24 Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord; and the God who (A)answers by fire, He is God.”

So all the people answered and said, [a]“It is well spoken.”

25 Now Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one bull for yourselves and prepare it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.

26 So they took the bull which was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon, saying, “O Baal, [b]hear us!” But there was (B)no voice; no one answered. Then they [c]leaped about the altar which they had made.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 18:24 Lit. The word is good
  2. 1 Kings 18:26 answer
  3. 1 Kings 18:26 Lit. limped about, leaped in dancing around

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