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1 Kings 18:39 — And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they…

“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.”
1 Kings 18:39 · KJV

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37Hear 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.

38Then 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.

39And 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.

40And 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.

41And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

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On seeing this, the people fall on their faces, crying out, “The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.”

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