1 Kings 16:29-17:1,

Elijah and the prophets of Baal 18:1-46

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original filmstrip script from
the Moody Bible Institute.

1 When Ahab became King of

Israel he did more evil than
all the Kings before him.

2 King Ahab not only turned

away from God to worship
Baal, but encouraged the
whole nation to do the
same.

3 People who refused to

worship Baal were
persecuted or driven out of
the country. Every prophet
of God who could be found
was put to death.
4 Suddenly, one day, the King
heard a voice burst out like
a thunderclap and a
stranger stood before him.

5 ‘As the Lord God of Israel

lives there will not be dew or
rain until I say so.’ Elijah the
prophet had arrived with a
message from the Lord
God.

6 People stood in stunned

silence as Elijah turned and
left. A prophet of God had
not been heard for a long
time, but they paid little
attention to Elijah or God’s
warning.

7 For three years no rain fell

in the land of Israel. The
grass disappeared from the
hills. The cattle grew lean.
Nothing grew in the field and
people had less and less to
eat.

8 In every home people were

suffering from hunger.
Unless rain fell soon there
would be no food at all.
They began thinking about
Elijah’s warning.
 9 When the King saw the land
turning to desert and his
animals dying of hunger, he
sent messengers to find
Elijah.

10 They all returned with the

same response, ‘Elijah is
nowhere to be found.’ The
King sent messengers to
every city and country
around.

11 The messengers began to

fear for their lives as the
King became furious at their
failure to find the prophet.

12 God then spoke to Elijah,

‘Go and show yourself to
Ahab and I will send rain on
the earth.’

13 Elijah set off and saw

Obadiah the King’s servant.
The prophet said, ‘Go and
tell your Ahab that Elijah has
returned.’ Obadiah hurried
back to the king.
14 King Ahab listened to
Obadiah’s report and set off
to find Elijah.

15 Elijah was not afraid and

waited calmly for the King to
arrive.

The king cried angrily, ‘Are

16 you the one who has been
troubling Israel?’

17 Elijah answered, ‘I am not

troubling Israel. You are!
You have disobeyed the
commandments of the Lord

18 ‘You have worshiped the

false god Baal.’
19 Ahab could not answer the
prophet of God.

20 The King listened as Elijah

told him gather all the
people of Israel and all the
prophets of Baal on Mount
Carmel. Ahab agreed.

21 From every corner of the

kingdom people came to
Mount Carmel wondering
what was going to happen.

22 Elijah wanted to let the

people see that the Lord
God had overwhelming
power.

23 ‘How long will you waver

between two opinions?’
Elijah asked. ‘If the Lord is
God follow Him. If Baal is
god then follow him.’
24 The people listened but
would not reply.

25 Elijah proclaimed, ‘I am a
lone prophet of the Lord but
Baal has 450 prophets.

26 ‘Let them prepare a sacrifice

and I will do the same. We
will not light the fire. They
will call on Baal and I will
call on the Lord and one
who answers with fire, let
Him be God.

27 The people agreed to the

contest.

28 Elijah stood by as the

prophets of Baal prepared
their sacrifice and called on
their god from morning until
noon.
29 The prophets leaped and
danced. ‘Oh Baal, hear us!’
But there was no answer
from Baal.

30 At noon Elijah mocked the

prophets. ‘Cry louder.
Maybe Baal is talking or
away on a journey. Maybe
he’s asleep and needs to be
woken.’

31 The prophets of Baal cried

louder than ever, leaping
around in a wild frenzy
begging their god to answer.
They even cut themselves
with knives that Baal might
take pity on them.

32 The people watched but

Baal did not answer. Elijah
then called the people near
him as he prepared his
sacrifice.

33 First Elijah took twelve

stones and rebuilt a broken
altar of the Lord.
34 He put the wood in place
and laid the sacrifice on the
altar.

35 Next he made a trench all

around the altar of the Lord
and made a strange
request.

36 He told the people to fill

twelve large jars with water
…

37 … and throw it all over the

sacrifice until it was soaked
and the trench was filled to
the brim.

38 The people watched as

Elijah came to the altar and
prayed, ‘Lord God of Isreal,
let it be known today that
You are God and I am your
servant who has done all
these things at your
command.
39 ‘Hear me O Lord, so that
these people will know you
are the Lord God and turn
back to you.’

40 Suddenly the fire of the Lord

fell.

41 The altar, the sacrifice, the

water, even the dust of the
ground was consumed by
the fire.

42 The people fell on their

faces and exclaimed, ‘The
Lord, He is God! The Lord,
He is God!’
The whole nation
worshipped the Lord as the
only living God.

43 Only then did Elijah begin to

think about rain. He went up
to the top of Mount Carmel
and fell on the ground to
pray. Then he told his
servant to go and look out to
sea for a rain cloud.
44 The servant reported there
was nothing. Elijah kept
praying and sent the servant
seven times to look for rain.
The seventh time the
servant reported ‘There is a
small cloud the size of a
man’s hand rising out of the
sea.’

45 Elijah sent his servant to

King Ahab to tell him the
rain was coming. The
people had repented and
turned back to God and the
Lord blessed them with rain
and food once more.
(Acts 3:19).

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