1 Kings 18:39

39 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, the LORD, he is God; the LORD, he is God.

1 Kings 18:39 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 18:39

And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces
In reverence of God, astonished at the miracle wrought, ashamed of themselves and their sins, particularly their idolatry, that they should turn their backs on the true God, and follow idols:

and they said, the Lord, he is the God, the Lord, he is the God;
which acknowledgment of God, as the true God, in opposition to Baal, is repeated, to show their firm belief and strong assurance of it.

1 Kings 18:39 In-Context

37 Hear me, LORD, hear me, that this people may know that you, LORD, are God, and [that] you have turned their heart back again.

38 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.

39 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, the LORD, he is God; the LORD, he is God.

40 and Eliyah said to them, Take the prophets of Ba`al; don't let one of them escape. They took them; and Eliyah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.

41 Eliyah said to Ach'av, Get you up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.