The following is the standard Haftorah for this week's Torah reading. However, various calendar-based considerations occasionally cause different Haftorahs to be substituted for the standard ones.
I Kings
Chapter 18
| 20. And Ahab sent among all of the Children of Israel, and he gathered the prophets to Mount Carmel. |
| 21. And Elijah drew near to all the people and said, "Until when are you hopping between two ideas? If the Lord is God, go after Him, and if the Baal, go after him." And the people did not answer him a word. |
| 22. And Elijah spoke to the people, "I have remained a prophet to the Lord by myself, and the prophets of the Baal are four hundred and fifty men. |
| 23. And let them give us two bulls and let them choose one bull for themselves and cut it up and place it on the wood, but fire they shall not put, and I will prepare one bull, and I will put it on the wood, and fire will I not place. |
| 24. And you will call in the name of your deity, and I will call in the name of the Lord, and it will be the God that will answer with fire, he is God." And all of the people answered and said, "The thing is good." |
| 25. And Elijah said to the prophets of the Baal, "Choose for yourselves the one bull and prepare it first since you are the majority, and call in the name of your deity, and fire place not." |
| 26. They took the bull that he gave them and prepared [it]. And they called in the name of the Baal from the morning until noon, saying, "O Baal, answer us!" But there was no voice and no answer, and they hopped on the altar that they had made. |
| 27. And it was at noon that Elijah scoffed at them, and he said, "Call with a loud voice, for he is a god. [Perhaps] he is talking or he is pursuing [enemies] or he is on a journey; perhaps he is sleeping and will awaken. |
| 28. And they called with a loud voice and gashed themselves as was their custom, with swords and lances, until blood gushed on them. |
| 29. And as the afternoon passed and they feined to prophesy until the time of the sacrifice of the [evening] offering, and there was no voice and no answer and no one was listening. |
| 30. And Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me," and all the people came near to him and he repaired the torn down altar of the Lord. |
| 31. Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord came, saying, "Israel shall be your name." |
| 32. He built the stones into an altar in the name of the Lord and he made a trench as great as would contain two se'ah of seed, around the altar. |
| 33. And he arranged the wood, and he cut up the bull and placed [it] upon the wood. And he said, "Fill me four pitchers of water and pour them on the burnt-offerings and on the wood." |
| 34. And he said, "Repeat it," and they repeated it. And he said, "Do it a third time," and they did it a third time. |
| 35. And the water went around the altar, and also the trench he filled with water. |
| 36. And it was when the evening sacrifice was offered that Elijah the prophet came near and said, "Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, today let it be known that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant, and at Your word have I done all these things. |
| 37. Answer me, O Lord, answer me, and this people shall know that You are the Lord God, and You have turned their hearts backwards." |
| 38. And the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offerings and the wood and the stones, and the water which was in the trench it licked up. |
| 39. And all the people saw and fell on their faces, and they said, "The Lord is God, the Lord is God." |
Please note: These Haftorah texts follow Chabad custom. Other communities could possibly read more, less, or a different section of the Prophets altogether. Please consult with your rabbi.
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