36. At the time of the evening offering, the prophet Elijah drew near and prayed: "Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant. I have done all these things at your instructions.
37. Answer me, Lord! Answer me so that this people will know that you, Lord, are the real God and that you can change their hearts."
38. Then the Lord’s fire fell; it consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust. It even licked up the water in the trench!
39. All the people saw this and fell on their faces. "The Lord is the real God! The Lord is the real God!" they exclaimed.
40. Elijah said to them, "Seize Baal’s prophets! Don’t let any escape!" The people seized the prophets, and Elijah brought them to the Kishon Brook and killed them there.
41. Elijah then said to Ahab, "Get up! Celebrate with food and drink because I hear the sound of a rainstorm coming."
42. So Ahab got up to celebrate with food and drink. But Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel. He bowed down to the ground and put his face between his knees.
43. He said to his assistant, "Please get up and look toward the sea."So the assistant did so. He said, "I don’t see anything."Seven times Elijah said, "Do it again."