NK - Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape

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And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two
opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And
the people answered him not a word. 

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Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the
LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men. 

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Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for
themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:
and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:

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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. 

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And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for
yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your
gods, but put no fire under. 

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And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and
called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear
us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the
altar which was made. 

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And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for
he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey,
or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 

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And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and
lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. 

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And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time
of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor
any to answer, nor any that regarded. 

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And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people
came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken
down. 

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And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the
sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be
thy name: 

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And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a
trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. 

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And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on
the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt
sacrifice, and on the wood. 

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And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he
said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. 

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And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with
water. 

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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 of
Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am
thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. 

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Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD
God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. 

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Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the
wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the
trench. 

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And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The
LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God. 

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And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them
escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon,
and slew them there.