Chapter 15

The kings of Israel were evil. They no longer

loved God or listened to him or his law. So God

found a new way to talk to his people. He

selected good men to be his prophets, his

messengers. He spoke to them directly, and then

they spoke his exact words to the people of

Israel. Over the next 208 years, God sent nine

prophets to speak to the people for him.

A wild-looking man from the desert stormed

into the palace and announced to King Ahab: “The

one true God of Israel has sent me to tell you that

there will be no rain until he decides to send it.

Years of drought are ahead.”

Elijah was a prophet of God. He was the voice

of goodness and the voice of God. Evil King

Ahab and his wife, Jezebel, were angry at Elijah;

they wanted to kill him. But God kept him safe.

“Go to the Kerith Ravine on the other side of

the Jordan River,” said God to Elijah. “Stay there

and be safe.”

Elijah trusted God. He ran to the brook in the

ravine and camped there for a long time. Every

morning and evening, God sent ravens with bread

and meat for Elijah, so he never went hungry.

Elijah rested, waiting for God to direct him.

Finally, God told Elijah to speak again to

Ahab. When Ahab saw Elijah coming, he said, “So

it’s you! You are the reason we have had no rain!”

“The drought was your fault, not mine,”

replied Elijah. “You turned away from God and

worshiped the false god Baal.”

Elijah challenged Ahab. “If you don’t believe

me, let’s see whose god is the true God.”

Ahab eagerly accepted the challenge. He

gathered all the people and all the priests of Baal

at Mount Carmel. There Elijah explained the test.

They would see whose god could start a fire on an

altar. The Baal priests prepared an altar and

prayed to Baal for fire. Nothing happened. The

priests prayed all morning long. No fire. They

whooped and hollered, jumping up and down,

begging Baal for fire. Nothing happened.

Finally, Elijah took his turn. To make the

challenge even harder, he drenched the altar with

water.

Elijah prayed, “O God of Abraham, Isaac, and

Israel, show these people that you are the one

true God.”

Immediately, fire from heaven burned up the

altar and the people fell on their knees in

worship.

“Now God will send rain,” Elijah announced.

Soon the sky turned black with storm clouds, the

wind blew, and rain poured down on the dry and

thirsty ground.

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