1 Kings 18:40

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38 Then ^athe 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, ^a“The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!”

40 And Elijah said to them, ^a“Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let one of them escape!” So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Brook ^bKishon and ^cexecuted them there.

The Drought Ends

41 Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”

42 So Ahab went up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; ^athen he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees,

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Let not one of them escape - They had committed the highest crime against the state and the people by introducing idolatry, and bringing down God' s judgments upon the land; therefore their lives were forfeited to that law which had ordered every idolater to be slain. It seems also that Ahab, who was present, consented to this act of impartial justice.

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