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1 Kings 18 Translation Questions
Q? What message did Yahweh ask Elijah to give to Ahab during the severe famine?
A. Yahweh asked Elijah to tell Ahab he would send rain on the land. [18:1-2]
Q? How did Obadiah honor Yahweh when Jezebel was killing the prophets of Yahweh?
A. Obadiah honored Yahweh by hiding one hundred prophets by fifties in a cave and feeding them with bread and water. [18:3-4]
Q? Why did Ahab and Obadiah go through the land to all the water springs and brooks?
A. Ahab and Obadiah were searching for water and grass so they would not lose the horses and mules. [18:5-6]
Q? What dangerous message did Elijah ask Obadiah to tell Ahab?
A. Elijah asked Obadiah to tell Ahab that "Elijah is here." [18:7-8]
Q? Why was Obadiah reluctant to tell Ahab that "Elijah is here."?
A. Obadiah was reluctant to tell Ahab, "Elijah is here." because all the nearby nations had taken an oath that Elijah was not there. [18:9-11]
Q? What did Obadiah think would happen as soon as he left Elijah?
A. Obadiah thought the Spirit of Yahweh would carry Elijah some place Obadiah did not know. [18:12]
Q? What did Elijah tell Obadiah to calm his fears?
A. Elijah told Obadiah that as Yahweh lives, he would surely show himself to Ahab that day. [18:14-15]
Q? What did Ahab call Elijah when he met him?
A. Ahab called Elijah a "troublemaker" when he met him. [18:16-17]
Q? How did Elijah respond to Ahab calling him a "troublemaker"?
A. Elijah told Ahab that he and his father's family were the troublemakers because they abandoned the commandments of Yahweh to follow the Baal idols. [18:18]
Q? Who did Elijah say to gather on Mount Carmel?
A. Elijah said to gather all the people of Israel, along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel's table. [18:19]
Q? Who did Elijah tell the people they should follow?
A. Elijah told the people to follow Yahweh if he was God or Baal if he was God. [18:21]
Q? What proposal did Elijah bring before the people?
A. Elijah proposed that the prophets of Baal and himself each call upon their god to consume the sacrifice of a bull by fire to prove which one was god. [18:22-24]
Q? How long did the prophets of Baal call on Baal?
A. The prophets of Baal called on Baal from morning until noon. [18:26]
Q? After Elijah mocked the prophets of Baal at noon what did the prophets of Baal do?
A. The prophets of Baal cried more loudly and cut themselves with swords and spears. [18:28]
Q? How long did the prophets of Baal continue their raving?
A. The prophets of Baal were raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. [18:29]
Q? What did Elijah do to the ruined altar of Yahweh?
A. Elijah repaired the altar of Yahweh with twelve stones, [18:30-32]
Q? What did Elijah make around the altar of Yahweh?
A. Elijah dug a trench around the altar of Yahweh. [18:32]
Q? What did Elijah have the people do to the wood and the bull for the burnt offering?
A. Three times Elijah had the people fill four jars with water and pour them on the burnt offering and the wood. [18:33-34]
Q? How did the people of Israel respond when the fire of Yahweh fell and consumed the sacrifice and everything around it?
A. The people lay face down on the ground and said, "Yahweh, he is God!, Yahweh, he is God!" [18:38-39]
Q? What did Elijah do with the prophets of Baal?
A. Elijah brought the prophets of Baal down to the brook of Kishon and killed them. [18:40]
Q? What did the servant of Elijah see after he looked toward the sea seven times?
A. After the seventh time, the servant saw a cloud as small as a man's hand. [18:43-44]
Q? What did Elijah tell his servant to say to Ahab?
A. Elijah told his servant to tell Ahab to make ready his chariot and go down before the rain stopped him. [18:44]
Q? What did Elijah do as Ahab rode and went to Jezreel?
A. Elijah tucked his robe in his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. [18:46]