1 Kgs 18:36-40
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Verse 37
- Turned their heart back again. See "The Gospel According to the OT: God’s Memory" by Mogget at the FPR blog.
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Verse 38
- Symbolism of the sacrifice, wood, stones, dust and water. See "Elijah: Champion of Israel’s God" (Ensign, July 1990, 52) where John A. Tvedtnes explains that the bullock sacrifice symbolized the Canaanite god El, the wood symbolized El's wife Ashera, the dust and stones symbolized Anath, the goddess of war, and the water symbolized Yamm who was believed to have killed Baal (see also the FARMS article Who Controls the Water? Yahweh vs. Baal.
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