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.