Artist Illustration of Elijah and the Priests of Baal on Mount Carmel
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Artist Illustration of Elijah and the Priests of Baal on Mount Carmel
Elijah and the Priests of Baal on Mount Carmel
20 So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and gathered the prophets at Mount Carmel. . . . 22 Then Elijah said to the people, . . . 24“You call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord. The God who answers with fire, he is God.” All the people answered, “That’s fine.” . . . 26 So they took the bull that he gave them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound; no one answered. . . . 36 At the time for offering the evening sacrifice, the prophet Elijah approached the altar and said, “Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, today let it be known that you are God in Israel and I am your servant, and that at your word I have done all these things. 37 Answer me, Lord! Answer me so that this people will know that you, Lord, are God and that you have turned their hearts back.” 38 Then the Lord’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 When all the people saw it, they fell facedown and said, “The Lord, he is God! The Lord, he is God!”.
