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1 Kings 18:37-38 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 18 · verses 37–38
37Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. 38Then 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.1 Kings 18:37-38 · King James Version
1 Kings 18:37-38 in context
35And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
36And 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.
37Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
38Then 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.
39And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
40And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
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Key words (Strong's)
- sacrificeʻôlâha step orH5930 →
- consumedʼâkalto eatH398 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- turnedçâbabto revolve, surround, or borderH5437 →
- stonesʼebena stoneH68 →
- trenchtᵉʻâlâha channelH8585 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- watermayimwaterH4325 →
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Ahab and the people expected that Elijah would, in this solemn assembly, bless the land, and pray for rain; but he had other work to do first. The people must be brought to repent and reform, and then they may look for the removal of the judgment, but not till then. This is the right method.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-40