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1 Kings 18:37
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Please answer me, so these people will know that you are the LORD God, and that you will turn their hearts back to you.
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1 Kings 18:36
When it was time for the evening sacrifice, Elijah prayed: Our LORD, you are the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. Now, prove that you are the God of this nation, and that I, your servant, have done this at your command.
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1 Kings 18:21
Elijah stood in front of them and said, “How much longer will you try to have things both ways? If the LORD is God, worship him! But if Baal is God, worship him!” The people did not say a word.
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1 Kings 18:38
The LORD immediately sent fire, and it burned up the sacrifice, the wood, and the stones. It scorched the ground everywhere around the altar and dried up every drop of water in the ditch.
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1 Kings 18:39
When the crowd saw what had happened, they all bowed down and shouted, “The LORD is God! The LORD is God!”
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1 Kings 18:44
After the seventh time the servant replied, “I see a small cloud coming this way. But it's no bigger than a fist.” Elijah told him, “Tell Ahab to get his chariot ready and start home now. Otherwise, the rain will stop him.”
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1 Kings 18:45-46
A few minutes later, it got very cloudy and windy, and rain started pouring down. So Elijah wrapped his coat around himself, and the LORD gave him strength to run all the way to Jezreel. Ahab followed in his chariot.
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1 Kings 18:41
Elijah told Ahab, “Get something to eat and drink. I hear a heavy rain coming.”
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1 Kings 18:43
and said to his servant, “Look toward the sea.” The servant left. And when he came back, he said, “I looked, but I didn't see anything.” Elijah told him to look seven more times.
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1 Kings 18:30
Elijah told everyone to gather around him while he repaired the LORD's altar.
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1 Kings 18:24
The prophets of Baal will pray to their god, and I will pray to the LORD. The one who answers by starting the fire is God. “That's a good idea,” everyone agreed.
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1 Kings 18:31-32
Then he used twelve stones to build an altar in honor of the LORD. Each stone stood for one of the tribes of Israel, which was the name the LORD had given to their ancestor Jacob. Elijah dug a ditch around the altar, large enough to hold about 14 liters.
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1 Kings 18:27
At noon, Elijah began making fun of them. “Pray louder!” he said. “Baal must be a god. Maybe he's daydreaming or using the toilet or traveling somewhere. Or maybe he's asleep, and you have to wake him up.”
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