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1 Kings 18:37-39
New English Translation
1 Kings 18:37-39
New English Translation
37 Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, O Lord, are the true God[a] and that you are winning back their allegiance.”[b] 38 Then fire from the Lord fell from the sky.[c] It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the water in the trench. 39 When all the people saw this, they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, “The Lord is the true God![d] The Lord is the true God!”
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- 1 Kings 18:37 tn Heb “the God.”
- 1 Kings 18:37 tn Heb “that you are turning their heart[s] back.”
- 1 Kings 18:38 tn The words “from the sky” are added for stylistic reasons.
- 1 Kings 18:39 tn Heb “the God” (the phrase occurs twice in this verse).
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