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1 Kings 19:1–18 1 Kings 18 ends the story of Elijah and the battle of the prophets. Elijah has just facilitated God’s sign in lighting the drenched altar, and then killed the prophets of Baal. Right off the bat, we have Ahab living up to his pattern. He tells Jezebel everything Elijah had done, including killing the prophets, but the scripture doesn’t show Ahab responding with repentance or…
Ezekiel 37:1–14 Ezekiel was a prophet and a priest, but exiled due to Babylon's victories over Judah and Jerusalem, geographically and practically separated from his usual responsibilities with God in the sense that his home/job was no longer accessible, so he has "skin in the game" and isn't just an outsider being sent to give a message to God's people. He has been displaced by the same things…