1 Kings 18 · For teachers and parents
Answer Key: Fire on Mount Carmel
Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.
PreschoolThe Lord Is God
Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.
KindergartenFire from God
Grade 1The Lord Is God
Order:
Grade 2God Sends Fire
- How long had there been no rain? Three years (circle)
- Where did they meet? Mount Carmel (circle)
- Who answered the prophets of Baal? No one (circle)
- What came down from God? Fire (circle)
- What did the people say? The Lord is God! (circle)
Grade 3Who Is the True God?
- What did Obadiah do for God's prophets? Hid a hundred of them in caves
- What did Elijah ask the people? How long they would waver
- How many stones were in Elijah's altar? Twelve
- What did the fire burn up? The offering, the wood, the stones, and the water
- How many times did Elijah's servant look toward the sea? His servant looked seven times.
Grade 4Fire from Heaven
- Whom did Ahab call the troubler of Israel? Elijah
- How many prophets of Baal were there? Four hundred fifty
- What did the twelve stones stand for? The twelve tribes
- What did Elijah ask God to do to the people's hearts? Turn their hearts back
Word bank: 1. Elijah; 2. Carmel; 3. Baal; 4. water; 5. God
Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.
Grade 5The Lord, He Is God
- What charge did Elijah turn back on Ahab? That he had troubled Israel by forsaking the commandments
- What was the test on Carmel? The God who answers by fire, He is God.
- What was Elijah's prayer focused on? God's glory
- What does James say in the New Testament about Elijah? He was a man like us who prayed earnestly, and the sky gave rain.
Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.
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