40Elijah said to them, |Seize the prophets of Baal! Don't let one of them escape!| They seized them. Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.


In Context

37 Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.|

38 Then the fire of Yahweh fell, and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

39 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, |Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!|

40 Elijah said to them, |Seize the prophets of Baal! Don't let one of them escape!| They seized them. Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.

41 Elijah said to Ahab, |Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.|

42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.

1 Kings 18:40 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:40Then Elijah commanded them, "Seize the prophets of Baal. Don't let anyone get away!" They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered there.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:40And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:40And Elias said to them: Take the prophets of Baal, and let not one of them escape. And when they had taken them, Elias brought them down to the torrent Cison, and killed them there.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:40and Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:40And Elijah said to them, Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape! And they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the torrent of Kishon, and slaughtered them there.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:40and Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:40And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:40And Elijah saith to them, 'Catch ye the prophets of Baal; let not a man escape of them;' and they catch them, and Elijah bringeth them down unto the stream Kishon, and doth slaughter them there.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:40And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.