Elijah Praying to God to Set Fire to His Altar in Front of the Prophets of Baal

Description

"Then the fire of Jehovah 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. And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, Jehovah, he is God; Jehovah, he is God." I Kings 18:38-39 ASV

Illustration of Elijah kneeling before the altar, surrounded by a trench as the people kneel and praise God. The altar has a bull on top of it and it is on fire. Flames shoot down from heaven.

Keywords

altar, altars, baal, bull, drench, drenched, Elijah, false god, false gods, fire, flames, God of Israel, miracle, offering, power, prayer, prophet, rain of fire, sacrifice, water, wet wood, wood

Galleries

Bible Stories, The Prophets

Source:

Right Rev. Richard Gilmour, D.D. Bible History: Containing the Most Remarkable Events of the Old and New Testaments, with a Compendium of Church History (New York, NEW YORK (NY): Benziger Brothers, 1904) 90