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42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; there he bowed himself down upon the earth and put his face between his knees.(A)

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42 So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.(A)

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About noon the next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.(A)

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Peter’s Vision(A)

About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof(B) to pray.

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Jesus Chooses the Twelve Apostles

12 Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.(A)

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The Twelve Apostles(A)

12 One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.(B)

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35 And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.(A)

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35 Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour(A) might pass from him.

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23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,(A)

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23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.(A) Later that night, he was there alone,

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“Righteousness is on your side, O Lord, but open shame, as at this day, falls on us, the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them because of the treachery that they have committed against you.(A)

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“Lord, you are righteous,(A) but this day we are covered with shame(B)—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered(C) us because of our unfaithfulness(D) to you.(E)

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Then I turned to the Lord God to seek an answer by prayer and supplication with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.(A)

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So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting,(A) and in sackcloth and ashes.(B)

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Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord:

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Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,

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a God feared in the council of the holy ones,
    great and awesome[a] above all who are around him?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 89.7 Gk Syr: Heb greatly awesome

In the council(A) of the holy ones(B) God is greatly feared;
    he is more awesome than all who surround him.(C)

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and said,

“O my God, I am too ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens.(A)

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and prayed:

“I am too ashamed(A) and disgraced, my God, to lift up my face to you, because our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens.(B)

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13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then there came a voice to him that said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”(A)

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13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face(A) and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.

Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

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19 Now therefore have all Israel assemble for me at Mount Carmel, with the four hundred fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”(A)

Elijah’s Triumph over the Priests of Baal

20 So Ahab sent to all the Israelites and assembled the prophets at Mount Carmel.

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19 Now summon(A) the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel.(B) And bring the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”(C)

20 So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.(D)

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16 David therefore pleaded with God for the child; David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.(A)

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16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying(A) in sackcloth[a] on the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have in sackcloth.