1 Kings 18:19-39
New King James Version (NKJV)

19 Now therefore, send and gather
all Israel to me on Mount Carmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four
hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
Elijah’s Mount Carmel Victory
20 So
Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together on Mount
Carmel. 21 And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How
long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow
him.” But the people answered him not a word. 22 Then
Elijah said to the people, “I alone am left a prophet of the Lord; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and
fifty men. 23 Therefore let them give us two bulls; and let them
choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, but
put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other bull, and
lay iton the wood, but put no fire under it. 24 Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will
call on the name of the Lord; and the God who answers by
fire, He is God.”

So all the people answered and said, “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, hear us!” But there was no voice; no one answered. Then they
leaped about the altar which they had made.

27 And so it was, at noon, that Elijah mocked them
and said, “Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy,
or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be
awakened.” 28 So they cried aloud, and cut themselves, as was
their custom, with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them. 29 And when midday was past, they prophesied until
the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice.
But there was no voice; no one answered, no one paid attention.

30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to
me.” So all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down. 31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the
number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Israel shall be your
name.” 32 Then with the stones he built an altar in the name
of the Lord; and he made a trench around the altar large
enough to hold two seahs of seed. 33 And he
put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and
said, “Fill four waterpots with water, and pour iton the burnt sacrifice and on the
wood.” 34 Then 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. 35 So the
water ran all around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.

36 And it came to pass, at the time
of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet
came near and said, “Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and
I am Your servant, andthat I have done all these things at Your
word. 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that
You are theLord God,
and that You have turned their hearts back to
You again.”

38 Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and
the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the
trench. 39 Now when all the people
saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!”