Chapter summary
1 Kings 18 Summary
1 Kings 18 recounts Elijah’s showdown with the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, where God answers by fire.
Elijah challenges the prophets of Baal: the god who answers by fire is the true God. Baal is silent all day despite their frantic pleas.
Elijah’s drenched altar bursts into flame at his prayer, and the people fall down crying, ‘The LORD—he is God!’
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1 Kings 18:21 “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.” 1 Kings 18:39 “When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!””
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