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Call you on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Yahweh; and the God who answers by fire, let him be God. All the people answered, It is well spoken.
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A Fair and Fitting Test
Commentators explain that Elijah's challenge was not random. Since Baal was worshipped as the god of the sun and natural forces like lightning, a test involving fire was a direct challenge on Baal's supposed home turf. The people recognized this as a fair and decisive way to determine who the true God was.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The God that answers by fire—God had frequently consumed offerings with supernatural fire before (Leviticus 9:24; [Reference Jud…
19th Century
Anglican
And call you on the name of your gods. — This gift of a “sign from heaven”—not unfamiliar to Israelite experience ([Refer…
Baptist
And the Baalite priests could not refuse the challenge. For they worshipped the sun-god – the god of fire; and if he could not answer the sun-worsh…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And call you on the name of your gods The Baalim, the many lords and gods they served:
and I will…
Many of the people wavered in their judgment and varied in their practice. Elijah called upon them to determine whether Jehovah or Baal was the sel…
