444 A SHORT VIEW OE SCRIPTURE HISTORY. 16. Q. How could this maintain the woman and her son, and the prophet ? A. God wonderfully increased the oil and the meal, so that -the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruise of oil fail, till God sent rain upon the land ; Verses 14 -16. 17. Q. What further miracle did Elijah work in this wo- man's family, to prove that lie was sent from God ? A. When her soc died, the prophet raised him to life again ; Verses 21 24. 18. Q. What special deliverance did God give Israel in the time of Ahab ? A. Though Ahab was so great a sinner, yet God made Israel victorious over the Syrians who invaded them, because Benhadad the king of Syria boasted, and blasphemed God ; i Kings xx. 10, 28. 19. Q. 'What were some of the special sins of Ahab against God ? A. Besides the idolatry of the calves, he also set up the idol Baal, he caused Israel to worship it, andby the influence of his wife Jezebel, slew a great number of the prophets of the Lord ; 1 Kings xviii. 4. 20. Q. Were any of the prophets of the Lord saved ? A. Obadiah the governor of Ahab's house, hid a hundred of them in two caves, and fed them with bread and water, while Elijah fled wheresoever he could find a hiding place ; Verses 5, 6, 10. 21. Q. How did Elijah bring about the destruction of Baal's prophets ? A. He boldly met Ahab, and bid him sum- mon all Israel, together, and the four hundred and fifty pro- phets of Baal, that a sacrifice might be offered to 'Baal and to Jehovah, to make an experiment which was the true God. 22. Q. How did heconvince the peoplethat Jehovah was the true God ? A. Fire came from heaven and consumed Elijah's sacrifice after he had poured groat' quantities of water Upon it, which the prophets of Baal attempted in vain to pro- cure on their altar, though they cut themselves with knives, and dried aloud to their God ; 1 Kings xvii. 17-35: 23. Q. What influence had thisupon the people ? A. They fell upon their faces, and acknowledged Jehovah to be the true God; and then, at the command orElijah, the people slew all the prophets of Baal ; Verses 39, 40. 24. Q. How did God further manifest his approbation of this conduct of Elijah ? A. He immediately sent rain, andput an end to the famine ; Verses 41, 45. 24. Q. What was one of themost remarkable sins of Ahab against man ? A.' He coveted the vineyard of Naboth, and by the help of false witnesses stoned Naboth to death for blasphemy, and took possession of his land ; 1 King xxi. 5-14. 26. Q. What was the manner of Ahab's death at last, after so wicked a life ?- A. In opposition to the prophecy of Micaiah he went to fight with the king of Syria, and received a mortal wound; 1 Kings xxii. 34.
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