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By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven, and also three times brought down fire.
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O Elijah, how wast thou honored in thy wondrous deeds! And who may glory like unto thee!--
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who didst raise up a dead man from death, and his soul from the place of the dead, by the word of the Most High;
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who broughtest kings to destruction, and honorable men from their bed;
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who heardest the rebuke of the Lord in Sinai, and in Horeb the judgment of vengeance;
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who annointedst kings to take revenge, and prophets to succeed after him;
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who was taken up in a whirlwind of fire, and in a chariot of fiery horses;
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who wast ordained for reproofs in their times, to pacify the wrath of the Lord's judgment, before it broke forth into fury, and to turn the heart of the father unto the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
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Blessed are they that saw thee, and slept in love; for we shall surely live.
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Elijah it was who was covered with a whirlwind, and Elisha was filled with his spirit; whilst he lived, he was not moved with the presence of any prince, neither could any bring him into subjection.
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No word could overcome him, and after his death his body prophesied.