Lev 26:19, Deu 11:17, 28:23, 1Ki 17-18, Luk 4:25 | TSK | STEP

Leviticus 26:19

will break.

1Sa 4:3,11; Isa 2:12; 25:11; 26:5; Jer 13:9; Eze 7:24; 30:6; Da 4:37

Zep 3:11

make.

De 28:23; 1Ki 17:1; Jer 14:1-6; Lu 4:25

Deuteronomy 11:17

the Lord's.

6:15; 30:17,18

shut up.

28:23,24; 1Ki 8:35; 17:1; 2Ch 6:26; 7:13; Jer 14:1-6; Am 4:7

Hag 1:9-11

ye perish.

4:26; 8:19,20; 30:18; Jos 23:13-16

Deuteronomy 28:23

The language here is remarkable: "Thy heaven;" that part of the atmosphere which was over Judea, instead of being replenished with aqueous vapours, should become, with respect to moisture, like brass: and consequently their land would become as hard as iron, and wholly incapable of cultivation; while the clouds might give showers in abundance, and the earth be moist and fruitful in other regions.

Le 26:19; 1Ki 17:1; 18:2; Jer 14:1-6; Am 4:7

1 Kings 17

1 Elijah, having prophesied against Ahab, is sent to Cherith where the ravens feed him.

8 He is sent to the widow of Zarephath.

17 He raises the widow's son.

24 The woman believes him.

A.M. 3094. B.C. 910. Elijah. Heb. Elijahu.

Mt 11:14; 16:14; 27:47,49; Lu 1:17; 4:25,26; 9:30,33,54

Joh 1:21,25; Ro 11:2

Elias. As the Lord God.

22:14; 2Ki 3:14; 5:16; Isa 49:18; Mt 7:29; Lu 1:17

before whom.

De 10:8; Jer 15:19; Lu 1:19; 21:36; Ac 27:23

dew nor rain.

Lu 4:25; Jas 5:17; Re 11:6

12:22; 1Ch 17:3; Jer 7:1; 11:1; 18:1; Ho 1:1,2

hide thyself.

22:25; Ps 31:20; 83:3; Jer 36:19,26; Joh 8:59; Ac 17:14; Heb 11:38

Re 12:6,14

I have commanded.

9; 19:5-8; Nu 20:8; Job 34:29; 38:8-13,41; Ps 33:8,9; 147:9

Am 9:3,4; Mt 4:4,11

did according.

19:9; Pr 3:5; Mt 16:24; Joh 15:14Many learned men have raised doubts on those parts of the Inspired Word, which may, by the perverseness of their argument and the ingenuity of their surmise, be made to appear inconsistent with fact. In this case, they are not satisfied with being expressly told by God that the ravens supplied Elijah with food, while the brook gave him drink, but apparently to mystify a manifest miracle, they suggest whether these ravens might not be merchantmen, or the inhabitants of a neighbouring town. Let any unprejudiced reader and lover of the Bible take the whole history of Elijah, and he will find that his life was almost a daily illustration of the power of God in his miraculous interpositions. Instance the supply of provision in the unwasting barrel of meal and cruse of oil, after the prophet had removed to Zarephath: the power communicated to him to raise the widow's son from death: the wonderful interposition of the Lord to prove the folly of Baal's worshippers, in sending down fire from heaven to consume Elijah's sacrifice and lick up the water, although the sacrifice had been saturated therewith, and the altar surrounded by a deep trench to prevent its running away. The prayer for rain is another instance: the sojourn in Horeb forty days and forty nights, after having eaten of the cake: the destruction of Ahaziah's messengers twice: the smiting of the waters at Jordan: the fall of the mantle on Elisha: and finally, in the closing scene of life, he was taken to glory without tasting the pains of death, the sting was taken away.

the ravens.

Ex 16:35; Nu 11:23; Jud 14:14; 15:18,19; Ps 34:9,10; 37:3,19

Ps 78:15,16,23,24; Isa 33:16; Jer 37:21; 40:4; Hab 3:17,18

Mt 6:31-33; 14:19-21; 19:26; Lu 22:35; Heb 6:18; 13:5,6

A.M. 3095. B.C. 909. after a while. Heb. at the end ofdays. the brook.

Isa 40:30,31; 54:10

the word.

2; Ge 22:14; Isa 41:17; Heb 13:6

Zarephath.

Ob 1:20; Lu 4:26

Sarepta. which belongeth.

Mt 15:21,22

widow woman.

4; Jud 7:2,4; Ro 4:17-21; 2Co 4:7

Fetch me.

Ge 21:15; 24:17; Joh 4:7; 2Co 11:27; Heb 11:37

as she was going.

Ge 24:18,19; Mt 10:42; 25:35-40; Heb 13:2

a morsel.

9; 18:4; Ge 18:5

As the Lord.

1; 1Sa 14:39,45; 20:3,21; 25:26; 26:10; 2Sa 15:21; Jer 4:2; 5:2

but an handful.

2Ki 4:2-7; Mt 15:33,34

that we may eat it.

Ge 21:16; Jer 14:18; La 4:9; Eze 12:18,19; Joe 1:15,16

Fear not.

Ex 14:13; 2Ki 6:16; 2Ch 20:17; Isa 41:10,13; Mt 28:5; Ac 27:24

make me thereof.

Ge 22:1,2; Jud 7:5-7; Mt 19:21,22; Heb 11:17; 1Pe 1:7

first.

Pr 3:9; Mal 3:10; Mt 6:33; 10:37

thus saith.

2Ki 3:16; 7:1; 9:6

The barrel of meal.

4; 2Ki 4:2-7,42-44; Mt 14:17-20; 15:36-38

sendeth. Heb. giveth.

did according.

Ge 6:22; 12:4; 22:3; 2Ch 20:20; Mt 15:28; Mr 12:43; Joh 11:40

Ro 4:19,20; Heb 11:7,8,17

many days. or, a full year.

the barrel.

Mt 9:28-30; 19:26; Lu 1:37,45; Joh 4:50,51

according.

13:5

by Elijah. Heb. by the hand of Elijah.

16:12

A.M. 3096. B.C. 908. the son of the woman.

Ge 22:1,2; 2Ki 4:18-20; Zec 12:10; Joh 11:3,4,14; Jas 1:2-4,12

1Pe 1:7; 4:12

that there was.

Job 12:10; 34:14; Ps 104:29; Da 5:23; Jas 2:26; *marg:

What have I.

2Sa 16:10; 19:22; 2Ki 3:13; 2Ch 35:21; Lu 4:34; 5:8; 8:28; Joh 2:4

O thou man.

13:1

art thou come.

18:9; Ge 42:21,22; 50:15,17; 1Sa 16:4; Job 13:23,26; Eze 21:23,24

Mr 5:7,15-17; 6:16

into a loft.

2Ki 4:10,21,32; Ac 9:37

he cried.

18:36,37; Ex 17:4; 1Sa 7:8,9; 2Ki 19:4,15; Ps 99:6; Mt 21:22

Jas 5:15-18

hast thou also.

Ge 18:23-25; Jos 7:8,9; Ps 73:13,14; Jer 12:1

stretched himself. Heb. measured himself.

2Ki 4:33-35; Ac 10:10

O Lord my God.

Ac 9:40; Heb 11:19

into him. Heb. into his inward parts. and he revived.

De 32:39; 1Sa 2:6; 2Ki 13:21; Lu 8:54; Joh 5:28,29; 11:43; Ac 20:12

Ro 14:9; Re 11:11

See, thy son liveth.

2Ki 4:36,37; Lu 7:15; Ac 9:41; Heb 11:35

Now by this.

Joh 2:11; 3:2; 4:42-48; 11:15,42; 15:24; 16:30

the word.

Ec 12:10; 1Th 2:13; 1Jo 2:21

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 11:2,6

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.

17:1,7,15; Lu 4:25; Jas 5:17

Go.

2,15-40

I will send rain.

Le 26:4; De 28:12; Ps 65:9-13; Isa 5:6; Jer 10:13; 14:22; Joe 2:23

Am 4:7

went to shew.

Ps 27:1; 51:4; Pr 28:1; Isa 51:12; Heb 13:5,6

a 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; 41:40

feared the Lord.

12; Ge 22:12; 42:18; 2Ki 4:1; Ne 5:15; 7:2; Pr 14:26; Mal 3:16

Mt 10:28; Ac 10:2,35

Jezebel. Heb. Izabel. cut off the prophets.

Ne 9:26; Mt 21:35; Re 17:4-6

in a cave.

Heb 11:38

fed them.

13; 2Ki 6:22,23; Mt 10:40-42; 25:35,40

bread and water.

13:8,9,16

grass.

Ps 104:14; Jer 14:5,6; Joe 1:18; 2:22; Hab 3:17; Ro 8:20-22

we lose not all the beasts. Heb. we cut not off ourselvesfrom the beasts.

Ahab went.

Jer 14:3

was in the way.

11:29

he knew.

2Ki 1:6-8; Mt 3:4; 11:8

fell on.

Ge 18:2; 50:18; 1Sa 20:41; 2Sa 19:18; Isa 60:14

my 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 29:6

whither my lord.

Ps 10:2; Jer 26:20-23

they 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 8:39

2Co 12:2,3

he shall slay me.

1Sa 22:11-19; Da 2:5-13; Mt 2:16; Ac 12:19

from my youth.

1Sa 2:18,26; 3:19,20; 2Ch 34:3; Ps 71:17,18; Pr 8:13; Ec 7:18

Isa 50:10; Lu 1:15; 2Ti 3:15

what I did.

4; Ge 20:4,5; Ps 18:21-24; Ac 20:34; 1Th 2:9,10

I hid an hundred.

Mt 10:41,42

fed them.

Mt 25:35

and he shall slay me.

Mt 10:28

As the Lord.

10; Heb 6:16,17

of hosts liveth.

Ge 2:1; De 4:19; Job 25:3; Ps 24:8-10; 103:21; 148:2,3; Isa 6:3

Jer 8:2; Lu 2:13,14

before whom I.

17:1; De 1:38; Lu 1:19

I will surely.

Isa 51:7,8

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 24:13,20

in 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; 9:3

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.