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1 Kings · read by Peter Brandon
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1 Kings 18
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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 KJV · Repairing the Altar of the Lord
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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 KJV · The Author of God
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And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.Read from KJV · Repairing the Altar of the Lord
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Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,Read from KJV · The Author of 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 KJV · Repairing the Altar of the Lord
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So the water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.Read from KJV · Repairing the Altar of the Lord
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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 · Repairing the Altar of the Lord
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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 KJV · The Author of God
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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 · Repairing the Altar 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 · Repairing the Altar of the Lord
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Then Elijah ordered them, "Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape." So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.Read from KJV · Repairing the Altar of the Lord
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And Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain."Read from KJV · Repairing the Altar of the Lord
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So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.Read from KJV · The Author of God
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"Go and look toward the sea," he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, "There is nothing there." Seven times Elijah said, "Go back."Read from KJV · Repairing the Altar of the Lord
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Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.Read from KJV · Repairing the Altar of the Lord
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And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.Read from KJV · Repairing the Altar of the Lord