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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

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenFire from God

FIRE → picture 4ALTAR → picture 3RAIN → picture 2CLOUD → picture 1

Grade 1The Lord Is God

Elijah fixed the altar. → picture 3They poured water on it. → picture 5Elijah prayed. → picture 2Fire came down from God. → picture 4Then God sent rain. → picture 1

Order:

1. And I will send rain on the earth2. How long will you waver between the two sides3. Then Yahweh’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering4. The sky grew black with clouds and wind

Grade 2God Sends Fire

  1. How long had there been no rain? Three years (circle)
  2. Where did they meet? Mount Carmel (circle)
  3. Who answered the prophets of Baal? No one (circle)
  4. What came down from God? Fire (circle)
  5. What did the people say? The Lord is God! (circle)
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Grade 3Who Is the True God?

  1. What did Obadiah do for God's prophets? Hid a hundred of them in caves
  2. What did Elijah ask the people? How long they would waver
  3. How many stones were in Elijah's altar? Twelve
  4. What did the fire burn up? The offering, the wood, the stones, and the water
  5. How many times did Elijah's servant look toward the sea? His servant looked seven times.
1: And I will send rain on the earth2: How long will you waver between the two sides3: Then Yahweh’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering4: The sky grew black with clouds and wind

Grade 4Fire from Heaven

  1. Whom did Ahab call the troubler of Israel? Elijah
  2. How many prophets of Baal were there? Four hundred fifty
  3. What did the twelve stones stand for? The twelve tribes
  4. 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

  1. What charge did Elijah turn back on Ahab? That he had troubled Israel by forsaking the commandments
  2. What was the test on Carmel? The God who answers by fire, He is God.
  3. What was Elijah's prayer focused on? God's glory
  4. What does James say in the New Testament about Elijah? He was a man like us who prayed earnestly, and the sky gave rain.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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