Story 24 - Elijah 2
In the third year of the drought, when no rain fell on the land and so crops could not grow, God spoke to Elijah. He told Elijah to go and see King Ahab. When King Ahab saw Elijah he said, “Is that you, you troublemaker?” Elijah answered, “It is not I that am the troublemaker, you are. You have abandoned God’s ways and followed Baal, a false god. Now meet me on Mount Carmel with Baal’s prophets.” The prophets of Baal built a pile of wood, killed a bull, cut it up and put it on the wood. Then they cried out to their god Baal to bring fire down onto it and burn it up. They prayed all morning but nothing happened. Elijah started to tease them, “Shout louder, maybe he is asleep, or busy, or on holiday!” They prayed louder and louder and got more and more frustrated and exhausted.
All the people fell to their faces, shocked and in awe and worshipped God. All the prophets of Baal were killed. |