38. Then the Lord’s fire fell, and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, 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. They said, “The Lord, he is God! the Lord, he is God!”
40. Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let one of them escape!”They seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
41. Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
42. So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.
43. He said to his servant, “Go up now, and look towards the sea.”He went up, and looked, and said, “There is nothing.”He said, “Go again” seven times.
44. On the seventh time, he said, “Behold, a small cloud, like a man’s hand, is rising out of the sea.”He said, “Go up, tell Ahab, ‘Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn’t stop you.’”
45. In a little while, the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.