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Verse 36. _LORD GOD OF ABRAHAM_] He thus addressed the Supreme Being,
that they might know when the answer was given, that it was the _same_
God whom the patriarchs and their fathers worshipped, and t...
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AT THE TIME OF THE OFFERING OF THE EVENING SACRIFICE - i. e., probably
“the ninth hour,” or three o’clock. Thus there might still
remain about five hours of light, during which the other events of the...
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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 ...
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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...
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ISRAEL, not Jacob. See note on Genesis 32:28....
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_And it came to pass_… evening _sacrifice_ R.V. OBLATION. This
change follows on what was done in 1 Kings 18:29. The LXX. omits this
clause entirely. Elijah waited till the usual hour for the evening...
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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...
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_AND ELIJAH TOOK TWELVE STONES, ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF THE TRIBES
OF THE SONS OF JACOB, UNTO WHOM THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME, SAYING,
ISRAEL SHALL BE THY NAME:_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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....
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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...
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LORD GOD OF ABRAHAM. — In this solemn and earnest invocation of God,
as in Exodus 3:15; Exodus 6:2, the name JEHOVAH, describing God as He
is in Himself — the One eternal self-existent Being — is unit...
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וַ יְהִ֣י ׀ בַּ עֲלֹ֣ות הַ מִּנְחָ֗ה
וַ
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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...
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THE GOD THAT ANSWERETH BY FIRE
1 Kings 18:30
Too many halt, or limp, between two opinions. The altar of
consecration to Christ has been thrown down, 1 Kings 18:30. The
worship of Baal, which stands f...
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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...
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(36) And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening
sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of
Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that tho...
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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...
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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...
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AND IT CAME TO PASS, AT THE TIME OF THE OFFERING OF THE EVENING
SACRIFICE,.... Which the people of God at Jerusalem were now attending
to:
THAT ELIJAH THE PROPHET CAME NEAR; to the altar he had built...
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_At the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice_ This time he
chose, that he might unite his prayers with the prayers of the godly
Jews at Jerusalem, who at that time assembled together to pray....
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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...
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And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening
sacrifice that Elijah, the prophet, came near, approaching closely to
the altar, AND SAID, LORD GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND OF ISRAEL, THE...
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ELIJAH SLAYS THE PROPHETS OF BAAL...
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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...
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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...
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AT THE TIME OF THE OFFERING OF THE EVENING SACRIFICE; which time he
chose, that he might unite his prayers with the prayers of the godly
Jews at Jerusalem, who at that time assembled together to pray,...
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1 Kings 18:36 offering H5927 (H8800) sacrifice H4503 Elijah H452
prophet H5030 near H5066 (H8799) said...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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_Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac,
and of Israel._
ELIJAH’S CREED
Let us consider the creed of this “loftiest, sternest spirit of the
true faith,” as Dean Stanley c...
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_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...
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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
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 18:36 ANSWER ME, O LORD, ANSWER ME.
Elijah’s public prayer gives evidence of great faith and confidence
that God will answer....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 29:18; 1 Kings 18:21; 1 Kings 18:29; 1 Kings 22:28;...
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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...
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The evening sacrifice — This time he chose, that he might unite his
prayers with the prayers of the godly Jews at Jerusalem, who at that
time assembled together to pray. Lord God of, &c. — Hereby he s...