1 Kings 18:39

39 And seeing it, all the people fell on their faces, and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the 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 Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God and that thou shalt convert their heart back again to thee.

38 Then fire of the LORD fell, which consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust and licked up the water that was in the trench.

39 And seeing it, all the people fell on their faces, and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.

40 And Elijah said unto them, Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they seized them; and Elijah took them down to the brook Kishon and slew them there.

41 Then Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.