1 Kings 22:28 Cross References - Thomson

²⁸ And Michaias said, If thou return in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me.

²⁹ If these men die the common death of all men; or if their visitation be according to the visitation of all men, the Lord hath not sent me:

²⁰ But the prophet who shall wickedly presume to speak a word in my name which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the name of other gods, that prophet shall be put to death. ²¹ Now if thou shalt say in thy heart, How shall I know the word which the Lord hath not spoken? ²² When the things which that prophet hath spoken in the name of the Lord shall not happen, nor come to pass, the Lord hath not spoken that word. The prophet hath spoken wickedly. You shall not spare him.

²¹ to them, How long will you halt between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him: but if Baal; follow him. But the people made no reply. ²² Then Elias said to the people, I am left a prophet of the Lord myself alone. But the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men, and the prophets of the Bower four hundred. ²³ Let there be given to us two young bulls, and let them chuse one for themselves, and cut him in pieces, and lay them on wood, but put no fire; and I will prepare the other and put no fire. ²⁴ And call ye on the name! of your gods, and I will invoke the name of the Lord my God. And the God who shall answer by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, The proposal thou hast made is fair.

³⁶ Then Elias raised his voice to heaven and said, Lord, the God of Abraham and of Isaak and of Israel, hearken to me! Lord, hearken to me this day by fire, And let all this people know, that thou art the Lord God of Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that by thee I have done these works. ³⁷ Hearken to me, Lord! Hearken to me; and let this people know, that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned the heart of this people back again.

¹⁰ Elias, in reply, said to the captain, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume thee and thy fifty. So there came down fire from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

¹² Whereupon Elias in reply, said to him, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume thee and thy fifty. Accordingly there came down fire from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

²⁷ And Michaias said, If thou return in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hear all people!

²⁶ but establisheth the word of his servant, and verifieth the counsel of his messengers; who saith to Jerusalem, "Thou shalt be inhabited;" and to the cities of Idumea, "Ye shall be re builded, and in its deserts vegetation shall spring up:"

⁸ There have been prophets of old before me, and before you, who have prophesied of war against many a land and against great kingdoms. ⁹ As for the prophet who hath prophesied peace; when his word com eth to pass let the people acknowledge him as a prophet whom the Lord hath indeed sent to them."

¹ [p] Hear this word which the Lord hath spoken against you, O house of Israel! [J] Yes, against every tribe which I brought out of the land of Egypt, saying,

² Hear, O peoples, words! and let this land attend and all who are in it And let the Lord, Lord among you be a witness: the Lord from his holy temple.

¹⁴ Then having called to him the whole multitude he said to them, Hearken to me, all of you, and understand. ¹⁵ There is nothing from without, which by entering into a man can defile him; but the things which proceed from within him, are those which defile a man.

³⁷ If David then calleth him Lord, how is he his son? As the great multitude heard him with pleasure,

¹⁰ said, O! full of all deceit and of all wickedness, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord! ¹¹ Now therefore behold the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shall be blind and shall not see the sun for a season. And instantly there fell upon him a mist and darkness. And groping about he sought some to lead him by the hand.