1Ki 18 | TSK | STEP | In the extremity of famine Elijah, sent to Ahab, meets good Obadiah. Obadiah brings Ahab to Elijah. Elijah, reproving Ahab, by fire from heaven convinces Baal's prophets. Elijah, by prayer obtaining rain, follows Ahab to Jezreel. A.M. 3098. B.C. 906. after many days. in 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. Go. I will send rain.

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; 9:3

the prophets of Baal.

22:6; 2Pe 2:1; Re 19:20

prophets 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 6:16-22

1Co 10:21,22; 2Co 6:14-16; Re 3:15,16

opinions. or, thoughts. if the Lord.

39; Ex 5:1,2; Jos 24:15,23,24; 1Sa 7:3; 1Ch 17:26; 2Ch 33:13

Ps 100:3

answered.

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 11:3

Baal's prophets.

19,20; Mt 7:13-15; 2Ti 4:3,4; 2Pe 2:1-3

answereth by fire.

38; Le 9:24; Jud 6:21; 1Ch 21:26; 2Ch 7:1,3

and said.

2Sa 14:19

It is well spoken. Heb. the word is good.

Isa 39:8

from morning.

Mt 6:7

hear. or, answer. no voice.

24; Ps 115:4-8; 135:15-20; Isa 37:38; 44:17; 45:20; Jer 10:5

Da 5:23; Hab 2:18; 1Co 8:4; 10:19,20; 12:2

answered. 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 20:39

Am 4:4,5; Mt 26:45; Mr 7:9; 14:41

aloud. Heb. with a great voice. for he is a god.

Isa 41:23

either.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; 9:22

the 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 11:4,5

offering. Heb. ascending. See on ver.

voice.

26; Ga 4:8; 2Ti 3:8,9

that regarded. Heb. attention.

he repaired.

19:10,14; 2Ch 33:16; Ro 11:3

the 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; 47:13

Eph 2:20; 4:4-6; Re 7:4-8; 21:12

saying.

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 7:9,17

in the name.

1Co 10:31; Col 3:17

he put.

Ge 22:9; Le 1:6-8

Fill four.

Da 3:19,25; Joh 11:39,40; 19:33,34

pour 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 3:1

Ac 10:30

Lord God.

21; Ge 26:24; 31:53; 32:9; 46:3; Ex 3:6,15,16; 1Ch 29:18; 2Ch 20:6,7

Eph 1:17; 3:14

let it.

8:43; 1Sa 17:46,47; 2Ki 1:3,6; 5:15; 19:19; Ps 67:1,2; 83:18

Eze 36:23; 39:7

and 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 37:17-20

Da 9:17-19; Lu 11:8; Jas 5:16,17

thou 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 7:1

fire.

24; Le 10:2; 2Ki 1:12; Job 1:16; Isa 31:9

they fell.

Jud 13:20; 1Ch 21:16; 2Ch 7:3

The Lord.

21,24; Joh 5:35; Ac 2:37; 4:16

Take. or, Apprehend.

2Ki 10:25

Kishon.

Jud 5:21

slew them there.

De 13:5; 18:20; Jer 48:10; Zec 13:2,3; Re 19:20; 20:10

Get.

Ec 9:7; Ac 27:34

a 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 10:9

he cast himself.

Ge 24:52; Jos 7:6; 2Sa 12:16; Da 9:3; Mr 14:35; Jas 5:16-18

put his face.

19:13; Ezr 9:6; Ps 89:7; Isa 6:2; 38:2; Da 9:7

Go up.

Ps 5:3; Lu 18:1

Go 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 4:10

Prepare. Heb. Tie, or Bind.

1Sa 6:7,10; Mic 1:13

there was.

39,40; Nu 25:8; 2Sa 21:14

Ahab.

21:1,23; Jos 19:18; 2Sa 2:9; 2Ki 9:16

the hand.

2Ki 3:15; Isa 8:11; Eze 1:3; 3:14

he girded.

2Ki 4:29; 9:1; Job 38:3; Jer 1:17; Eph 6:14; 1Pe 1:13

ran before.

Mt 22:21; 1Pe 2:17

to the entrance of. Heb. till thou come to.