And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well — Elijah's proposed criterion is clear and dramatic: the God who answers by fire will be proven to be the true God. The phrase shows the people's agreement to this test, recognizing its fairness and decisiveness.

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