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CHAPTER XVIII
_Elijah is commanded by the Lord to show himself to Ahab_, 1, 2.
_Ahab, and Obadiah his steward, search the land to find_
_provender for the cattle_, 3-6.
_Obadiah meets Elijah, who...
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THE THIRD YEAR - i. e., in the third year of his sojourn with the
widow. The whole period of drought was three years and a half Luke
4:25; James 5:17 : of this, probably about one year was passed by
E...
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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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THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.
THIRD YEAR: i.e. the third or last full year toward the end of the
three and. half years....
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THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ELIJAH IN THE THIRD YEAR— St. James,
speaking of this event, says, that _it rained not on the earth for the
space of three years and six months._ Our blessed Saviour makes...
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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...
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_AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER MANY DAYS, THAT THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME
TO ELIJAH IN THE THIRD YEAR, SAYING, GO, SHEW THYSELF UNTO AHAB; AND I
WILL SEND RAIN UPON THE EARTH._
The third year. In the New...
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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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THE THIRD YEAR. — By the accurate tradition, preserved in Luke 4:25;
James 5:17, it would seem that the drought lasted “three years and
six months.” If, therefore, the expression in the text is to be...
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וַ יְהִי֙ יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים וּ דְבַר
־יְהוָ֗ה
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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...
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BEHOLD, ELIJAH!
1 Kings 18:1
“The word of the Lord came” to Elijah on four successive
occasions- 1 Kings 17:2; 1 Kings 17:8; 1 Kings 18:1
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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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And it came to pass [after] many days, that the word of the LORD came
to Elijah in the (a) third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab;
and I will send rain upon the earth.
(a) After that he depar...
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_Year of his sojourning at Sarephta. As other six months elapsed
before the drought was removed, it is probable that Elias had spent
them at Carith, James v. 17. (Calmet) --- Earth. God is pleased to...
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CONTENTS
This chapter relates to us the further history of Elijah. The time
being arrived for his appearance again before Ahab, the Lord commands
him to go on this embassy. An account of this intervi...
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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 AFTER MANY DAYS,.... When two years and more were
gone from the time the drought and famine began; or rather from the
time of the prophets departure to the brook Cherith, which mig...
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And it came to pass [after] many days, that the word of the LORD came
to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I
will send rain upon the earth.
Ver. 1. _After many days,_]...
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_The word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year_ Our Lord and
St. James say, the drought continued three years and six months, (Luke
4:25; James 5:17;) nor do they contradict what is here asser...
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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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ELIJAH REPROVES AHAB...
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And it came to pass after many days, three and one half years after
the first announcement of the famine, Luke 4:25; James 5:17, THAT THE
WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ELIJAH IN THE THIRD YEAR, namely, the...
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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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1-16 The severest judgments, of themselves, will not humble or change
the hearts of sinners; nothing, except the blood of Jesus Christ, can
atone for the guilt of sin; nothing, except the sanctifying...
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1 KINGS CHAPTER 18 Elijah in the extremity of famine is sent to Ahab;
meeteth good Obadiah, 1 KINGS 18:1; chargeth him to certify the king
of his coming: he bringeth Ahab to him, 1 KINGS 18:8. He repr...
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1 Kings 18:1 many H7227 days H3117 word H1697 LORD H3068 Elijah H452
third H7992 year H8141 saying H559 ...
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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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_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...
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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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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...
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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 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 17:15; 1 Kings 17:7; 1 Kings 18:15; 1 Kings 1
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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 third year — Either, From the time when he went to hide himself
by the brook Cherith; six months before which time the famine might
begin. And so this being towards the end of the third year, it m...