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I Kings 18: This Reference Rocks!
Chapter 18 details the famous confrontation between Elijah and the prophets of Baal. Elijah utilizes anger, humor, bombast, and a miracle to convince the people that the worshipers of Baal are mere charlatans. The center piece of the event is the fire raining down from heaven to consume the dampened cow and altar. Elijah carefully utilizes a multi-layered reference in this display. “Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of the tribes of the sons of Yaakov—to whom the word of the LORD had come: ‘Israel shall be your name’” (וַיִּקַּח אֵלִיָּהוּ שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה אֲבָנִים…
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