Commentary Critical and Explanatory
1 Kings 18:18
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
Verse 1 Kings 18:18. _I HAVE NOT TROUBLED ISRAEL_] Here the _cause_ of the dearth is placed on its true ground: the king and the people had forsaken the true God, and God _shut up the heavens that the...
Instead of apologies, and pleas for pardon, Elijah meets the charge with a countercharge, and makes a sudden demand. “Gather to me,” etc. This boldness, this high tone, this absence of the slightest i...
2. ELIJAH ON CARMEL: THE ANSWERED PRAYER CHAPTER 18 _ 1. The command to see Ahab (1 Kings 18:1)_ 2. Elijah's response (1 Kings 18:2) 3. Ahab and Obadiah (1 Kings 18:3) 4. Elijah and Obadiah ...
ELIJAH'S MEETING WITH AHAB AND HIS CONTEST WITH THE PRIESTS OF BAAL. The history of Ahab's reign must have been something like the following: On his marriage with Jezebel he must have allowed the wors...
_ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord_ This was done before the Baal-worship was introduced, by Jeroboam and by each king after him, and Omri, Ahab's father, was no better than the rest. The...
II. THE GREAT CONTEST ON CARMEL 18:1-46 Events in Israel during the years of Elijah's self-imposed exile are not narrated in any detail. No doubt at first Jezebel and the Baal prophets assured the peo...
JEHOVAH OR BAAL? 1. In the third year] in Luke 4:2; James 5:17 the duration of the famine is given as 3 years and 6 months....
BAALIM] RV 'the Baalim': i.e. the Baals: see on 1 Kings 16:31....
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 18 GOD SENDS ELIJAH TO KING AHAB V1 After there had been no rain for three years, the *Lord spoke to Elijah. ‘Go and meet King Ahab. Then...
BAALIM — that is, as usual, “the Baalim” — the phrase being probably used contemptuously for false gods generally, the Baal, the Asherah, and perhaps other Canaanitish idols, being included....
וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר לֹ֤א עָכַ֨רְתִּי֙ אֶת ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל...
ELIJAH AND AHAB 1 Kings 18:1 "Return, oh backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto Thee; for Thou art Jehovah our God. Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from t...
THE GOD THAT ANSWERETH NOT 1 Kings 18:16 “The God that answereth by fire, let Him be God.” We are thrilled as we read these words. Our altars stand unkindled, our sacrifices are unconsumed, our churc...
In this chapter we have perhaps one of the most familiar stories of the Old Testament. There are, however, certain points of interest especially to be noted. The first is Ahab's connection with Obadia...
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but (f) thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. (f) The true ministers of God...
_House. Your impiety has brought on this scourge. I only denounced it. (Salien)_...
(17) В¶ And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? (18) And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in th...
The days were very dark in Israel. Not only rebellion. And rebellion, always serious, was peculiarly so in Israel, for there it was insubordination in a direct manner against not only God's providence...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 AND 18. Elijah and Elisha, on the contrary (witnesses for God in the midst of a people that according to grace God still recognised as His own, but who had...
AND HE ANSWERED,.... That is, Elijah, with great boldness and undaunted courage, not fearing the face of the king, being sent to show himself to him in the name of the King of kings: I HAVE NOT TROUB...
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. Ver. 18. _I have not troubled Isra...
_Art thou he that troubleth Israel?_ Have I at last met with thee, O thou disturber of my kingdom, the author of this famine, and of all our calamities? _He answered, I have not troubled Israel_ These...
1 In the extremitie of famine Eliiah sent to Ahab, meeteth good Obadiah. 9 Obadiah bringeth Ahab to Eliiah. 17 Eliiah reprouing Ahab, by fire from heauen conuinceth Baals prophets. 41 Eliiah by pra...
And he, turning back the accusation upon the king, ANSWERED, I HAVE NOT TROUBLED ISRAEL, BUT THOU AND THY FATHER'S HOUSE, his whole family, IN THAT YE HAVE FORSAKEN THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD, rejec...
ELIJAH REPROVES AHAB...
ELIJAH'S RETURN TO FACE AHAB (vs.1-20) The famine lasted three and a half years (James 5:17), the same length of time the Great Tribulation will last. But the rain would not be sent until Elijah gave...
17-20 One may guess how people stand affected to God, by observing how they stand affected to his people and ministers. It has been the lot of the best and most useful men, like Elijah, to be called a...
These calamities are not to be imputed to my passions, but thine and thy father's wickedness, which God punisheth by this means. He answered him thus boldly, because he spoke and acted in God's name,...
1 Kings 18:18 answered H559 (H8799) troubled H5916 (H8804) Israel H3478 fathers H1 house H1004 forsaken H5800 ...
CONTENTS: Elijah goes to meet Ahab and gives challenge. Contests with the priests of Baal. CHARACTERS: God, Elijah, Jezebel, Obadiah, Baal, priests. CONCLUSION: The man of faith need not be afraid to...
1 Kings 18:1. _After many days._ About the end of the third year, leaving six months more for the crops to be sown and ripened, which harmonizes the new testament with the old. Luke 4:25; James 5:17....
_When Ahab saw Elijah._ DELIVERANCE FROM THE MOUTH OF THE LION I. The wonderful protection of the prophet; II. The unjust accusation brought against him; III. The bold language he uses; and, IV....
_Art thou he that troubleth Israel?_ THE SOURCE OF A SINNER’S TROUBLE Our theme lies in this controversy between Ahab and Elijah as to the cause of the trouble which had come upon Israel. Ahab accuse...
_Go, show thyself unto Ahab._ AHAB, OBADIAH, AND ELIJAH;- What are the general lessons as affecting Ahab, Obadiah, and Elijah? 1. It is possible for a man to be very bad in one direction and very t...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 18:1 In ch. 1 Kings 17:1 Elijah has lived privately, first in the Transjordanian wilderness and then in Zarephath. Now he reappears in public. The drought will end, but not bef
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 18:17 YOU TROUBLER OF ISRAEL. Ahab sees Elijah, the prophet who has pronounced God’s judgment, as the cause of the nation’s trouble. But Elijah rightly answers that Ahab, who h...
ELIJAH’S CONTEST WITH AHAB AND BAAL CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 18:1. _After_ MANY DAYS … IN THE THIRD YEAR—in Luke 4:25, James 5:17, the drought is said to have lastes for the space of...
EXPOSITION ELIJAH'S RETURN AND THE ORDEAL OF MOUNT CARMEL.—The preceding chapter having been exclusively occupied with the fortunes of Elijah during his enforced absence of three and a half years from...
So our introduction to Elijah. Now it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the eaRuth...
1 Kings 9:9; 2 Chronicles 15:2; Acts 24:13; Acts 24:20; Ezekiel 3:8;...
ELIJAH AT MOUNT CARMEL 1 Kings 18:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are three things which we wish to consider: 1. JUDGMENT AND JUSTICE. The opening verse of chapter 18 says, "And it came to pass after ma...
He answered — These calamities are not to be imputed to me, but thine and thy father's wickedness. He answered him boldly, because he spoke in God's name, and for his honour and service. Ye — All of y...