Image: Elijah saying: "Therefore let them give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other bull, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it | Image: Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench |
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Do not let one of them escape! Image: And Elijah came to all the people, and said, "How long will you falter between two opinions? Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD; and the God who answers by fire, He is God | " So all the people came near to him |
Image: So they took the bull which was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon, saying, "O Baal, hear us! " So all the people answered and said, "It is well spoken.
And when midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice | Image: God answers Elijah's prayer and lights the sacrifice I Kings 18:31-38 - from "Standard Bible Story Readers", book 4, Lillie A |
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Image: And Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal! But there was no voice; no one answered, no one paid attention | So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel |
Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, "The LORD, He is God! Image: Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me | |
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