and said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea, where the storm-clouds would be visible at once. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times, again and again, for the rain must surely come.
Verse 1 Kings 18:43. _LOOK TOWARD THE SEA._] From the top of Mount Carmel the Mediterranean Sea was full in view....
Tradition says that Elijah’s servant was the son of the widow of Sarepta 1 Kings 17:23....
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 ...
1 Kings 18:41. THE SENDING OF THE RAIN. Elijah and his servant again ascended Carmel, where the prophet prayed and the servant watched. The nearest point of Carmel is about 17 miles from Jezreel. Eija...
SERVANT. young man....
_look toward the sea_ Because from that quarter would come the indication of the approaching storm. The LXX. omits -he went up" in the next clause, and adds at the close of the verse -and the servant...
C. THE AFTERMATH OF THE CONTEST 18:41-46 TRANSLATION (41) And Elijah said onto Ahab, Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of the tumult of rain. (42) Then Ahab went up to eat and to drink. An...
_AND SAID TO HIS SERVANT, GO UP NOW, LOOK TOWARD THE SEA. AND HE WENT UP, AND LOOKED, AND SAID, THERE IS NOTHING. AND HE SAID, GO AGAIN SEVEN TIMES._ Go up now, look toward the sea. From the place of...
18:43 servant, (a-6) Heb. 'young man.' see ch. 20.14; Judges 7:10 ; Ruth 2:5 ; 1 Samuel 9:5 ....
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....
SEVEN TIMES] used vaguely of a considerable number: cp. Psalms 12:6; Psalms 119:164....
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...
GO AGAIN SEVEN TIMES. — From this delay of the answer to prayer Elijah’s example became proverbial for intensity and perseverance in supplication (James 5:17). The contrast is remarkable between the i...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֶֽל ־נַעֲרֹ֗ו עֲלֵֽה ־נָא֙ הַבֵּ
THE RAIN 1 Kings 18:41 "Are there any of the vanities of the nations that can cause rain?" - Jeremiah 14:22 BUT the terrible excitement of the day was not vet over, nor was the victory completely w...
EXALTATION AND DEPRESSION 1 Kings 18:41; 1 Kings 19:1 When the priests had been executed, the quick ear of the prophet detected the hurrying rain-clouds. Note the contrast between Ahab and the prophe...
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 said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, [There is] nothing. And he said, Go again (p) seven times. (p) As God's spirit moved him to pray, so was...
(43) And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. (44) And it came to pass at the seventh time, t...
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 SAID TO HIS SERVANT,.... Whom some take to be the son of the widow of Sarepta, but he must be too young to be employed in such service as this was: GO UP NOW; still higher on Mount Carmel; than w...
And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, [There is] nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. Ver. 43. _And said to his servant._] The widow of...
_Go up now_, &c. While I continue praying. _Look toward the sea_ Whence clouds and vapours usually arise. Elijah desired to have timely notice of the first appearance of rain, not out of vanity, but t...
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...
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...
41-46 Israel, being so far reformed as to acknowledge the Lord to be God, and to consent to the execution of Baal's prophets, was so far accepted, that God poured out blessing upon the land. Elijah l...
GO UP NOW, whilst I continue praying. LOOK TOWARD THE SEA; whence clouds and vapours usually arise. Elijah desired to have timely notice of the very first appearance and signification of rain, not out...
1 Kings 18:43 said H559 (H8799) servant H5288 up H5927 (H8798) look H5027 (H8685) toward H1870 sea...
THE SOUND OF ABUNDANCE OF RAIN (1 KINGS 18:41) His offering, with its water offering, having been accepted Elijah now knew that the rain must follow. And he called on Ahab, who up to this point had be...
1 Kings 18:43 This is one of the parables of nature which we may apply in many directions. It expresses the truth that often out of seeming nothingness there arises the very blessing most desired. (1...
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....
_And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea._ THE SERVANT OF ELIJAH I. That to aim upwards in our thoughts and actions is the best way to obtain relief in times of danger or difficulty....
_And Elijah said unto Ahab._ THE CONQUEST OF FAITH This passage:-- I. Indicates the bent of a good man’s mind. Both Ahab and Elijah “went up,” but how different their purposes. One “went up” to eat...
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 18:41. SOUND OF ABUNDANCE OF RAIN—The cause of the curse of drought being now removed, the blessing came quick. 1 Kings 18:42. CAST HIMSELF DOWN UPON THE EART...
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...
Ephesians 6:18; Genesis 32:26; Habakkuk 2:3; Hebrews 10:36; Hebre
Go — While I continue praying. Elijah desired to have timely notice of the first appearance of rain, that Ahab and the people might know that it was obtained from Jehovah by the prophet's prayers, and...
How can this verse say that Jehoshaphat refused Ahaziah’s request when 2 Chronicles says they worked together? PROBLEM: According to 1 Kings 22:48, Jehoshaphat built several merchant ships. When Ahazi...