1 Kings 18:39 “When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD,…”

1 Kings 18:39

When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “The LORD, he is God! The LORD, he is God!”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And when all the people sawe it, they fell on their faces, and saide, The Lord is God, the Lord is God.

Darby Translation

And all the people saw [it], and they fell on their faces and said, Jehovah, he is God! Jehovah, he is God!

Young's Literal Translation

And all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, 'Jehovah, He [is] the God, Jehovah, He [is] the God.'

Bible in Basic English

And when the people saw it, they all went down on their faces, and said, The Lord, he is God, the Lord, he is God.

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Cross references

“they fell”

2 Chronicles 7:3 Judges 13:20 1 Chronicles 21:16

2 Chronicles 7:3 · BSB

When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good…

Judges 13:20 · BSB

When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.

1 Chronicles 21:16 · BSB

When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.

“The Lord”

1 Kings 18:24 1 Kings 18:21 John 5:35 Acts 2:37 Acts 4:16

1 Kings 18:24 · BSB

Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered, “What you say is good.”

1 Kings 18:21 · BSB

Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.

John 5:35 · BSB

John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.

Acts 2:37 · BSB

When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

Acts 4:16 · BSB

“What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “It is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a remarkable miracle has occurred through them, and we cannot deny it.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

38Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.

40Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.

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