And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
You call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD. Whichever God answers by sending fire, let him be the true God. And all the people responded and said, 'That's a good plan.'
Elijah is proposing a dramatic test to prove which god is real - his God or the false gods - by seeing who will send fire from heaven.
📚 Historical Context
This verse occurs during the famous showdown on Mount Carmel between the prophet Elijah and 450 prophets of the false god Baal. Israel had been suffering through a severe drought, and King Ahab and Queen Jezebel had led the nation into worshipping Baal instead of the true God. Elijah challenged them to this public test to demonstrate once and for all who the real God was.
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