When he stood up, he pronounced a blessing over the entire assembly of Israel, saying in a loud voice:

<p class="bodytext">Then Elijah told Ahab, &#8220;Go on up and eat and drink, for the sound of a heavy rainstorm can be heard.&#8221;<n id="1" />

After the earthquake, there was a fire, but the <sc>Lordsc> was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a soft whisper.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Now Adonijah and all his guests heard the commotion just as they had finished eating.<n id="1" /> When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he asked, &#8220;Why is there such a noisy commotion in the city?&#8221;<n id="2" />

Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy,<n id="1" /> but there was no sound, no answer, and no response.<n id="2" />p>

When Elijah heard it, he covered his face with his robe and went out and stood at the entrance to the cave. All of a sudden<n id="1" /> a voice asked him, &#8220;Why are you here, Elijah?&#8221;

When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, &#8220;Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news.<n id="1" />

So they took a bull, as he had suggested,<n id="1" /> and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, &#8220;Baal, answer us.&#8221; But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped<n id="2" /> around on the altar they had made.<n id="3" />