18. And he saith, `I have not troubled Israel, but thou and the house of thy father, in your forsaking the commands of Jehovah, and thou goest after the Baalim;
19. and now, send, gather unto me all Israel, unto the mount of Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the shrine, four hundred--eating at the table of Jezebel.'
20. And Ahab sendeth among all the sons of Israel, and gathereth the prophets unto the mount of Carmel;
21. and Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people, and saith, `Till when are ye leaping on the two branches? --if Jehovah [is] God, go after Him; and if Baal, go after him;' and the people have not answered him a word.
22. 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;
23. and let them give to us two bullocks, and they choose for themselves the one bullock, and cut it in pieces, and place [it] on the wood, and place no fire; and I--I prepare the other bullock, and have put [it] on the wood, and fire I do not place; --
24. and ye have called in the name of your god, and I--I call in the name of Jehovah, and it hath been, the god who answereth by fire--He [is] the God.' And all the people answer and say, `Good [is] the word.'