1 Kings 18
1 In the extremity of famine Elijah, sent to Ahab, meets good Obadiah.9 Obadiah brings Ahab to Elijah.17 Elijah, reproving Ahab, by fire from heaven convinces Baal's prophets.41 Elijah, by prayer obtaining rain, follows Ahab to Jezreel. A.M. 3098. B.C. 906. after many days.Lu 4:25; Jas 5:17; Re 11:2,6in the third year.This form of expression, both in Hebrew and Latin, means "after the third year," i.e., some time between the third and fourth year. 17:1,7,15; Lu 4:25; Jas 5:17Go.2,15-40I will send rain.Le 26:4; De 28:12; Ps 65:9-13; Isa 5:6; Jer 10:13; 14:22; Joe 2:23Am 4:7 went to shew.Ps 27:1; 51:4; Pr 28:1; Isa 51:12; Heb 13:5,6a sore.Le 26:26; De 28:23,24; 2Ki 6:25; Jer 14:2-6,18; Joe 1:15-20 Obadiah. Heb. Obadiahu. the governor of his house. Heb.over his house. Ge 24:2,10; 39:4,5,9; 41:40feared the Lord.12; Ge 22:12; 42:18; 2Ki 4:1; Ne 5:15; 7:2; Pr 14:26; Mal 3:16Mt 10:28; Ac 10:2,35 Jezebel. Heb. Izabel. cut off the prophets.Ne 9:26; Mt 21:35; Re 17:4-6in a cave.Heb 11:38fed them.13; 2Ki 6:22,23; Mt 10:40-42; 25:35,40bread and water.13:8,9,16 grass.Ps 104:14; Jer 14:5,6; Joe 1:18; 2:22; Hab 3:17; Ro 8:20-22we lose not all the beasts. Heb. we cut not off ourselvesfrom the beasts. Ahab went.Jer 14:3 was in the way.11:29he knew.2Ki 1:6-8; Mt 3:4; 11:8fell on.Ge 18:2; 50:18; 1Sa 20:41; 2Sa 19:18; Isa 60:14my lord Elijah.Ge 18:12; 44:16,20,33; Nu 12:11 thy lord.3; Ro 13:7; 1Pe 2:17,18 What have I sinned.12; 17:18; Ex 5:21 the Lord.15; 1:29; 2:24; 17:1,12; 1Sa 29:6whither my lord.Ps 10:2; Jer 26:20-23they found thee not.17:5,9; Ps 12:7,8; 31:20; 91:1; Jer 36:26; Joh 8:59 Go, tell they lord.8,14 the Spirit of the Lord.2Ki 2:11,16; Eze 3:12-14; 8:3; 11:24; 37:1; 40:1,2; Mt 4:1; Ac 8:392Co 12:2,3he shall slay me.1Sa 22:11-19; Da 2:5-13; Mt 2:16; Ac 12:19from my youth.1Sa 2:18,26; 3:19,20; 2Ch 34:3; Ps 71:17,18; Pr 8:13; Ec 7:18Isa 50:10; Lu 1:15; 2Ti 3:15 what I did.4; Ge 20:4,5; Ps 18:21-24; Ac 20:34; 1Th 2:9,10I hid an hundred.Mt 10:41,42fed them.Mt 25:35 and he shall slay me.Mt 10:28 As the Lord.10; Heb 6:16,17of hosts liveth.Ge 2:1; De 4:19; Job 25:3; Ps 24:8-10; 103:21; 148:2,3; Isa 6:3Jer 8:2; Lu 2:13,14before whom I.17:1; De 1:38; Lu 1:19I will surely.Isa 51:7,8 16 he that troubleth Israel.21:20; Jos 7:25; Jer 26:8,9; 38:4; Am 7:10; Ac 16:20; 17:6; 24:5 I have not.Eze 3:8; Mt 14:4; Ac 24:13,20in that ye have.9:9; 2Ch 15:2; Pr 11:19; 13:21; Isa 3:11; Jer 2:13,19; Re 2:8,9 mount Carmel.Mount Carmel is situated north of Dora and south of Ptolemais or Acre, from which it is distant, according to Josephus, 120 stadia, or, according to Thevenot, 10 miles; one of its principal points advancing considerably into the Mediterranean, and forming an elevated promontory. It is described as a flattened cone, about 2,000 feet (some say 1,500) in height, very rocky, its sides steep and rugged, and the soil neither deep nor rich. Capt. Mangles says its is now quite barren, though at the north-eastern foot of it there are some pretty olive-grounds. 42,43; Jos 19:26; 1Sa 15:12; 2Ki 2:25; Jer 46:18; Am 1:2; 9:3the prophets of Baal.22:6; 2Pe 2:1; Re 19:20prophets of the groves.15:13; 16:33; 2Ki 13:6Though {ashairah} certainly denotes in some place a grove, yet it is equally certain, that in others, as here, it must signify an idol; and it is thought by learned men to be the same as Ashtoreth, or Astarte the Syrian Venus. eat at Jezebel's table.19:1,2; 2Ki 9:22; Re 2:20 gathered.22:9 How long.De 4:35; 2Ki 17:41; Zep 1:5; Mt 6:24; Lu 6:13; Ro 6:16-221Co 10:21,22; 2Co 6:14-16; Re 3:15,16opinions. or, thoughts. if the Lord.39; Ex 5:1,2; Jos 24:15,23,24; 1Sa 7:3; 1Ch 17:26; 2Ch 33:13Ps 100:3answered.Ge 24:50; 44:16; Job 40:4,5; Mt 22:12,34,36; Ro 3:19; 6:21 I only.19:10,14; 20:13,32,35,38; 22:6-8; Ro 11:3Baal's prophets.19,20; Mt 7:13-15; 2Ti 4:3,4; 2Pe 2:1-3 23 answereth by fire.38; Le 9:24; Jud 6:21; 1Ch 21:26; 2Ch 7:1,3and said.2Sa 14:19It is well spoken. Heb. the word is good.Isa 39:8 25 from morning.Mt 6:7hear. or, answer. no voice.24; Ps 115:4-8; 135:15-20; Isa 37:38; 44:17; 45:20; Jer 10:5Da 5:23; Hab 2:18; 1Co 8:4; 10:19,20; 12:2answered. or, heard. leaped upon the altar. or, leaped upand down at the altar. Zep 1:9 Elijah.22:15; 2Ch 25:8; Ec 11:9; Isa 8:9,10; 44:15-17; Eze 20:39Am 4:4,5; Mt 26:45; Mr 7:9; 14:41aloud. Heb. with a great voice. for he is a god.Isa 41:23either.Such were the absurd and degrading notions which the heathens entertained of their gods. "Vishnoo sleeps four months in the year; and to each of the gods some particular business is assigned. Vayoo manages the winds; Vuroonu the waters, etc. According to a number of fables in the pooranus, the gods are often out on journeys or expeditions." Ward's Views of the Hindoos, vol. ii. p. 324. he is talking. or, he meditateth. is pursuing. Heb. hatha pursuit. must be awaked. Ps 44:23; 78:65,66; 121:4; Isa 51:9; Mr 4:38,39 cut themselves.Le 19:28; De 14:1; Mic 6:7; Mr 5:5; 9:22the blood gushed out upon them. Heb. they poured out bloodupon them. prophesied.22:10,12; 1Sa 18:10; Jer 28:6-9; Ac 16:16,17; 1Co 11:4,5offering. Heb. ascending. See on ver.36voice.26; Ga 4:8; 2Ti 3:8,9that regarded. Heb. attention. he repaired.19:10,14; 2Ch 33:16; Ro 11:3the altar of the Lord.This altar of Jehovah was probably built in the time of the judges; and it was even known among the heathen by the name of the altar of Carmel. Both Tacitus and Suetonius mention an altar on mount Carmel, which Vespasian went to consult: there was no temple nor statue, but simply an altar, venerable for its antiquity. twelve stones.Ex 24:4; Jos 4:3,4,20; Ezr 6:17; Jer 31:1; Eze 37:16-22; 47:13Eph 2:20; 4:4-6; Re 7:4-8; 21:12saying.Ge 32:28; 33:20; 35:10; 2Ki 17:34; Isa 48:1 And with.Ex 20:24,25; Jud 6:26; 21:4; 1Sa 7:9,17in the name.1Co 10:31; Col 3:17 he put.Ge 22:9; Le 1:6-8Fill four.Da 3:19,25; Joh 11:39,40; 19:33,34pour it.Jud 6:20 Do it the second.2Co 4:2; 8:21 ran. Heb. went. the trench.32,38 at the time.29; Ex 29:39-41; Ezr 9:4,5; Ps 141:2; Da 8:13; 9:21; 12:11; Ac 3:1Ac 10:30Lord God.21; Ge 26:24; 31:53; 32:9; 46:3; Ex 3:6,15,16; 1Ch 29:18; 2Ch 20:6,7Eph 1:17; 3:14let it.8:43; 1Sa 17:46,47; 2Ki 1:3,6; 5:15; 19:19; Ps 67:1,2; 83:18Eze 36:23; 39:7and that I have.22:28; Nu 16:28-30; Joh 11:42 Hear me.24,29,36; Ge 32:24,26,28; 2Ch 14:11; 32:19,20; Isa 37:17-20Da 9:17-19; Lu 11:8; Jas 5:16,17thou hast turned.Jer 31:18,19; Eze 36:25-27; Mal 4:5,6; Lu 1:16,17 Then the.Ge 15:17; Le 9:24; Jud 6:21; 1Ch 21:26; 2Ch 7:1fire.24; Le 10:2; 2Ki 1:12; Job 1:16; Isa 31:9 they fell.Jud 13:20; 1Ch 21:16; 2Ch 7:3The Lord.21,24; Joh 5:35; Ac 2:37; 4:16 Take. or, Apprehend.2Ki 10:25Kishon.Jud 5:21slew them there.De 13:5; 18:20; Jer 48:10; Zec 13:2,3; Re 19:20; 20:10 Get.Ec 9:7; Ac 27:34a sound, etc. or, a sound of a noise of rain. See on ver.1; 17:1 Elijah.19; Mt 14:23; Lu 6:12; Ac 10:9he cast himself.Ge 24:52; Jos 7:6; 2Sa 12:16; Da 9:3; Mr 14:35; Jas 5:16-18put his face.19:13; Ezr 9:6; Ps 89:7; Isa 6:2; 38:2; Da 9:7 Go up.Ps 5:3; Lu 18:1Go again.Ge 32:26; Hab 2:3; Lu 18:7; Eph 6:18; Heb 10:36,37 a little cloud.{Kekaph ish,} "like the hollow of a man's hand;" in the form of a hand bent, the concave side downmost. Mr. Bruce mentions a similar cloud in Abyssinia, as attending the inundation of the Nile. "Every morning, about nine, a small cloud, not above four feet broad, appears in the east, whirling violently round, as if upon an axis; but arrived near the zenith, it first abates its motion, then loses its form, and extends itself greatly, and seems to call up vapours from all opposite quarters. These clouds having attained nearly the same height, rush against each other with great violence, and put me always in mind of Elijah foretelling rain on Mount Carmel." Job 8:7; Zec 4:10Prepare. Heb. Tie, or Bind.1Sa 6:7,10; Mic 1:13 there was.39,40; Nu 25:8; 2Sa 21:14Ahab.21:1,23; Jos 19:18; 2Sa 2:9; 2Ki 9:16 the hand.2Ki 3:15; Isa 8:11; Eze 1:3; 3:14he girded.2Ki 4:29; 9:1; Job 38:3; Jer 1:17; Eph 6:14; 1Pe 1:13ran before.Mt 22:21; 1Pe 2:17to the entrance of. Heb. till thou come to.
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