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1 Kings 18:25 Catholic Bible: Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Since there are so many of you, you take a bull and prepare it first. Pray to your god, but don't set fire to the wood."
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Pray to your god, but don't set fire to the wood." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first, for you are many; then call on the name of your god, but put no fire to it.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/1_kings/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Elijah said to Baal's prophets, "There are more of you, so you go first. Pick out a bull and get it ready, but don't light the fire. Then pray to your god." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Elijah then said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one young bull and prepare it first, for there are more of you. Call upon your gods, but do not start the fire.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/1_kings/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Then Elias said to the prophets of Baal: Choose you one bullock and dress it first, because you are many: and call on the names of your gods; but put no fire under.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">Then Elias said to the prophets of Baal: Choose you one bullock and dress it first, because you are many: and call on the names of your gods; but put no fire under.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/1_kings/18.htm">Elijah on Mount Carmel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">24</span>Call ye on the names of your gods, and I will call on the name of my Lord: and the God that shall answer by fire, let him be God. And all the people answering, said: A very good proposal. <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl">Then Elias said to the prophets of Baal: Choose you one bullock and dress it first, because you are many: and call on the names of your gods; but put no fire under.</span><span class="reftext">26</span>And they took the bullock, which he gave them, and dressed it: and they called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying: O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered: and they leaped over the altar that they had made.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_kings/18-24.htm">1 Kings 18:24</a></span><br />Call ye on the names of your gods, and I will call on the name of my Lord: and the God that shall answer by fire, let him be God. And all the people answering, said: A very good proposal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_kings/18-26.htm">1 Kings 18:26</a></span><br />And they took the bullock, which he gave them, and dressed it: and they called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying: O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered: and they leaped over the altar that they had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/18-22.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-21.htm">Ba'al</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-23.htm">Bull</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-23.htm">Bullock</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-23.htm">Bulls</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-23.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-23.htm">Dress</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-22.htm">Elijah</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-22.htm">Eli'jah</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-24.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-13.htm">First</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-24.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-31.htm">Light</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-5.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-23.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-24.htm">Prayers</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-23.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-22.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-30.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-6.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/18-26.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-40.htm">Ba'al</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-26.htm">Bull</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-26.htm">Bullock</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-17.htm">Bulls</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-3.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/psalms/73-6.htm">Dress</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-27.htm">Elijah</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-30.htm">Eli'jah</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-38.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-9.htm">First</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-2.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-18.htm">Light</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-13.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-33.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-29.htm">Prayers</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-44.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-40.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-44.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-12.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/18-25.htm">1 Kings 18:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/18-25.htm">1 Kings 18:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/18-25.htm">1 Kings 18:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/18-25.htm">1 Kings 18:25 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/18-25.htm">1 Kings 18:25 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/18-25.htm">1 Kings 18:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/18-25.htm">1 Kings 18:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/18-25.htm">1 Kings 18:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/1_kings/18-25.htm">1 Kings 18:25 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: and are Baal bulls but Call Choose do Elijah fire first for god it light many name no not of on one ox prepare prophets put said since so the there to under you your yourselves<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/1_kings/18-25.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 18:25 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools</a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="/catholic/">Catholic Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_kings/18-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 18:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 18:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_kings/18-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 18:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 18:26" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- Catholic Bible --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="8261988112"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>