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Elijah on Mount Carmel Quiz

Test how well you know the story of Elijah on Mount Carmel. Each question can be answered from 1 Kings 18. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!

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  1. In what year of the drought did the LORD tell Elijah to show himself to Ahab?
    • The third year
    • The first year
    • The seventh year
    • The fortieth year
  2. How many prophets of the LORD did Obadiah hide by fifty in a cave?
    • A hundred
    • Fifty
    • Four hundred and fifty
    • Twelve
  3. What did Ahab say to Elijah when he saw him?
    • Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
    • Where hast thou been?
    • Art thou the man of God?
    • Hast thou found rain?
  4. Where did Elijah tell Ahab to gather all Israel and the prophets?
    • Mount Carmel
    • Mount Sinai
    • Jezreel
    • The brook Kishon
  5. What question did Elijah ask the people about their divided worship?
    • How long halt ye between two opinions?
    • Whom will ye serve today?
    • Why have ye forsaken the LORD?
    • Will ye also go away?
  6. How many prophets of Baal stood against Elijah?
    • Four hundred and fifty
    • Four hundred
    • Fifty
    • Eight hundred and fifty
  7. How did Elijah say the true God would answer?
    • By fire
    • By rain
    • By an earthquake
    • By a loud voice
  8. How many stones did Elijah use to build the altar of the LORD?
    • Twelve
    • Seven
    • Four
    • Forty
  9. What did the fire of the LORD consume when it fell?
    • The sacrifice, wood, stones, dust, and water
    • Only the sacrifice
    • The sacrifice and the wood
    • The prophets of Baal
  10. What did Elijah's servant finally see rising from the sea?
    • A little cloud like a man's hand
    • A great flock of birds
    • A pillar of smoke
    • A ship with white sails

Elijah on Mount Carmel Quiz Answers & Bible References

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  1. In what year of the drought did the LORD tell Elijah to show himself to Ahab?

    The third year

    And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

    1 kings 18:1 (KJV)

  2. How many prophets of the LORD did Obadiah hide by fifty in a cave?

    A hundred

    For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

    1 kings 18:4 (KJV)

  3. What did Ahab say to Elijah when he saw him?

    Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

    And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

    1 kings 18:17 (KJV)

  4. Where did Elijah tell Ahab to gather all Israel and the prophets?

    Mount Carmel

    Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.

    1 kings 18:19 (KJV)

  5. What question did Elijah ask the people about their divided worship?

    How long halt ye between two opinions?

    And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

    1 kings 18:21 (KJV)

  6. How many prophets of Baal stood against Elijah?

    Four hundred and fifty

    Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

    1 kings 18:22 (KJV)

  7. How did Elijah say the true God would answer?

    By fire

    And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.

    1 kings 18:24 (KJV)

  8. How many stones did Elijah use to build the altar of the LORD?

    Twelve

    And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

    1 kings 18:31 (KJV)

  9. What did the fire of the LORD consume when it fell?

    The sacrifice, wood, stones, dust, and water

    Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

    1 kings 18:38 (KJV)

  10. What did Elijah's servant finally see rising from the sea?

    A little cloud like a man's hand

    And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

    1 kings 18:44 (KJV)