1 Kings 18:32-46 ▼

32 And he built with the stones an altar in the name of YHWH, and he made a trench like the house of two seahs of seed around the altar.

33 And he arranged the wood, and he cut into pieces the bull and laid it on the wood.

34 And he said, “Fill four pitchers, waterpots, and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.” And he said, “Do it a second time.” And they did it a second time. And he said, “Do it a third time.” And they did it a third time.

35 And the water ran around the altar, and even the trench he filled with water.

36 And it came to pass at the going up of the sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O YHWH, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it this day be known that You are God in Israel, and I am Your servant, and at Your word I have done all these things.

37 Answer me, O YHWH! Answer me, that this people may know that You are YHWH God, and You have turned their hearts back again.”

38 And the fire fell of YHWH and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust. And the water that was in the trench it licked up.

39 And all the people saw it, and they fell on their faces and said, “YHWH, He is God! YHWH, He is God!”

40 And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of the Baal! Let not a man escape of them.” And they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.

41 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the roar of the rain.”

42 And Ahab went up to eat and drink, and Elijah went up to the top of Carmel. And he bowed down on the ground and put his face between his knees,

43 and he said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the way the sea.” And he went up and looked and said, “There is not anything.” And he said, “Go again,” seven times.

44 And it came to pass on the seventh time that he said, “There is a cloud as small as the palm of man rising out of the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Harness and go down, and do not let the rain restrain you.’”

45 And it came to pass in the meantime thus, and in the meantime the heavens became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. And Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

46 And the hand of YHWH came upon Elijah, and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.