1 Kings 18:22

The NET Bible®

Elijah said to them: "I am the only prophet of the Lord who is left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Elijah said to the people, “I am the only remaining prophet of the Lord, but Baal’s prophets are 450 men.

Hebrew Names Version
Then said Eliyah to the people, I, even I only, am left a prophet of the LORD; but Ba`al's prophets are four hundred fifty men.

King James Version
Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord ; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

English Standard Version
Then Elijah said to the people, "I, even I only, am left a prophet of the Lord , but Baal's prophets are 450 men.

New Century Version
Elijah said, "I am the only prophet of the Lord here, but there are four hundred fifty prophets of Baal.

Amplified Bible
Then Elijah said to the people, "I alone remain a prophet of the LORD, while Baal's prophets are 450 men.

New American Standard Bible
Then Elijah said to the people, "I alone am left as a prophet of the LORD, while Baal's prophets are 450 men.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then said Eliiah vnto the people, I onely remayne a Prophet of the Lorde: but Baals prophets are foure hundreth and fiftie men.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Elijah said to the people, "I alone am left a prophet of Yahweh, but Baal's prophets are 450 men.

Contemporary English Version
Then Elijah continued: I am the Lord 's only prophet, but Baal has four hundred fifty prophets.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then Eliyahu said to the people, "I, I alone, am the only prophet of Adonai who is left, while Ba‘al's prophets number 450.

Darby Translation
And Elijah said to the people, I, only I, remain a prophet of Jehovah; and Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

Easy-to-Read Version
So Elijah said, "I am the only prophet of the Lord here, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.

George Lamsa Translation
Then Elijah said, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baals prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

Good News Translation
Then Elijah said, "I am the only prophet of the Lord still left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.

Lexham English Bible
Then Elijah said to the people, "I alone am left a prophet of Yahweh, but the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men.

Literal Translation
Then Elijah said to the people, I, I alone, remain a prophet of Jehovah; but the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The sayde Elias vnto the people: I onely am lefte a prophet of ye LORDE: but Baals prophetes are foure C. and fiftie me.

American Standard Version
Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, am left a prophet of Jehovah; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

Bible in Basic English
Then Elijah said to the people, I, even I, am the only living prophet of the Lord; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then saide Elias vnto the people [againe] I onely remayne a prophete of the Lorde: but Baals prophets are foure hundred and fiftie.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then said Elijah unto the people: 'I, even I only, am left a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

King James Version (1611)
Then said Eliiah vnto the people, I, euen I onely remaine a Prophet of the Lord: but Baals prophets are foure hundred and fiftie men.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Eliu said to the people, I am left, the only one prophet of the Lord; and the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men, and the prophets of the groves four hundred.

English Revised Version
Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, am left a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Elijah said to the people, "I am the only remaining prophet of the LORD, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Elie seide eft to the puple, Y dwellide aloone a prophete of the Lord; sotheli the prophetis of Baal ben foure hundrid and fifti, and the prophetis of woodis ben foure hundrid men.

Young's Literal Translation
And Elijah saith unto the people, `I -- I have been left a prophet of Jehovah -- by myself; and the prophets of Baal [are] four hundred and fifty men;

Update Bible Version
Then Elijah said to the people, I, even I only, am left a prophet of Yahweh; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Elijah to the people, I [even] I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophet's [are] four hundred and fifty men.

World English Bible
Then said Elijah to the people, I, even I only, am left a prophet of Yahweh; but Baal's prophets are four hundred fifty men.

New King James Version
Then Elijah said to the people, "I alone am left a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

New Living Translation
Then Elijah said to them, "I am the only prophet of the Lord who is left, but Baal has 450 prophets.

New Life Bible
Then Elijah said to the people, "I am the only man left who speaks for God. But here are 450 men who speak for Baal.

New Revised Standard
Then Elijah said to the people, "I, even I only, am left a prophet of the Lord ; but Baal's prophets number four hundred fifty.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said Elijah unto the people - I, am left, Yahweh's, only, prophet, - but, the prophets of Baal, are four hundred and fifty men.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Elias said again to the people: I only remain a prophet of the Lord: but the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men.

Revised Standard Version
Then Eli'jah said to the people, "I, even I only, am left a prophet of the LORD; but Ba'al's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

THE MESSAGE
Then Elijah said, "I'm the only prophet of God left in Israel; and there are 450 prophets of Baal. Let the Baal prophets bring up two oxen; let them pick one, butcher it, and lay it out on an altar on firewood—but don't ignite it. I'll take the other ox, cut it up, and lay it on the wood. But neither will I light the fire. Then you pray to your gods and I'll pray to God . The god who answers with fire will prove to be, in fact, God." All the people agreed: "A good plan—do it!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Elijah said to the people, "I alone am left a prophet of the LORD, but Baal's prophets are 450 men.

Contextual Overview

²¹ Elijah approached all the people and said, "How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? If the Lord is the true God, then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!" But the people did not say a word. ²² Elijah said to them: "I am the only prophet of the Lord who is left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal. ²³ Let them bring us two bulls. Let them choose one of the bulls for themselves, cut it up into pieces, and place it on the wood. But they must not set it on fire. I will do the same to the other bull and place it on the wood. But I will not set it on fire. ²⁴ Then you will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the Lord . The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God." All the people responded, "This will be a fair test." ²⁵ Elijah told the prophets of Baal, "Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire." ²⁶ So they took a bull, as he had suggested, and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, "Baal, answer us." But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped around on the altar they had made. ²⁷ At noon Elijah mocked them, "Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened." ²⁸ So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual, mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood. ²⁹ Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, but there was no sound, no answer, and no response. ³⁰ Elijah then told all the people, "Approach me." So all the people approached him. He repaired the altar of the Lord that had been torn down.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I only: 1 Kings 19:10, 1 Kings 19:14, 1 Kings 20:13, 1 Kings 20:32, 1 Kings 20:35, 1 Kings 20:38, 1 Kings 22:6-8, Romans 11:3

Baal's prophets: 1 Kings 18:19, 1 Kings 18:20, Matthew 7:13-15, 2 Timothy 4:3, 2 Timothy 4:4, 2 Peter 2:1-3

Reciprocal: Judges 5:3 - even I 2 Kings 10:18 - Ahab served Baal Jeremiah 2:8 - prophets Luke 10:2 - are

Cross-References

Genesis 18:1
The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

Genesis 18:2
Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

Genesis 18:16
When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom. (Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)

Genesis 19:1
The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city's gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.

Psalms 106:23
He threatened to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him and turned back his destructive anger.

Jeremiah 15:1
Then the Lord said to me, "Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I would not feel pity for them! Get them away from me! Tell them to go away!

Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.

Ezekiel 22:30
"I looked for a man from among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.

Acts 7:55
But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently toward heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

1 Timothy 2:1
First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only remain a prophet of the Lord,.... At least as he thought, all the rest being slain, as he supposed; however there were none present but himself:

but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men; which were very great odds he had to contend with.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I, even I, only remain - He means, “I only remain in the exercise of the office of a prophet.” The others (Compare 1 Kings 18:4) had been forced to fly and hide themselves in dens and caves of the earth; their voices were silenced; they had not ventured to come to Carmel. Elijah contrasts his solitary appearance on the side of Yahweh at the great gathering with the crowd of those opposed to him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 18:22. I only, remain a prophet of the Lord — That is, I am the only prophet of God present, and can have but the influence of an individual; while the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men! It appears that the queen's prophets, amounting to four hundred, were not at this great assembly; and these are they whom we meet with 1 Kings 22:6, and whom the king consulted relative to the battle at Ramoth-gilead.