1 Kings 18:1

Elijah Confronts Ahab

1 aAfter many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth.”

1 Kings 18:27-40

27And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.” 28And they cried aloud and bcut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them. 29And as midday passed, they raved on until the time of cthe offering of the oblation, but there was no voice. No one answered; no one paid attention.

30Then 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 had been dthrown down. 31Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord came, saying, eIsrael shall be your name,” 32and with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord. And he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two seahs
A  seah was about 7 quarts or 7.3 liters
of seed.
33 gAnd he put the wood in order and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. And he said, “Fill four jars with water and hpour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.” 34And 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 a third time. 35And the water ran around the altar and filled the trench also with water.

36And at the time of ithe offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O Lord, jGod of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that kyou are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that lI have done all these things at your word. 37Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that you, O Lord, are God, and that you have turned their hearts back.” 38 mThen the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, n“The Lord, he is God; the Lord, he is God.” 40And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.” And they seized them. And Elijah brought them down to othe brook Kishon and pslaughtered them there.

1 Kings 18:45

45And in a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and went to qJezreel.

Psalms 68:9

9 rRain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;
you restored your inheritance as it languished;

Jeremiah 14:22

22Are there any among sthe false gods of the nations tthat can bring rain?
Or can the heavens give showers?
Are you not he, O Lord our God?
We set our hope on you,
ufor you do all these things.

James 5:17-18

17Elijah was a man vwith a nature like ours, and whe prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for xthree years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 18 yThen he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.

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