1Ki 18:27, 29, Psa 115:4-7, Isa 41:23, 46:1, 7, Jer 10:5, 11, 1Cor 8:4 | TSK | STEP | Elijah. aloud. Heb. with a great voice. for he is a god. 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.

1 Kings 18:27

Elijah.

22:15; 2Ch 25:8; Ec 11:9; Isa 8:9,10; 44:15-17; Eze 20:39

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

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

1 Kings 18:29

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.

Psalms 115:4-7

Their idols.They are metal, stone, and wood; and though generally made in the form of man, they can neither see, hear, smell, feel, walk, nor speak! Even the wiser heathen made them the objects of their jests.

97:7; 135:15-17; De 4:28; Isa 40:19,20; 42:17; 46:1,2,6,7

Jer 10:3-5; Ho 8:6; Hab 2:18-20; Ac 19:26,35; 1Co 10:19,20

Isaiah 41:23

that we may know.

42:9; 44:7,8; 45:8; 46:9,10; Joh 13:19; Ac 15:18

do good.

45:7; 46:7; Jer 10:5

Isaiah 46:1

1 The idols of Babylon could not save themselves.

3 God saves his people to the end.

5 Idols are not comparable to God for power,

12 or present salvation.

Bel.Bel, called Belus by the Greek and Roman writers, is the same as Baal; and Nebo is interpreted by Castell and Norberg of Mercury; the two principal idols of Babylon. When that city was taken by the Persians, these images were carried in triumph.

21:9; 41:6,7; Ex 12:12; 1Sa 5:3; Jer 48:1-25; 50:2; 51:44,47,52

a burden.

2:20; Jer 10:5