Hear me, LORD, hear me, that this people may know that you, LORD, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Kings 18:37 in context
1 Kings 18:34–40
34
He said, “Do it a second time;” and they did it the second time. He said, “Do it a third time;” and they did it the third time.
35
The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
36
At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.
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Hear me, LORD, hear me, that this people may know that you, LORD, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again. ”
38
Then the LORD’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust; and it 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.
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