1 Kings 18:36-46
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And at the time of c the offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, "O Lord, d God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that e you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that f I have done all these things at your word.
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Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that you, O Lord, are God, and that you have turned their hearts back."
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g Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
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And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, h "The Lord, he is God; the Lord, he is God."
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And Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape." And they seized them. And Elijah brought them down to i the brook Kishon and j slaughtered them there.
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And Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for there is a sound of the rushing of rain."
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So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel. k And he bowed himself down on the earth and put his face between his knees.
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And he said to his servant, "Go up now, look toward the sea." And he went up and looked and said, "There is nothing." And he said, "Go again," seven times.
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And at the seventh time he said, "Behold, l a little cloud like a man's hand is rising from the sea." And he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you.'"
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And in a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and went to m Jezreel.
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n And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah, o and he gathered up his garment and ran before Ahab to the entrance of p Jezreel.
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Cross References
1 Kings 18:29
And as midday passed, they raved on until the time of the offering of the oblation, but there was no voice. No one answered; no one paid attention.
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Cross References
Exodus 3:6
And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
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Joshua 4:24
So that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, that you may fear the Lord your God forever.
1 Samuel 17:46
This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
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Numbers 16:28
And Moses said, "Hereby you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and that it has not been of my own accord.
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Cross References
1 Kings 18:24
And you call upon the name of your god, and I will call upon the name of the Lord, and the God who answers by fire, he is God." And all the people answered, "It is well spoken.
Leviticus 9:24
And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.
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Cross References
1 Kings 18:24
And you call upon the name of your god, and I will call upon the name of the Lord, and the God who answers by fire, he is God." And all the people answered, "It is well spoken.
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Judges 4:7
And I will draw out Sisera, the general of Jabin's army, to meet you by the river Kishon with his chariots and his troops, and I will give him into your hand'?
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2 Kings 10:25
So as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guard and to the officers, "Go in and strike them down; let not a man escape." So when they put them to the sword, the guard and the officers cast them out and went into the inner room of the house of Baal.
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Cross References
James 5:17 - 18
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
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Luke 12:54
He also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, 'A shower is coming.' And so it happens.
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Joshua 17:16
The people of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us. Yet all the Canaanites who dwell in the plain have chariots of iron, both those in Beth-shean and its villages and those in the Valley of Jezreel.
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2 Kings 3:15
But now bring me a musician." And when the musician played, the hand of the Lord came upon him.
Ezekiel 1:3
The word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar canal, and the hand of the Lord was upon him there.
Ezekiel 3:14
The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the Lord being strong upon me.
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Cross References
Exodus 12:11
In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord 's Passover.
2 Kings 4:29
He said to Gehazi, "Tie up your garment and take my staff in your hand and go. If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not reply. And lay my staff on the face of the child.
2 Kings 9:1
Then Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, "Tie up your garments, and take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
Jeremiah 1:17
But you, dress yourself for work; arise, and say to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them.
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Cross References
Joshua 17:16
The people of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us. Yet all the Canaanites who dwell in the plain have chariots of iron, both those in Beth-shean and its villages and those in the Valley of Jezreel.
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