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  2. 1 Kings 18 - Wikipedia

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    1 Kings 18 is the eighteenth chapter of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the First Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of Israel and Judah by a Deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century BCE, with a supplement added in the sixth century BCE. [3]

  3. Elijah - Wikipedia

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    Elijah (/ ɪ ˈ l aɪ dʒ ə / il-EYE-jə) [a] was a prophet and miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel [12] during the reign of King Ahab (9th century BC), according to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible. In 1 Kings 18, Elijah defended the worship of the Hebrew deity Yahweh over that of the Canaanite deity Baal.

  4. Thou shalt have no other gods before me - Wikipedia

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    [18] For example, 1 Kings 18 describes how the prophet Elijah tries to convince king Ahab whose land suffers from famine of abandoning worship of Baal and Asherah in favor of the Lord. He assembles all the prophets of Baal and Asherah on Mount Carmel and tells them: "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him ...

  5. Books of Kings - Wikipedia

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    The Jerusalem Bible divides the two Books of Kings into eight sections: 1 Kings 1:1–2:46. The Davidic succession; 1 Kings 3:1–11:43. Solomon in all his glory; 1 Kings 12:1–13:34. The political and religious schism; 1 Kings 14:1–16:34. The two kingdoms until Elijah; 1 Kings 17:1 – 2 Kings 1:18. The Elijah cycle; 2 Kings 2:1–13:25 ...

  6. Portal:Bible/Featured chapter/1 Kings - Wikipedia

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    1 kings 18 At Mount Carmel, Elijah announces he will sacrifice a bull to Yahweh, and he expects that the worshippers of Baal will sacrifice a bull to Baal, stating that the real god will respond. When there is no response from Baal, he makes the sacrifice to Yahweh, and a fire appears from heaven and consumes it.

  7. Obadiah (1 Kings) - Wikipedia

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    According to 1 Kings 18:4, Obadiah hid a hundred prophets of God in two caves, fifty in each, to protect them from Jezebel, Ahab's wife.Later statements of the prophet Elijah, where he describes himself as the only remaining prophet of Yahweh [2] led biblical theologian Otto Thenius to conclude that eventually they were captured and killed, but George Rawlinson and other commentators argue ...

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  9. Mount Horeb - Wikipedia

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    [18] God Appears to Elijah on Mount Horeb, 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld. 1 Kings 8:9 and 2 Chronicles 5:10 state that the Ark of the Covenant contained only the tablets delivered to Moses at Horeb. [19] In 1 Kings 19:8-18, Elijah visits "Horeb the mount of God", [20] and encounters God there. [21]