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    1 Kings 18 Quiz — Elijah on Mount Carmel

    Ten KJV questions from 1 Kings 18 — fire from heaven and the end of a drought.

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    How long had the famine lasted when the word of the LORD came to Elijah?

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    Q1.How long had the famine lasted when the word of the LORD came to Elijah?

    Answer: Three years

    And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year. (1 Kings 18:1)

    Reference: 1 Kings 18:1 (KJV)

    Q2.Who was the king of Israel at this time?

    Answer: Ahab

    Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. (1 Kings 18:1)

    Reference: 1 Kings 18:1 (KJV)

    Q3.Who was the governor of Ahab's house?

    Answer: Obadiah

    And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (1 Kings 18:3)

    Reference: 1 Kings 18:3 (KJV)

    Q4.What had Obadiah done for the LORD's prophets?

    Answer: Hidden fifty prophets in a cave

    Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water. (1 Kings 18:4)

    Reference: 1 Kings 18:4 (KJV)

    Q5.How many prophets of Baal were gathered to Mount Carmel?

    Answer: Four hundred and fifty

    Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty. (1 Kings 18:19)

    Reference: 1 Kings 18:19 (KJV)

    Q6.How many prophets of the groves ate at Jezebel's table?

    Answer: Four hundred and fifty

    And the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. (1 Kings 18:19)

    Reference: 1 Kings 18:19 (KJV)

    Q7.What did Elijah pour on the altar and sacrifice?

    Answer: Water

    And he filled the trench also with water. (1 Kings 18:35) — Elijah had water poured three times over the offering.

    Reference: 1 Kings 18:35 (KJV)

    Q8.What did Elijah ask God to do to show He is the LORD?

    Answer: Let fire fall from heaven

    Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God... Then the fire of the LORD fell. (1 Kings 18:37-38)

    Reference: 1 Kings 18:38 (KJV)

    Q9.What did the fire of the LORD consume?

    Answer: The wood, stones, dust, and licked up the water

    Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. (1 Kings 18:38)

    Reference: 1 Kings 18:38 (KJV)

    Q10.Where did Elijah slay the prophets of Baal?

    Answer: At the brook Kishon

    And Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. (1 Kings 18:40)

    Reference: 1 Kings 18:40 (KJV)

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