Museum De Lakenhal – Two Bible-depicting tiles

1 Koningen 17:1–6

ENde Elia de Tisbiter van den inwoonderen Gileads, seyde tot Achab: [Soo waerachtich als] de HEERE de Godt Israëls leeft, voorwiens aengesicht ick stae; indien dese jaren dauw, ofte regen zijn sal, ten zy dan nae mijn woort.

Daerna geschiedde het woort des HEEREN tot hem, seggende:

Gaet wech van hier, ende wendt u nae het oosten, ende verbercht u aen de beke Crith, die voor aen de Iordane is.

Ende het sal geschieden dat ghy uyt de beke drincken sult: ende ick hebbe den raven geboden, datse u daer onderhouden sullen.

Hy ginck dan henen, ende dede nae het woort des HEEREN; want hy ginck, ende woonde by de beke Crith, die voor aen de Iordane is.

Ende de raven brachten hem des morgens broot, ende vleesch; desgelijcks broot, ende vleesch des avonts: ende hy dranck uyt de beke.


1 Kings 17:1–6

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.


1 Koningen 18:29–36

Het geschiedde nu als de middach voor by was, datse propheteerden tot datmen het spijs-offer soude offeren: maer daer en was geene stemme, noch geen antwoorde, noch geene opmerckinge.

Doe seyde Elia tot het gantsche volck; Naedert tot my: ende al het volck naederde tot hem: ende hy heelde den Altaer des HEEREN, die verbroken was.

Ende Elia nam twaelf steenen, nae ’t getal der stammen der kinderen Iacobs tot welcken het woort des HEEREN geschiet was, seggende: Israël sal uwe naem zijn;

Ende hy bouwde met die steenen den altaer inden name des HEEREN: daerna maeckte hy eene groeve rontom den Altaer, nae de wijtte van twee maten zaets.

Ende hy schickte het hout, ende deelde den varre in stucken, ende leyde [hem] op het hout.

Ende hy seyde; Vullet vier kruycken met water, ende gietet op het brand-offer, ende op het hout: ende hy seyde, Doetet ten tweeden male: ende sy deden ’t ten tweeden male: voorts seyde hy; Doetet ten derden male, ende sy deden’t ten derden male.

Dat het water rontom den altaer liep: daer toe vulde hy oock de groeve met water.

Het geschiedde nu, alsmen het spijs-offer offerde, dat de Propheet Elia naederde, ende seyde: HEERE, e Godt Abrahams, Isaacs, ende Israëls, dattet heden bekent worden, dat ghy Godt in Israël zijt, ende ick uwe knecht: ende dat ick alle dese dingen nae u woort gedaen hebbe.

Antwoordt my HEERE, antwoordt my, op dat dit volck erkenne, dat ghy, O HEERE, die Godt zijt, ende dat ghy haer herte achterwaert omgewendt hebt.

Doe viel het vyer des HEEREN, ende verteerde dat brand-offer, ende dat hout, ende die steenen, ende dat stof; ja leckte dat water op, ’t welck in de groeve was.

Als nu het gantsche volck dat sach; so vielen sy op hare aengesichten, ende seyden, de HEERE is Godt, de HEERE is Godt.


1 Kings 18:29–39

And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.

And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.

And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.

And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.

And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.

Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.

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

And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.