1 Kings Chapter 18 Quiz: Elijah and the Prophets of Baal Flashcards

#1

In 1 Kings 18, Elijah confronts the prophets of Baal on which mountain?

📖 1 Kings 18:19-20

#2

How many prophets of Baal did King Ahab gather for the contest with Elijah?

📖 1 Kings 18:19

#3

What instruction did Elijah give the prophets of Baal before the contest?

📖 1 Kings 18:23-24

#4

For how long did the prophets of Baal call upon their god during the contest?

📖 1 Kings 18:26-29

#5

What unusual instruction did Elijah give before calling on God to send fire to his altar?

📖 1 Kings 18:33-35

#6

What was the outcome when Elijah called upon God at Mount Carmel?

📖 1 Kings 18:38

#7

How did the people of Israel respond after witnessing the fire fall on Elijah's altar?

📖 1 Kings 18:39

#8

What happened to the prophets of Baal after the contest on Mount Carmel?

📖 1 Kings 18:40

#2

450

1 Kings 18:19 states that Ahab gathered 450 prophets of Baal (plus 400 prophets of Asherah) on Mount Carmel.

1 Kings 18:19

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Mount Carmel

Mount Carmel was the location where Elijah challenged the 450 prophets of Baal to prove their god could send fire from heaven (1 Kings 18:19-20).

1 Kings 18:19-20

#4

From morning until evening

1 Kings 18:26 describes the prophets of Baal calling on their god from morning until noon, and 1 Kings 18:29 indicates they continued raving until evening.

1 Kings 18:26-29

#3

Prepare a bull and call on Baal to send fire

Elijah told the prophets of Baal to prepare a bull and call on their god to send fire from heaven to consume it, while Elijah would do the same (1 Kings 18:23-24).

1 Kings 18:23-24

#6

Fire consumed the offering, wood, stones, and water

1 Kings 18:38 records that the fire of God fell and consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.

1 Kings 18:38

#5

He asked for water to be poured on the offering

Elijah commanded that water be poured on the offering and altar three times to soak everything, demonstrating God's power to send fire even under these difficult conditions (1 Kings 18:33-35).

1 Kings 18:33-35

#8

Elijah had them brought down and slaughtered

1 Kings 18:40 records that Elijah commanded the people to seize the prophets of Baal, and they seized them and brought them down to the Kishon Valley, where Elijah slaughtered them.

1 Kings 18:40

#7

They fell prostrate and acknowledged that the Lord is God

1 Kings 18:39 states that when all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, 'The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!'

1 Kings 18:39

#9

What did Elijah tell King Ahab would happen after the contest on Mount Carmel?

📖 1 Kings 18:41

#10

Why was the contest on Mount Carmel necessary in the context of 1 Kings 18?

📖 1 Kings 18:21

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#10

To determine which god was superior and would receive Israel's worship

The contest was designed to settle the question of whether Baal or the Lord was the true God worthy of Israel's allegiance, as Israel had been divided in their worship between the two (1 Kings 18:21).

1 Kings 18:21

#9

Rain would come to the land

After the contest, Elijah told Ahab, 'Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain' (1 Kings 18:41), indicating that the drought would end and rain would come.

1 Kings 18:41

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