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1 Kings 18:4-13

4foritwasH1961so,whenJezebelאִיזֶ֔בֶל'i.Ze.velH348cutבְּהַכְרִ֣יתbe.hakh.RitH3772offtheprophetsנְבִיאֵ֣יne.vi.'EiH5030ofJehovah,thatObadiahעֹבַדְיָ֜הוּ'oad.Ya.huH5662tookH3947ahundredמֵאָ֣הme.'AhH3967prophetsנְבִאִ֗יםne.vi.'ImH5030,andhidוַֽיַּחְבִּיאֵ֞םvai.yach.bi.'EmH2244thembyfiftyחֲמִשִּׁ֥יםcha.mi.ShimH2572inacaveבַּמְּעָרָ֔הba.me.'a.RahH4631,andfedthemwithbreadH3899andwaterוָמָֽיִם׃va.Ma.yimH4325.)

5AndAhabאַחְאָב֙'ach.'AvH256saidH559untoObadiahעֹ֣בַדְיָ֔הוּ'oad.Ya.huH5662, Gothroughthelandבָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ba.'A.retzH776, untoallthefountainsofwaterהַמַּ֔יִםha.Ma.yimH4325,anduntoallthebrooks: peradventurewemayfindנִמְצָ֣אnim.Tza'H4672grassחָצִ֗ירcha.TzirH2682andsavethehorsesס֣וּסsusH5483andmulesוָפֶ֔רֶדva.Fe.redH6505aliveוּנְחַיֶּה֙u.ne.chai.YehH2421,thatwelosenotallthebeasts.

6SotheydividedH2505thelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776betweenthemtopassלַֽעֲבָר־la.'a.vor-H5674throughoutit:Ahabאַחְאָ֞ב'ach.'AvH256wentH1980oneH259wayH1870byhimself,andObadiahוְעֹֽבַדְיָ֛הוּve.'oad.Ya.huH5662wentH1980anotherwayH1870byhimself.

7AndasObadiahעֹבַדְיָ֙הוּ֙'oad.Ya.huH5662wasH1961inthewayבַּדֶּ֔רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870,behold,Elijahאֵלִיָּ֖הוּ'e.li.Ya.huH452methim:andheknewhim,andfellH5307onhisfaceפָּנָ֔יוpa.NavH6440,andsaidH559,Isitthou,mylordאֲדֹנִ֥י'a.do.NiH113Elijahאֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃'e.li.Ya.huH452?

8Andheansweredhim,ItisI:go,tellthylordH113,Behold,Elijahאֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃'e.li.Ya.huH452ishereהִנֵּ֥הhi.NehH2009.

9AndhesaidH559, WhereinhaveIsinnedH2398,thatthou wouldestdeliverthyservantעַבְדְּךָ֛'av.de.KhaH5650intothehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofAhabאַחְאָ֖ב'ach.'AvH256,toslayme?

10AsJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430liveth,thereisnonationגּ֤וֹיGoyH1471orkingdomוּמַמְלָכָה֙u.mam.la.KhahH4467, whithermylordhathnotsentH7971toseekלְבַקֶּשְׁךָ֔le.va.kesh.ChaH1245thee:andwhentheysaidH559,Heisnothere,hetookanoathH7650ofthekingdomהַמַּמְלָכָה֙ha.mam.la.KhahH4467andnationהַגּ֔וֹיha.GoyH1471,thattheyfoundH4672theenot.

11Andnowוְעַתָּ֖הve.'a.TahH6258thou sayest,Go,tellthylordH113,Behold,Elijahאֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃'e.li.Ya.huH452ishereהִנֵּ֥הhi.NehH2009.

12AnditwillcomeH935topass,assoonasIamgoneוּבָ֨אתִיu.Va.tiH935fromthee,thattheSpiritוְר֨וּחַve.Ru.achH7307ofJehovahwillcarryיִֽשָּׂאֲךָ֙yi.sa.'a.KhaH5375thee whitherIknowאֵדָ֔ע'e.Da'H3045not;andsowhenIcomeH935andtellלְהַגִּ֧ידle.ha.GidH5046Ahabלְאַחְאָ֛בle.'ach.'AvH256,andhecannotfindיִֽמְצָאֲךָ֖yim.tza.'a.KhaH4672thee,hewillslayH2026me:butIthyservantוְעַבְדְּךָ֛ve.'av.de.KhaH5650fearH3372Jehovahfrommyyouthמִנְּעֻרָֽי׃mi.ne.'u.RaiH5271.

13WasitnottoldH5046mylordwhatIdidwhenH834Jezebelאִיזֶ֔בֶל'i.Ze.velH348slewH2026theprophetsנְבִיאֵ֣יne.vi.'EiH5030ofJehovah,howIhidH2244ahundredמֵ֣אָהMe.'ahH3967menH376ofJehovah’sprophetsמִנְּבִיאֵ֨יmi.ne.vi.'EiH5030byfiftyH2572inacaveבַּמְּעָרָ֔הba.me.'a.RahH4631,andfedthemwithbreadH3899andwaterוָמָֽיִם׃va.Ma.yimH4325?

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