37. Please answer me, so these people will know that you are the Lord God, and that you will turn their hearts back to you.
38. The Lord immediately sent fire, and it burnt up the sacrifice, the wood, and the stones. It scorched the ground everywhere around the altar and dried up every drop of water in the ditch.
39. When the crowd saw what had happened, they all bowed down and shouted, “The Lord is God! The Lord is God!”
40. Just then, Elijah said, “Grab the prophets of Baal! Don't let any of them get away.”So the people captured the prophets and took them to the River Kishon, where Elijah killed every one of them.
41. Elijah told Ahab, “Get something to eat and drink. I hear a heavy rain coming.”
42. Ahab left, but Elijah climbed back to the top of Mount Carmel. Then he stooped down with his face almost to the ground
43. and said to his servant, “Look towards the sea.”The servant left. And when he came back, he said, “I looked, but I didn't see anything.” Elijah told him to look seven more times.
44. After the seventh time the servant replied, “I see a small cloud coming this way. But it's no bigger than a fist.”Elijah told him, “Tell Ahab to get his chariot ready and start home now. Otherwise, the rain will stop him.”
45-46. A few minutes later, it got very cloudy and windy, and rain started pouring down. So Elijah wrapped his coat around himself, and the Lord gave him strength to run all the way to Jezreel. Ahab followed him.