1 Kings 18:38

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then fire from the LORD fell from the sky. It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the water in the trench.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 9:24 : 24 Then fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat parts on the altar, and all the people saw it, so they shouted loudly and fell down with their faces to the ground.
  • Judg 6:21 : 21 The LORD’s angel touched the meat and the unleavened bread with the tip of his staff. Fire flared up from the rock and consumed the meat and unleavened bread. The LORD’s angel then disappeared.
  • 1 Chr 21:26 : 26 David built there an altar to the LORD and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. He called out to the LORD, and the LORD responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar.
  • 2 Chr 7:1 : 1 Solomon Dedicates the Temple When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the LORD’s splendor filled the temple.
  • Job 1:16 : 16 While this one was still speaking, another messenger arrived and said,“The fire of God has fallen from heaven and has burned up the sheep and the servants– it has consumed them! And I– only I alone– escaped to tell you!”
  • 1 Kgs 18:24 : 24 Then you will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the LORD. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.” All the people responded,“This will be a fair test.”
  • 2 Kgs 1:12 : 12 Elijah replied to them,“If I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!” Fire from God came down from the sky and consumed him and his fifty soldiers.
  • Lev 10:2 : 2 So fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them so that they died before the LORD.
  • Gen 15:17 : 17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts.
  • Isa 31:9 : 9 They will surrender their stronghold because of fear; their officers will be afraid of the LORD’s battle flag.” This is what the LORD says– the one whose fire is in Zion, whose firepot is in Jerusalem.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 9:24
    82%

    24Then fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat parts on the altar, and all the people saw it, so they shouted loudly and fell down with their faces to the ground.

  • 1 Kgs 18:39
    80%

    39When 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!”

  • 2 Chr 7:1
    76%

    1Solomon Dedicates the Temple When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the LORD’s splendor filled the temple.

  • 1 Kgs 18:32-37
    6 verses
    76%

    32With the stones he constructed an altar for the LORD. Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs of seed.

    33He arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood. Then he said,“Fill four water jars and pour the water on the offering and the wood.”

    34When they had done so, he said,“Do it again.” So they did it again. Then he said,“Do it a third time.” So they did it a third time.

    35The water flowed down all sides of the altar and filled the trench.

    36When it was time for the evening offering, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and prayed:“O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.

    37Answer me, O LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, O LORD, are the true God and that you are winning back their allegiance.”

  • Num 16:34-35
    2 verses
    75%

    34All the Israelites who were around them fled at their cry, for they said,“What if the earth swallows us too?”

    35Then a fire went out from the LORD and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.

  • Lev 10:2
    74%

    2So fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them so that they died before the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 18:23-25
    3 verses
    74%

    23Let them bring us two bulls. Let them choose one of the bulls for themselves, cut it up into pieces, and place it on the wood. But they must not set it on fire. I will do the same to the other bull and place it on the wood. But I will not set it on fire.

    24Then you will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the LORD. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.” All the people responded,“This will be a fair test.”

    25Elijah told the prophets of Baal,“Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire.”

  • 2 Kgs 1:12
    74%

    12Elijah replied to them,“If I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!” Fire from God came down from the sky and consumed him and his fifty soldiers.

  • 2 Chr 7:3
    73%

    3When all the Israelites saw the fire come down and the LORD’s splendor over the temple, they got on their knees with their faces downward toward the pavement. They worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD, saying,“Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!”

  • Ps 29:7
    73%

    7The LORD’s shout strikes with flaming fire.

  • Ps 18:8
    73%

    8Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.

  • Heb 12:29
    73%

    29For our God is indeed a devouring fire.

  • Ps 106:18
    72%

    18Fire burned their group; the flames scorched the wicked.

  • Amos 7:4
    72%

    4The Sovereign LORD showed me this: I saw the Sovereign LORD summoning a shower of fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields.

  • 1 Chr 21:26
    72%

    26David built there an altar to the LORD and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. He called out to the LORD, and the LORD responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar.

  • Joel 1:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19To you, O LORD, I call out for help, for fire has burned up the pastures of the wilderness, flames have razed all the trees in the fields.

    20Even the wild animals cry out to you; for the river beds have dried up; fire has destroyed the pastures of the wilderness.

  • Ezek 20:48
    72%

    48And everyone will see that I, the LORD, have burned it; it will not be extinguished.’”

  • Num 11:1-3
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    72%

    1The Israelites Complain When the people complained, it displeased the LORD. When the LORD heard it, his anger burned, and so the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outer parts of the camp.

    2When the people cried to Moses, he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died out.

    3So he called the name of that place Taberah because there the fire of the LORD burned among them.

  • 2 Sam 22:9
    71%

    9Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.

  • Ps 83:14
    71%

    14Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,

  • 2 Kgs 1:10
    71%

    10Elijah replied to the captain,“If I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!” Fire then came down from the sky and consumed him and his fifty soldiers.

  • Ps 18:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12From the brightness in front of him came hail and fiery coals.

    13The LORD thundered in the sky; the Most High shouted.

  • 2 Kgs 1:14
    71%

    14Indeed, fire came down from the sky and consumed the two captains who came before me, along with their men. So now, please have respect for my life.”

  • 2 Sam 22:13
    71%

    13From the brightness in front of him came coals of fire.

  • Judg 6:21
    71%

    21The LORD’s angel touched the meat and the unleavened bread with the tip of his staff. Fire flared up from the rock and consumed the meat and unleavened bread. The LORD’s angel then disappeared.

  • Exod 24:17
    70%

    17Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in plain view of the people.

  • Gen 19:24
    70%

    24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the LORD.

  • Isa 9:18
    70%

    18For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.

  • Isa 30:30
    70%

    30The LORD will give a mighty shout and intervene in power, with furious anger and flaming, destructive fire, with a driving rainstorm and hailstones.

  • Exod 19:18
    70%

    18Now Mount Sinai was completely covered with smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a great furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

  • 1 Kgs 19:12
    70%

    12After the earthquake, there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a soft whisper.

  • 2 Kgs 19:18
    70%

    18They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.

  • Ezek 5:4
    70%

    4Again, take more of them and throw them into the fire, and burn them up. From there a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 14:12
    70%

    12The Philistines left their idols there, so David ordered that they be burned.

  • 1 Kgs 13:5
    69%

    5Meanwhile the altar split open and the ashes poured from the altar in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had given with the LORD’s message.

  • Isa 37:19
    69%

    19They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.

  • Deut 4:24
    69%

    24For the LORD your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.

  • 1 Kgs 18:30
    69%

    30Elijah then told all the people,“Approach me.” So all the people approached him. He repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.