Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The LORD—he is God! The LORD—he is God!” New Living Translation And when all the people saw it, they fell face down on the ground and cried out, “The LORD—he is God! Yes, the LORD is God!” English Standard Version And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, “The LORD, he is God; the LORD, he is God.” Berean Standard Bible When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!” King James Bible 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. New King James Version Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!” New American Standard Bible When all the people saw this, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God; the LORD, He is God!” NASB 1995 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God; the LORD, He is God.” NASB 1977 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God; the LORD, He is God.” Legacy Standard Bible And all the people saw it and fell on their faces and said, “Yahweh, He is God; Yahweh, He is God.” Amplified Bible When all the people saw it, they fell face downward; and they said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!” Christian Standard Bible When all the people saw it, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, he is God! The LORD, he is God! ” Holman Christian Standard Bible When all the people saw it, they fell facedown and said, “Yahweh, He is God! Yahweh, 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. Contemporary English Version When the crowd saw what had happened, they all bowed down and shouted, "The LORD is God! The LORD is God!" English Revised Version And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is God; the LORD, he is God. GOD'S WORD® Translation All the people saw it and immediately bowed down to the ground. "The LORD is God!" they said. "The LORD is God!" Good News Translation When the people saw this, they threw themselves on the ground and exclaimed, "The LORD is God; the LORD alone is God!" International Standard Version When all the people saw what had happened, they fell flat on their faces and cried out "The LORD is God! The LORD is God!" Majority Standard Bible When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, ?The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!? NET Bible When all the people saw this, they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, "The LORD is the true God! The LORD is the true God!" New Heart English Bible And when all the people saw it, they fell facedown and said, "The LORD, he is God. The LORD, he is God." Webster's Bible Translation 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, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, “YHWH, He [is] the God! YHWH, He [is] the 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.' Smith's Literal Translation And all the people will see and fall upon their face, and say, Jehovah, he is God; Jehovah he is God. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd when all the people saw this, they fell on their faces, and they said: The Lord he is God, the Lord he is God. Catholic Public Domain Version 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!” New American Bible Seeing this, all the people fell prostrate and said, “The LORD is God! The LORD is God!” New Revised Standard Version When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, “The LORD indeed is God; the LORD indeed is God.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, The LORD, he is God; the LORD, he is God. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And all the people saw and they fell on their faces, and they said: “LORD JEHOVAH is God! LORD JEHOVAH is God!” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said: 'The LORD, He is God; the LORD, He is God.' Brenton Septuagint Translation And all the people fell upon their faces, and said, Truly the Lord is God; he is God. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Elijah's Prayer…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. 39When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!” 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.… Cross References Exodus 20:3 You shall have no other gods before Me. Deuteronomy 4:35 You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him. Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One. Joshua 24:14-15 Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. / But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!” 2 Kings 17:36 Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him. 2 Kings 19:15-19 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. / Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God. / Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands. ... Psalm 86:10 For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God. Isaiah 37:16 “O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. Isaiah 45:5-6 I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me, / so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other. Jeremiah 10:10 But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation. Daniel 3:28-29 Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God. / Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.” Matthew 4:10 “Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’” Matthew 22:37 Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ Mark 12:29-30 Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. / Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ Luke 4:8 But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’” Treasury of Scripture 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. they fell Judges 13:20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground. 1 Chronicles 21:16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. 2 Chronicles 7:3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. The Lord 1 Kings 18:21,24 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… John 5:35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Jump to Previous Cried Faces Fall Fell ProstrateJump to Next Cried Faces Fall Fell Prostrate1 Kings 18 1. In the extremity of famine Elijah, sent to Ahab, meets good Obadiah9. Obadiah brings Ahab to Elijah 17. Elijah, reproving Ahab, by fire from heaven convinces Baal's prophets 41. Elijah, by prayer obtaining rain, follows Ahab to Jezreel When all the people saw this This phrase refers to the dramatic event on Mount Carmel where Elijah called down fire from heaven to consume the sacrifice, altar, and even the water in the trench. This miraculous event was a direct challenge to the prophets of Baal and a demonstration of the power of the God of Israel. The people witnessing this were Israelites who had been wavering between worshiping Yahweh and Baal. The context is a time of spiritual apostasy in Israel, under the rule of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, who promoted Baal worship. The event is a pivotal moment in the narrative, showcasing God's supremacy over false gods. they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!” Persons / Places / Events 1. ElijahA prophet of God who challenged the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel to demonstrate the power of the true God. 2. Mount Carmel The location where Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal and God demonstrated His power through fire from heaven. 3. Prophets of Baal Pagan prophets who worshiped Baal, a false god, and were challenged by Elijah to prove the power of their deity. 4. The People of Israel Witnesses to the contest on Mount Carmel, who were led to acknowledge the LORD as the true God after witnessing the miracle. 5. The LORD (Yahweh) The one true God who answered Elijah's prayer by sending fire from heaven, proving His sovereignty and power. Teaching Points Acknowledging God's SovereigntyThe people's response to God's demonstration of power reminds us to recognize and submit to God's authority in our lives. The Power of Prayer Elijah's prayer was simple yet powerful, showing that sincere prayer aligned with God's will can lead to miraculous outcomes. Confronting Idolatry Just as Elijah confronted the false prophets, we are called to confront and remove any idols in our lives that take the place of God. Public Declaration of Faith The Israelites' public acknowledgment of the LORD as God challenges us to boldly declare our faith in God before others. God's Faithfulness God’s response to Elijah’s prayer demonstrates His faithfulness to His people and His willingness to reveal Himself to those who seek Him.(39) They fell on their faces.--Exactly as in Leviticus 9:24, at the inauguration of the sacrifices of the new Tabernacle by the fire from heaven, with the characteristic addition of the cry, "Jehovah; He, and He only, is God."Verse 39. - And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces [As in Leviticus 9:24; 2 Chronicles 7:3; cf. Numbers 22:31; Joshua 5:14; Revelation 11:16. They recognized in the fire, that is to say, the token of the Divine Presence]: and they said, The Lord [Jehovah. The connexion of this verse with the three verses preceding is obscured by our translation], he is the God; the Lord, he is the God. [The echo of ver. 24. The Hebrew words are the same. Stanley remarks that it is as if (by a slight inversion) they turned "the name of the prophet himself into a war-cry, 'Eli-Jah-hu.'"] Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When allכָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the people הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock saw this, וַיַּרְא֙ (way·yar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see they fell וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ (way·yip·pə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5307: To fall, lie facedown עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against and said, וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say “The LORD, יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel He ה֣וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is God! הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative The LORD, יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel He ה֥וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is God!” הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Links 1 Kings 18:39 NIV1 Kings 18:39 NLT 1 Kings 18:39 ESV 1 Kings 18:39 NASB 1 Kings 18:39 KJV 1 Kings 18:39 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 18:39 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 18:39 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 18:39 French Bible 1 Kings 18:39 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 18:39 When all the people saw it they (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |
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