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And it came to pass ,
when Achab saw Elijah ,
that Achab said unto him ,
Art thou he that troubleth Israel ?
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And he answered ,
I have not troubled Israel ;
but thou ,
and thy father
s house ,
through your forsaking the commandments of the Lord ,
and because thou hast followed the Be
alim .
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And now send ,
assemble unto me all Israel at Mount Carmel ,
and the prophets of Ba
al four hundred and fifty ,
and the prophets of the grove four hundred ,
who eat at the table of Izebel .
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And Achab sent round among all the children of Israel ,
and he assembled the prophets at Mount Carmel .
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And Elijah approached unto all the people ,
and said ,
How long halt ye between the two opinions ?
if the Lord be the God ,
follow him ;
and if Ba
al
follow him .
And the people answered him not a word .
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And Elijah said unto the people ,
I have been left a prophet of the Lord by myself alone ;
but the prophets of Ba
al are four hundred and fifty men .
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Therefore let there be given unto us two bullocks ;
and let them choose for themselves the one bullock ,
and cut it in pieces ,
and lay it on wood ,
and put no fire to it :
and I will prepare the other bullock ,
and lay it on wood ,
and put no fire to it .
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And do ye call on the name of your god ,
and I will call on the name of the Lord :
and it shall be that the God who answereth by fire ,
he shall be the God .
And all the people answered and said ,
The proposal is good .
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And Elijah said unto the prophets of Ba
al ,
Choose you for yourselves the one bullock ,
and prepare it first ;
for ye are the many ;
and call on the name of your god ,
but put no fire to it .
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And they took the bullock which he had given to them ,
and they prepared it ;
and they called on the name of Ba
al from morning even until noon ,
saying ,
O Ba
al ,
answer us ;
but there was no voice ,
nor any answer :
and they danced about the altar which had been made .
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And it came to pass at noon ,
that Elijah mocked at them ,
and said ,
Call with a loud voice ;
for he is a god ;
either he is holding council ,
or he is busy in some pursuit ,
or he is on a journey ;
or peradventure he sleepeth ,
and may thus awaken .
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And they called with a loud voice and cut themselves after their custom with knives and spears ,
till the blood gushed out over them .
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And it came to pass ,
when midday was past ,
that they practised their follies until near the offering of the evening
sacrifice ;
but there was neither voice ,
nor any answer ,
nor any perceptible sound .
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And Elijah said unto all the people ,
Come near unto me :
and all the people came near unto him ;
and he repaired the altar of the Lord that had been torn down .
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And Elijah took twelve stones ,
according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob ,
unto whom the word of the Lord was come ,
saying ,
Israel shall be thy name .
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And he built of the stones an altar in the name of the Lord ;
and he made a trench as great as would contain two seahs of seed round about the altar .
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And he put in order the wood ,
and cut the bullock in pieces ,
and laid them on the wood ,
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And he said .
Fill four jars with water ;
and they had to pour it on the burnt
offering ,
and on the wood :
and he said ,
Do it the second time :
and they did it the second time :
and he said ,
Do it the third time ;
and they did it the third time .
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And the water ran round about the altar ;
and the trench also he filled with water .
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And it came to pass ,
at the offering of the evening
sacrifice ,
that Elijah the prophet came near ,
and said ,
O Lord ,
God of Abraham ,
of Isaac ,
and of Israel ,
this day let it be known that thou art God in Israel ,
and that I am thy servant ,
and that at thy word I have done all these things .
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Answer me ,
O Lord ,
answer me ,
and let all this people know that thou ,
O Lord ,
art the God ,
and thou wilt have turned their heart back again .
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And there fell a fire of the Lord ,
and consumed the burnt
offering ,
and the wood ,
and the stones ,
and the dust ;
and the water also that was in the trench did it lick up .
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And when all the people saw this ,
they 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 Ba
al ;
not one of them must escape ;
and they seized them :
and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon ,
and slaughtered them there .