30. Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.
31. Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord came saying, “Israel shall be your name,”
32. and he built an altar in the name of the Lord with stones, and he made a trench around the altar, so deep that it could contain two seahs of seed.
33. He arranged the wood and cut the bull in pieces and laid him on the wood and said, “Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood.”
34. 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 the third time.
35. The water ran all around the altar and also filled the trench with water.
36. At the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “The Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and that I have done all these things at Your word.
37. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, so that this people may know that You are the Lord God and that You have turned their hearts back again.”
38. 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.
39. When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, “The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!”
40. Elijah said to them, “Arrest the prophets of Baal, and do not let one of them escape.” And they arrested them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon brook and executed them there.
41. Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink, for there is a sound of a heavy rainfall.”
42. So Ahab got up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel, and he threw himself down on the ground and put his face between his knees.
43. And he said to his servant, “Go up now, and look toward the sea.”And he went up and looked and said, “There is nothing.”And he said, “Go again,” seven times.
44. On the seventh time, he said, “A small cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising out of the sea.”And he said, “Go up and say to Ahab, ‘Mount your chariot and get down, so that the rain does not stop you.’ ”
45. In the meantime, the sky turned black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.
46. The hand of the Lord was on Elijah, and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.