Eliyahu on Mount Carmel (Part 5)

The duality of the prayer by the prophets of Ba’al is mirrored in Eliyahu’s dual prayer, and by the nation’s dual response. These represents the acceptance of God and rejection of Ba’al. The repetition in Eliyahu’s prayer stresses both a national recognition of God and recognition of the God of Israel by the entire world. In the first section of the prayer Eliyahu as God’s servant is prominent while in the second section he is absent.