The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 18:21 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot] Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]But the people said nothing.[/FONT]

 

[Deade]

1 Kings 18:22 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only one of the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot]’s prophets left,[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot]but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.[/FONT]

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 18:23 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]Get two bulls for us. Let Baal’s prophets choose one for themselves, and let them cut it into pieces and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood but not set fire to it.[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT]

 

[Deade]

1 Kings 18:24 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord. The god who answers by fire—he is God.”
Then all the people said, “What you say is good.”[/FONT]

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 18:25 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”[/FONT]

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 18:26 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]So they took the bull given them and prepared it.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. “Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.[/FONT]

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 18:27 (NIV)
At noon Elijah began to taunt them. "Shout louder!" he said. "Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened."

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 18:28 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]So they shouted louder and slashed[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed.


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[Deade]

1 Kings 18:29 (NIV)[FONT=&quot]

Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.[/FONT]

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 18:30 (NIV)


[FONT=&quot]Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come here to me.” They came to him, and he repaired the altar[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] of the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot], which had been torn down.[/FONT]

 

[Deade]

1 Kings 18:31 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot] had come, saying, “Your name shall be Israel.”[/FONT]

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 18:32 (KJV)
And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

 

[slave]

[h=1](1 Kings 18:33): ...New International Version (NIV)[/h]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.”

 

[slave]

[h=1](1 Kings 18:34): ... English Standard Version (ESV)[/h]34 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.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 18:35 (KJV)
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

 

[Deade]

1 Kings 18:34 (KJV)

And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 18:35 (KJV)
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

1 Kings 18:36 (KJV)

[FONT=&quot]And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot] God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.[/FONT]

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 18:37 (KJV)

[FONT=&quot]Hear me, O [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot], hear me, that this people may know that thou art the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot] God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.

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[Deade]

I know I changed that :34 to a :36 but somehow it didn't take. So sorry, I should have checked it.

1 Kings 18:38 (KJV)

Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

It even licked the water up; that is some fire!

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 18:39 (KJV)

[FONT=&quot]And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot], he is the God; the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot], he is the God.[/FONT]