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Passage Lookup: 1 Kings 18:19-40

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1 Kings 18:19
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"Now then, send orders and gather to me all Israel at (C1)Mount Carmel, (C2)together with 450 prophets of Baal and four hundred prophets of (F1)(C3)the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table."
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1 Kings 18:20
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So Ahab sent orders among all the sons of Israel and brought the prophets together at Mount Carmel.
1 Kings 18:21
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Then Elijah approached all the people and said, "(C1)How long are you going to (F1)struggle with the two choices? (C2)If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." But the people did not answer him so much as a word.
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1 Kings 18:22
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Then Elijah said to the people, "I (C1)alone am left as a prophet of the LORD, while Baal's prophets are (C2)450 men.
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1 Kings 18:23
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"Now have them give us two oxen; and have them choose the one ox for themselves and cut it up, and place it on the wood, but put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other ox and lay it on the wood, and I will not put a fire under it.
1 Kings 18:24
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"Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD; and (C1)the God who answers by fire, He is God." And all the people replied, "(F1)That is a good idea."
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1 Kings 18:25
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So Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose the one ox for yourselves and prepare it first, since there are many of you, and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under the ox."
1 Kings 18:26
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Then they took the ox which (F1)was given them and they prepared it, and they called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, "O Baal, answer us!" But there was (C1)no voice and no one answered. And they (F2)limped about the altar which (F3)they had made.
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1 Kings 18:27
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And at noon Elijah ridiculed them and said, "Call out with a loud voice, since he is a god; undoubtedly he is attending to business, or is on the way, or is on a journey. Perhaps he is asleep, and will awaken."
1 Kings 18:28
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So they cried out with a loud voice, and (C1)cut themselves according to their custom with swords and lances until blood gushed out on them.
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1 Kings 18:29
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When midday was past, they raved (C1)until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice; but there was no voice, no one answered, and (F1)no one paid attention.
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1 Kings 18:30
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Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come forward to me." So all the people came forward to him. And (C1)he repaired the altar of the LORD which had been torn down.
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1 Kings 18:31
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Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, "(C1)Israel shall be your name."
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1 Kings 18:32
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And with the stones he built an altar in (C1)the name of the LORD; and he made a trench around the altar, large enough to hold two (F1)measures of seed.
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1 Kings 18:33
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(C1)Then he laid out the wood, and he cut the ox in pieces and placed it on the wood.
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1 Kings 18:34
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And he said, "Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood." And he said, "Do it a second time," so they did it a second time. Then he said, "Do it a third time," so they did it a third time.
1 Kings 18:35
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The water flowed around the altar, and he also filled the trench with water.
1 Kings 18:36
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Then (C1)at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached and said, "(C2)LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, today let it be known that (C3)You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant, and that (C4)I have done all these things at Your word.
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1 Kings 18:37
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"Answer me, LORD, answer me, so that this people may know that You, LORD, are God, and that You have turned their heart back."
1 Kings 18:38
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Then the (C1)fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood, and the stones and the dust; and it licked up the water that was in the trench.
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1 Kings 18:39
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When all the people saw this, they fell on their faces; and they said, "(C1)The LORD, He is God; the LORD, He is God!"
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1 Kings 18:40
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Then Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape." So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to (C1)the brook Kishon, (C2)and slaughtered them there.
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