36 And when it was now time for the holocaust to be offered, the prophet Elijah, drawing near, said: 'O Lord, God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel, reveal this day that you are the God of Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have acted, in all these things, in accord with your precept.
37 Heed me, O Lord, heed me, so that this people may learn that you are the Lord God, and that you have converted their heart again.'
38 Then the fire of the Lord fell down and devoured the holocaust, and the wood, and the stones, and even the dust, and it absorbed the water that was in the trench.
39 And when all the people had seen it, they fell upon their face, and they said: 'The Lord himself is God! The Lord himself is God!'
40 And Elijah said to them, 'Apprehend the prophets of Baal, and do not let even one of them escape.' And when they had apprehended them, Elijah led them down to the torrent Kishon, and he put them to death there.
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