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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Then Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for
there is a sound of abundance of rain.
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So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel, and he cast himself down upon the earth and put his face between his knees
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and said to his slave, 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 the seventh time he said, Behold, a little cloud like the palm of a man’s
hand arises out of the sea. And he said, Go and say to Ahab, Prepare
thy chariot and descend that the rain not stop thee.
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And it came to pass in the meanwhile that the heavens became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.
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And the hand of the LORD was upon Elijah, who girded up his loins and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.