What the Violence at Carmel in 1 Kings Is Really Doing
Elijah calls down fire from heaven.
The prophets of Baal call on their god from morning until evening. Nothing. Elijah repairs the altar, soaks everything with water, prays. Fire falls. Consumes the offering, the wood, the stones, the dust. Licks up the water.
The people fall on their faces. Elijah commands: Seize the prophets of Baal. Four hundred and fifty prophets are slaughtered at the brook Kishon. Modern readers find the courage inspiring and the violence impossible to reconcile with Jesus.
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