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You call on the name of your god, and I will call on the LORD’s name. The God who answers by fire, let him be God.” All the people answered, “What you say is good.”
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Verse 24. Call ye. He does not order them to invoke idols; but challenges them to prove their divinity, if they can.—By fire. On such trying occasions, it is not tempting God to ask for a miracle. God had given this proof of fire repeatedly. Genesis 15:17. Leviticus 9:24. 2 Chronicles 7:1. He will restrain the devil’s power, to confirm the truth. Mark ult. Worthington.
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