1 Kings 18:36 BSB

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 18:1-46

The Reign Of Ahab King Of Israel c. 872-851 BC (1 Kings 16:29 to 1 Kings 22:40 ). The reigns of the previous seven kings of Judah and Israel have been covered in a short space (1 Kings 15:1 to 1 Kings 16:28). The reign of Ahab will now take up almost the whole of the remainder of 1 Kings (from 1 Kings 16:29 to 1 Kings 22:40). This, however, was not due to the importance of Ahab politically, but occurs because he was in continual conflict with the prophets of YHWH. It was these conflicts... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 18:21-40

The Contest On Mount Carmel: YHWH Versus Baal (1 Kings 18:21-40 ). In this vivid description of the contest on Mount Carmel Ahab is deliberately not mentioned. This was because it was not a contest between Elijah and Ahab, but between YHWH, represented by Elijah, and Baal, represented by his four hundred and fifty prophets. All eyes were to be on the combatants. And it was carried out before all the people so that they could come to their own conclusions. It would end in a complete victory... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 18:1-41

1 Kings 18:1-Mark : . 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 worship of the Baal of Tyre and been met with the remonstrances of the prophets. Furious at their opposition, Jezebel had massacred a large number, but the king’ s steward had supported the cause of Yahweh ( 1 Kings 18:4); so Ahab cannot have been wholly ill-disposed to those... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 18:36

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, Acts 3:1. That I have done all these things; brought this famine, gathered the people hither, and done what I have done, or am doing here. At thy word; not in compliance with my own passions, but in obedience to thy command, as thy agent and minister. For that action of shutting up heaven, and... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Kings 18:19-40

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 of the prophets of this female divinity. 1 Kings 18:21. How long halt ye, &c.—From the root סָעַף, to divide, dissever. In Psalms 119:118, the same word is rendered by “vain thoughts,” i.e., double-minded, ambiguous. The Vulg. translates here, Usquequo claudicatis in duas partes? To go from... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:1-46

Chapter 18So 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 Kings 18:1 ).Now this is very important to the further part of the story. "The word of the Lord came to Elijah saying, Go show yourself to Ahab. I'm going to send rain upon the earth." So he has the promise of God that rain is going to come. Now later on, we're going to find Elijah up... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 18:1-46

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. 1 Kings 18:5 . Go to all fountains and brooks. It had rained in some corners of the land, for “one whole city had gone to another city to drink water.” No doubt there were some very deep springs that would run for more than a year. 1 Kings 18:13 . Jezebel slew the prophets of the lord. ... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Kings 18:19-40

1 Kings 18:19-40Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto Mount Carmel.The priests of BaalMendelssohn has wrought the harmonies and discords of this scene into a grand oratorio, and the painter or poet can find in it abundant material for his art. The actors are a king and royal court, hundreds of priests in splendid vesture, masses of people, anxious and hungry-eyed; and over against them a single man, big, fearless, with hairy mantle and leathern girdle, and loose locks waving like... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Kings 18:36

1 Kings 18:36Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel.Elijah’s creedLet us consider the creed of this “loftiest, sternest spirit of the true faith,” as Dean Stanley called him. We may glean its articles from that prayer made under circumstances which would have tried the soul even of a sterner man than he. Three things may be read in this prayer:1. A formula--“Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel.”2. A personal relation between God and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 18:36

1Ki 18:36 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 thou [art] God in Israel, and [that] I [am] thy servant, and [that] I have done all these things at thy word. Ver. 36. That thou art God in Israel. ] The Baalites’ prayers were not more tedious than Elijah’s was short, and yet more pithy than short; charging God with the care of his... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 18:1-46

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 18:21-40

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 18:1-41

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 18:36

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Kings 18:19-40

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:1-46

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 18:1-46

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Kings 18:19-40

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Kings 18:36

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 18:36

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