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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...
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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...
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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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LEAPED UPON. leaped over. Compare 1 Kings 18:21.
WAS MADE. had been made....
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_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...
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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...
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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 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 ANSWERE...
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18:26 about (b-41) Or 'upon.'...
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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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LEAPED UPON] RV 'leaped about': lit. 'limped about': i.e. they
performed an irregular and uncouth dance round the altar....
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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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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...
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וַ֠ יִּקְחוּ אֶת ־הַ פָּ֨ר אֲשֶׁר
־נָתַ֣ן
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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 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...
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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 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...
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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...
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(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...
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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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_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...
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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 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...
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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...
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_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...
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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 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...
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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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HEAR:
Or, answer
ANSWERED:
Or, heard
LEAPT UPON THE ALTAR:
Or, leaped up and down at the altar...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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_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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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 Corinthians 10:19; 1 Corinthians 10:20; 1 Corinthians 12:2; 1
Corinthians 8:4;...
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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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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...