And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
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Verse 1 Kings 18:26. _FROM MORNING EVEN UNTIL NOON_] It seems that the priests of Baal employed the whole day in their desperate rites. The time is divided into two periods: 1. _From morning until no...
AND CALLED ON THE NAME OF BAAL FROM MORNING EVEN UNTIL NOON - Compare the parallel in the conduct of the Greeks of Ephesus. Acts 19:34. The words “O Baal, hear us,” probably floated on the air as the...
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...
LEAPED UPON. leaped over. Compare 1 Kings 18:21. WAS MADE. had been made....
_which was given them_ These words are omitted in the LXX., which represents -hear us" in the latter part of the verse twice over. _and they leaped upon_[R.V. ABOUT] _the altar_ One part of the heathe...
AND THEY LEAPED UPON THE ALTAR THAT WAS MADE— Or, _leaped up and down at the altar._ Margin. The marginal rendering seems by far the best: and the reference appears plainly to be a custom very common...
B. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTEST 18:21-40 The story of the contest on Carmel is one that has excited the imagination of believers through the centuries. The narrative is somewhat lengthy and may for...
18:26 about (b-41) Or 'upon.'...
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....
LEAPED UPON] RV 'leaped about': lit. 'limped about': i.e. they performed an irregular and uncouth dance round the altar....
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...
O BAAL, HEAR US. — This repeated cry — the ever-recurring burden of the prayer, uttered probably first in measured chant, afterwards in a wild excited cry — stands in an instructive contrast (which ha...
וַ֠ יִּקְחוּ אֶת ־הַ פָּ֨ר אֲשֶׁר ־נָתַ֣ן
ELIJAH ON MOUNT CARMEL 1 Kings 18:20 "O for a sculptor's hand, That thou might'st take thy stand, Thy wild hair floating in the eastern breeze!" - KEBLE IT never occurred to Ahab to refuse the chal...
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 they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed [it], and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But [there was] no voice, nor any that answ...
That they. Hebrew, "which he (Achaz) had made;" (Calmet) or, "which was made." (Haydock) --- The altar of Elias was erected afterwards, ver. 30. The prophets of Baal acted in a foolish manner, (Calmet...
(25) And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under. (26) And they took...
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...
_CHRISTIANS INSTRUCTED BY BAAL’S PRIESTS_ ‘And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, bear us. B...
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 THEY TOOK THE BULLOCK WHICH WAS GIVEN THEM,.... By such of them as made the choice: AND THEY DRESSED IT; slew it, and cut it in pieces, and laid it on the wood, but put no fire under it: AND CAL...
And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed [it], and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But [there was] no voice, nor any that answ...
_They took the bullock which was given them_ Which, being chosen by them, was now put into their hands by those who had the beasts in their custody till they were taken away for sacrifice; _and dresse...
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 they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, which included the proper dissecting of the members according to the requirements of the ritual, AND CALLED ON THE NAME OF BAAL FRO...
ELIJAH SLAYS THE PROPHETS OF BAAL...
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...
HEAR: Or, answer ANSWERED: Or, heard LEAPT UPON THE ALTAR: Or, leaped up and down at the altar...
21-40 Many of the people wavered in their judgment, and varied in their practice. Elijah called upon them to determine whether Jehovah or Baal was the self-existent, supreme God, the Creator, Governo...
THEY TOOK THE BULLOCK WHICH WAS GIVEN THEM; which being chosen by them, 1 KINGS 18:25, was now put into their hands by those who had the beasts in their custody, till they were taken away for sacrific...
1 Kings 18:26 took H3947 (H8799) bull H6499 given H5414 (H8804) prepared H6213 (H8799) called H7121 ...
THE CONTEST ON MOUNT CARMEL: YHWH VERSUS BAAL (1 KINGS 18:21). In this vivid description of the contest on Mount Carmel Ahab is deliberately not mentioned. This was because it was not a contest betwee...
1 Kings 18:26 The conduct of the priests of Baal is in many respects well fitted to put to shame the disciples of Christ. I. Notice first their zeal. They were willing to suffer and cut themselves wi...
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....
_Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto Mount Carmel._ THE PRIESTS OF BAAL Mendelssohn has wrought the harmonies and discords of this scene into a grand oratorio, and the painter or poe...
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
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 18:19. PROPHETS OF BAAL, &c.—Soothsayers and oracle príests. GROVES—Asherah. Baal and Astarte were the male and female divinities. Jezebel was the patroness o...
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 Corinthians 10:19; 1 Corinthians 10:20; 1 Corinthians 12:2; 1 Corinthians 8:4;...
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...
Dressed — Cut it in pieces, and laid the parts upon the wood. From morning — From the time of the morning sacrifice; which advantage Elijah suffered them to take. They leapt upon — Or, beside the alta...