The Prophets of Baal

The prophet Elijah reappears in the Books of Kings after an interval of more that two years. The drought had continued, and at last the full horrors of famine, caused by the failure of the crops, descended on Samaria. Again Elijah appears before King Ahab. He tells Ahab to gather the 450 Prophets of Baal to meet him at Mr. Carmel. Ahab did as Elijah said and all the wicked prophets came to Carmel. Elijah was there too along with many of the people of Israel.

Then Elijah spoke to the people and told them that they had to choose who they were going to serve -- Baal or the God of Israel. To prove that Baal would not serve the people the way the Lord would, Elijah challenged the Prophets of Baal to build an altar, and offer a bull for a sacrifice, but to put no fire underneath it. Elijah vowed to do the same. Then he challenged the people who would to pray to Baal for fire. But no matter how the prophets prayed to Baal, no fire appeared on their altar. Then Elijah built his altar of God, and placed a bull upon it, and prayed to God to reproduce fire, and before long, fire fell from Heaven and burnt the sacrifice. This made the people realize that there was only one true God. Thereafter, Elijah had all the Baal prophets taken to the brook Kishon and killed. Elijah told Ahab that God would soon send rain upon the land.

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