1 Kings 18:38

World English Bible (2000)

Then the fire of Yahweh fell, and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

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  • Lev 9:24 : 24 There came forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed the burnt offering and the fat upon the altar: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
  • Judg 6:21 : 21 Then the angel of Yahweh stretched out the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and fire went up out of the rock, and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Yahweh departed out of his sight.
  • 1 Chr 21:26 : 26 David built an altar to Yahweh there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on Yahweh; and he answered him from the sky by fire on the altar of burnt offering.
  • 2 Chr 7:1 : 1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Yahweh filled the house.
  • Job 1:16 : 16 While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said, "The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
  • 1 Kgs 18:24 : 24 You call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Yahweh. The God who answers by fire, let him be God." All the people answered, "It is well said."
  • 2 Kgs 1:12 : 12 Elijah answered them, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty!" The fire of God came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.
  • Lev 10:2 : 2 And fire came forth from before Yahweh, and devoured them, and they died before Yahweh.
  • Gen 15:17 : 17 It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
  • Isa 31:9 : 9 His rock will pass away by reason of terror, and his princes will be afraid of the banner," says Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

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  • Lev 9:24
    82%

    24There came forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed the burnt offering and the fat upon the altar: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

  • 1 Kgs 18:39
    80%

    39When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, "Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!"

  • 2 Chr 7:1
    76%

    1Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Yahweh filled the house.

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

    32With the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh. He made a trench around the altar, large enough to contain two measures of seed.

    33He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, "Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood."

    34He said, "Do it a second time;" and they did it the second time. He said, "Do it a third time;" and they did it the third time.

    35The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.

    36It happened at the time of the offering of the offering, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, "Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.

    37Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again."

  • Num 16:34-35
    2 verses
    75%

    34All Israel that were around them fled at the cry of them; for they said, "Lest the earth swallow us up!"

    35Fire came forth from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.

  • Lev 10:2
    74%

    2And fire came forth from before Yahweh, and devoured them, and they died before Yahweh.

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

    23Let them therefore give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bull, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under it.

    24You call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Yahweh. The God who answers by fire, let him be God." All the people answered, "It is well said."

    25Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one bull for yourselves, and dress it first; for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it."

  • 2 Kgs 1:12
    74%

    12Elijah answered them, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty!" The fire of God came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.

  • 2 Chr 7:3
    73%

    3All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of Yahweh was on the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped, and gave thanks to Yahweh, [saying], "For he is good; for his loving kindness endures for ever."

  • Ps 29:7
    73%

    7Yahweh's voice strikes with flashes of lightning.

  • Ps 18:8
    73%

    8Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.

  • Heb 12:29
    73%

    29for our God is a consuming fire.

  • Ps 106:18
    72%

    18A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.

  • Amos 7:4
    72%

    4Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me and behold, the Lord Yahweh called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.

  • 1 Chr 21:26
    72%

    26David built an altar to Yahweh there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on Yahweh; and he answered him from the sky by fire on the altar of burnt offering.

  • Joel 1:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19Yahweh, I cry to you, For the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

    20Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water brooks have dried up, And the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

  • Ezek 20:48
    72%

    48All flesh shall see that I, Yahweh, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.

  • Num 11:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1The people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his anger was kindled; and Yahweh's fire burnt among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.

    2The people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire abated.

    3The name of that place was called Taberah, because Yahweh's fire burnt among them.

  • 2 Sam 22:9
    71%

    9Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.

  • Ps 83:14
    71%

    14As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,

  • 2 Kgs 1:10
    71%

    10Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty!" Fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.

  • Ps 18:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.

    13Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.

  • 2 Kgs 1:14
    71%

    14Behold, fire came down from the sky, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties. But now let my life be precious in your sight."

  • 2 Sam 22:13
    71%

    13At the brightness before him, coals of fire were kindled.

  • Judg 6:21
    71%

    21Then the angel of Yahweh stretched out the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and fire went up out of the rock, and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Yahweh departed out of his sight.

  • Exod 24:17
    70%

    17The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.

  • Gen 19:24
    70%

    24Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahweh out of the sky.

  • Isa 9:18
    70%

    18For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.

  • Isa 30:30
    70%

    30Yahweh will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the descent of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, storm, and hailstones.

  • Exod 19:18
    70%

    18Mount Sinai, all it, smoked, because Yahweh descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.

  • 1 Kgs 19:12
    70%

    12After the earthquake a fire passed; but Yahweh was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

  • 2 Kgs 19:18
    70%

    18and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.

  • Ezek 5:4
    70%

    4Of these again you shall take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; from it shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 14:12
    70%

    12They left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire.

  • 1 Kgs 13:5
    69%

    5The altar also was split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of Yahweh.

  • Isa 37:19
    69%

    19and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.

  • Deut 4:24
    69%

    24For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

  • 1 Kgs 18:30
    69%

    30Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me;" and all the people came near to him. He repaired the altar of Yahweh that was thrown down.