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1 Kings 18:34-43 Jubilee Bible (JUB)

34. And he said, Do it the second time, and they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time, and they did it the third time.

35. So that the water ran round about the altar, and he had filled the trench also with water.

36. 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, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel and that I am thy slave and that I have done all these things at thy word.

37. Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God and that thou shalt convert their heart back again to thee.

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

39. And seeing it, all the people fell on their faces, and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.

40. And Elijah said unto them, Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they seized them; and Elijah took them down to the brook Kishon and slew them there.

41. Then Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

42. So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel, and he cast himself down upon the earth and put his face between his knees

43. and said to his slave, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up and looked and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

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