ELIJAH looked out over the crowd as they trudged up the slopes of Mount Carmel. Even in the dim light of the early morning, the poverty and want afflicting these people were plain to see. The drought, three and a half years long, had left its mark on them.
Among them strutted the 450 prophets of Baal, full of pride and burning hatred for Elijah, Jehovah's prophet. Queen Jezebel had executed many servants of Jehovah, but this man still stood firm against Baal worship. Ah, but for how long? Perhaps those priests reasoned that a lone man could never prevail against all of them. (1 Kings 18:4, 19, 20) King Ahab had also come in his royal chariot. He too bore no love for Elijah.
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