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1 Kings · read by Brian Long
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1 Kings 18
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When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is that you, O troubler of Israel?"Read from NKJV · The Form or the Fire
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"I have not troubled Israel," Elijah replied, "but you and your father's house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.Read from NKJV · The Form or the Fire
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Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel's table."Read from NKJV · The Form or the Fire
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So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.Read from NKJV · The Form or the Fire
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Then Elijah approached all the people and said, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him." But the people did not answer a word.Read from NKJV · The Form or the Fire
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Then Elijah said to the people, "I am the only remaining prophet of the LORD, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.Read from KJV · The Form Or The Fire？
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Get two bulls for us. Let the prophets of Baal choose one bull for themselves, cut it into pieces, and place it on the wood but not light the fire. And I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood but not light the fire.Read from KJV · The Form Or The Fire？
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Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God." And all the people answered, "What you say is good."Read from NKJV · The Form or the Fire
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Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire."Read from NKJV · The Form or the Fire
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And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, "O Baal, answer us!" But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.Read from NKJV · The Form or the Fire
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So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.Read from NKJV · The Form or the Fire
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Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.Read from NKJV · The Form or the Fire
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Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me." So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.Read from NKJV · Spiritual Sacrifices That Are Acceptable to God
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And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, "Israel shall be your name."Read from NASB1995 · Spiritual Sacrifices That Are Acceptable to God
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and said, "Fill four waterpots and pour the water on the offering and on the wood." "Do it a second time," he said, and they did it a second time. "Do it a third time," he said, and they did it a third time.Read from NKJV · Spiritual Sacrifices That Are Acceptable to God
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So the water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.Read from KJV · The Form Or The Fire？
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At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, "O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.Read from KJV · The Form Or The Fire？
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Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again."Read from NKJV · The Form or the Fire
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Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.Read from KJV · Prepare The Way For The Fire Of The Lord
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When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, "The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!"Read from NASB1995 · The Form Or The Fire？