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1 Kings 18:37
EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Please answer me, LORD! Answer me so that these people will know that you, LORD, are the true God. They will know that you have caused them to turn back to serve you again.’
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1 Kings 18:36
The time came for the evening offering. Then God's prophet Elijah came to the front of the altar. He prayed, ‘LORD, you are the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel. Show people clearly today that you are the God who rules over Israel. Show that I am your servant. Show that I have done all these things because you commanded me to do them.
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1 Kings 18:21
Elijah stood up in front of the people and he said, ‘You must now decide who to worship! If the LORD is the true God, worship him. But if Baal is God, worship him.’ But the people said nothing.
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1 Kings 18:38
Then the LORD sent fire down from above. It burned the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the dirt. It made all the water in the hole around the altar disappear!
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1 Kings 18:39
When all the people saw this, they threw themselves down on the ground. They shouted, ‘The LORD is the true God! Yes, the LORD is God!’
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1 Kings 18:44
The seventh time, the servant said, ‘I can see a small cloud above the sea that is coming this way. It is only as big as a man's hand.’ So Elijah said, ‘Go and tell Ahab, “Prepare your chariot now! Go back down quickly before the rain stops you.” ’
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1 Kings 18:46
Then the LORD gave Elijah special power. Elijah tied his robe into his belt and he ran all the way to Jezreel. Ahab followed him.
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1 Kings 18:41
Then Elijah said to Ahab, ‘Go now and have some food to eat. Go quickly, because there is the sound of heavy rain that is coming.’
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1 Kings 18:43
He said to his servant, ‘Go up and look towards the sea.’ So his servant did that. He said to Elijah, ‘There is nothing to see there.’ Elijah told his servant seven times, ‘Go back and look again.’
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1 Kings 18:30
Then Elijah said to all the people, ‘Come nearer to me.’ When they came, Elijah mended the LORD's altar that had broken into pieces.
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1 Kings 18:24
Then, you pray to your god, and I will pray to the LORD. The god who answers and who sends fire to light the wood, he is the true God!’ All the people agreed that this was a good idea.
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1 Kings 18:31
Elijah picked up 12 stones, one for each of the tribes that were Jacob's descendants. Jacob was the man that the LORD had given the new name ‘Israel’.
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1 Kings 18:27
At noon, Elijah began to laugh at them. ‘Shout louder!’ he said. ‘He is a god, isn't he? Maybe he is thinking about something else! Or has he left the room for a moment? Maybe he has gone away from home on a journey. Or perhaps he is asleep and you need to wake him up!’
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1 Kings 18:32
Elijah used the 12 stones to build an altar that would give honour to the LORD. He dug a hole in the ground all around it. The hole was big enough to contain 15 litres of seeds.
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