Ki Tisa Haftarah

Melachim Aleph 18:1-39
Melachim Aleph 18:1 And after many days it came to be that the word of יהוה came to Ěliyahu, in the third year, saying, “Go, present yourself to Aḥaḇ, and I give rain on the earth.”
Melachim Aleph 18:2 Thereupon Ěliyahu went to present himself to Aḥaḇ. And the famine in Shomeron was severe.
Melachim Aleph 18:3 And Aḥaḇ had called Oḇaḏyahu, who was over his house. Now Oḇaḏyahu feared יהוה exceedingly.
Melachim Aleph 18:4 And it came to be, while Izeḇel cut down the Nevi’im of יהוה, that Oḇaḏyahu had taken one hundred Nevi’im and hidden them, fifty to a cave, and had fed them with bread and water.
Melachim Aleph 18:5 And Aḥaḇ had said to Oḇaḏyahu, “Go into the land to all the springs of water and to all the wadis, it could be that we find grass to keep the horses and mules alive, and not have any livestock cut off.
Melachim Aleph 18:6 And they divided the land between them to pass over it, Aḥaḇ went one way by himself, and Oḇaḏyahu went another way by himself.
Melachim Aleph 18:7 And as Oḇaḏyahu was on his way, then see, Ěliyahu met him. And he recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “Is that you, my master Ěliyahu?”
Melachim Aleph 18:8 And he answered him, “It is I. Go, say to your master, ‘Ěliyahu is here.’ ”
Melachim Aleph 18:9 And he said, “What have I sinned, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Aḥaḇ, to kill me?
Melachim Aleph 18:10 “As יהוה your Elohim lives, there is no nation or reign where my master has not sent to look for you. And when they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made the reign or nation swear that they could not find you.
Melachim Aleph 18:11 “And now you say, ‘Go, say to your master, “Ěliyahu is here” ’!
Melachim Aleph 18:12 “And it shall be, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of יהוה takes you away to a place I do not know. And I shall come to report to Aḥaḇ, and when he does not find you, he shall kill me. But I your servant have feared יהוה from my youth.
Melachim Aleph 18:13 “Was it not reported to my master what I did when Izeḇel slew the Nevi’im of יהוה, how I hid one hundred men of the Nevi’im of יהוה, fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
Melachim Aleph 18:14 “And now you say, ‘Go, say to your master, “Ěliyahu is here!” ’ Then he shall slay me.”
Melachim Aleph 18:15 And Ěliyahu said, “As יהוה of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I shall indeed show myself to him today.”
Melachim Aleph 18:16 Oḇaḏyahu then went to meet Aḥaḇ and informed him, and Aḥaḇ went to meet Ěliyahu.
Melachim Aleph 18:17 And it came to be, when Aḥaḇ saw Ěliyahu, that Aḥaḇ said to him, “Is that you, O disturber of Yisra’ĕl?”
Melachim Aleph 18:18 And he answered, “I have not disturbed Yisra’ĕl, but you and your father’s house, in that you have forsaken the mitzvot of יהוה, and you have followed the Lord.
Melachim Aleph 18:19 “And now, send and gather all Yisra’ĕl to me on Har Karmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of the Lord, and the four hundred prophets of Ashĕrah, who eat at Izeḇel’s table.”
Melachim Aleph 18:20 Aḥaḇ then sent for all the children of Yisra’ĕl, and gathered the prophets on Har Karmel.
Melachim Aleph 18:21 And Ěliyahu came to all the people, and said, “How long would you keep hopping between two opinions? If יהוה is Elohim, follow Him; and if the Lord, follow him.” But the people answered him not a word.
Melachim Aleph 18:22 And Ěliyahu said to the people, “I alone am left a Navi of יהוה, but the prophets of the Lord are four hundred and fifty men.
Melachim Aleph 18:23 “Now let them give us two bulls. And let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, but set no fire. And I, I prepare the other bull, and shall lay it on the wood, but set no fire.
Melachim Aleph 18:24 “And you shall call on the name of your elohim, and I, I call on the Name of יהוה. And the Elohim who answers by fire, He is Elohim.” So all the people answered and said, “The word is good.”
Melachim Aleph 18:25 And Ěliyahu said to the prophets of the Lord, “Choose one bull for yourselves and prepare it first, for you are many. And call on the name of your El, but set no fire.”
Melachim Aleph 18:26 So they took the bull which was given them, and prepared it, and called on the name of the Lord from morning even until noon, saying, “O Lord, answer us!” But there was no voice and no one answered. And they leaped about the altar which they had made.
Melachim Aleph 18:27 And it came to be at noon, that Ěliyahu taunted them and said, “Cry aloud, for he is an elohim; he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or it could be that he is asleep and has to be awakened!”
Melachim Aleph 18:28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves, according to their ruling, with knives and spears, until the blood gushed out on them.
Melachim Aleph 18:29 And it came to be when midday was past, that they prophesied until the time of bringing the evening offering. But there was no voice and no one answered, and no one paying attention.
Melachim Aleph 18:30 Then Ěliyahu said to all the people, “Come closer to me.” And all the people came closer to him. And he repaired the altar of יהוה that was broken down.
Melachim Aleph 18:31 And Ěliyahu took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Ya`akov̱, to whom the word of יהוה had come, saying, “Yisra’ĕl is your name.”
Melachim Aleph 18:32 And with the stones he built an altar in the Name of יהוה. And he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
Melachim Aleph 18:33 And he arranged the wood, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and said, “Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.”
Melachim Aleph 18:34 Then he said, “Do it a second time,” and they did it a second time. And he said, “Do it a third time,” and they did it a third time.
Melachim Aleph 18:35 And the water flowed around the altar, and he filled the trench with water too.
Melachim Aleph 18:36 And it came to be, at the time of bringing the evening offering, that Ěliyahu HaNavi came near and said, “יהוה Elohim of Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yisra’ĕl, let it be known today: You are Elohim in Yisra’ĕl, and I Your servant, have done all these matters by Your word.
Melachim Aleph 18:37 “Answer me, O יהוה, answer me, and let this people know that You are יהוה Elohim, and You shall turn their hearts back to You again.”
Melachim Aleph 18:38 Then the fire of יהוה fell and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.
Melachim Aleph 18:39 And all the people saw, and fell on their faces, and said, “יהוה, He is Elohim! יהוה, He is Elohim!”