1 Kings 18
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New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Kings 18:30-39

30Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people came near to him. And 1he repaired the altar of the Lord which had been torn down.

31Elijah took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “2Israel shall be your name.”

32So with the stones he built an altar in 3the name of the Lord, and he made a trench around the altar, large enough to hold two 4measures of seed.

335Then he arranged the wood and cut the ox in pieces and laid it on the wood.

34And he said, “Fill four pitchers with water 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.

35The water flowed around the altar and he also filled the trench with water.

366At the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “7O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, today let it be known that 8You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and 9I have done all these things at Your word.

37Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that You, O Lord, are God, and that You have turned their heart back again.”

38Then the 10fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

39When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “11The Lord, He is God; the Lord, He is God.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 18:30 1 Kin 19:10, 14; 2 Chr 33:16 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 18:31 Gen 32:28; 35:10; 2 Kin 17:34 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 18:32 Col 3:17 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 18:32 Heb seahs; i.e. one seah equals approx 11 qts ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 18:33 Gen 22:9; Lev 1:7, 8 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 18:36 1 Kin 18:29 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Kings 18:36 Gen 28:13; Ex 3:6; 4:5; Matt 22:32 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Kings 18:36 1 Kin 8:43 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Kings 18:36 Num 16:28-32 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Kings 18:38 Gen 15:17; Lev 9:24; 10:1, 2; Judg 6:21; 2 Kin 1:12; 1 Chr 21:26; 2 Chr 7:1; Job 1:16 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Kings 18:39 1 Kin 18:21, 24 ↩

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