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31
|1 Reyes 18:31|
Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, “Your name shall be Israel.”
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32
|1 Reyes 18:32|
With the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD, and he dug a trench round it large enough to hold two seahs [That is, probably about 26 pints (about 15 litres)] of seed.
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33
|1 Reyes 18:33|
He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, “Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.”
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34
|1 Reyes 18:34|
“Do it again,” he said, and they did it again. “Do it a third time,” he ordered, and they did it the third time.
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35
|1 Reyes 18:35|
The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.
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36
|1 Reyes 18:36|
At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.
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37
|1 Reyes 18:37|
Answer me, O LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, O LORD, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.”
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38
|1 Reyes 18:38|
Then the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.
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39
|1 Reyes 18:39|
When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The LORD — he is God! The LORD — he is God!”
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40
|1 Reyes 18:40|
Then Elijah commanded them, “Seize the prophets of Baal. Don’t let anyone get away!” They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered there.
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