Quotes about Elijah
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,
- 1 Kings 18:2
Now as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
- 1 Kings 18:7
“It is I,” he answered. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here!’”
- 1 Kings 18:8
And now you say, ‘Go tell your master that Elijah is here!’
- 1 Kings 18:11
And now you say, ‘Go tell your lord that Elijah is here!’ He will kill me!”
- 1 Kings 18:14
Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”
- 1 Kings 18:15
So Obadiah went to inform Ahab, who went to meet Elijah.
- 1 Kings 18:16
When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
- 1 Kings 18:17
“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
- 1 Kings 18:18
Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
- 1 Kings 18:21
Then Elijah said to the people, “I am the only remaining prophet of the LORD, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.
- 1 Kings 18:22
Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”
- 1 Kings 18:25