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1 Kings 18:39

When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”

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ASV

And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, Jehovah, he is God; Jehovah, he is God.

KJV

And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּרְא֙vai.yaR'and it sawH7200 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הָעָ֔םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּvai.yi.pe.Luand they fellH5307 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
פְּנֵיהֶ֑םpe.nei.Hemfaces theirH6440 →
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.Ruand they saidH559 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
ה֣וּאhu'heH1931 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.Him[is] <the> GodH430 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
ה֥וּאhu'heH1931 →
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ha.'E.lo.Him[is] <the> GodH430 →

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1 Kings 8:60so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!Psalms 118:27The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.1 Kings 18:24Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered, “What you say is good.”Jeremiah 10:10But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.2 Chronicles 7:3When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”2 Kings 19:15And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.1 Kings 18:21Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.Genesis 17:3Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,Numbers 14:5Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.1 Chronicles 21:16When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.Acts 2:37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”Judges 13:20When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.John 5:35John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.Acts 4:16“What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “It is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a remarkable miracle has occurred through them, and we cannot deny it.Luke 5:12While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”Joshua 22:34So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”Genesis 2:4This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.

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The Prophets of Baal Are Slaughtered — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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