1 Kings 18:40Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.The true narrownessElijah was intolerant--narrow, as some would call it. Dr. Cadman says that some things must be narrow in order to do their work. “You want a narrow edge on your razor. About the broadest thing in the world is the Desert of Sahara.” No Christian should attempt a compromise between wrong and right. read more
1Ki 18:14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]: and he shall slay me. Ver. 14. And he shall slay me. ] Everything would live. Man is ζωον φιλοζωον . See on 1 Kings 18:9 . read more
1Ki 18:15 And Elijah said, [As] the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day. Ver. 15. I will surely show myself unto him today. ] Though he be never so much incensed against me. The fear of God putteth out the fear of any mortal wight, as the sunbeams do the fire on the hearth. When Gardiner, bishop of Winchester, said to Dr Taylor, martyr, Art thou come, thou villain? how darest thou look me in the face for shame? knowest thou not who I am? Yes,... read more
1Ki 18:16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. Ver. 16. So Obadiah went. ] Cured of his fear by the prophet’s oath; and confident that Deo armatus, he would encounter the king. read more
1Ki 18:17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, [Art] thou he that troubleth Israel? Ver. 17. Art thou he that troubleth Israel? ] Alas, what had the righteous prophet done? he taxed their sin, he foretold the judgment: he deserved it not, he inflicted it not; yet he smarteth, and they are guilty. As if some fond people should accuse the herald or the trumpet, as the cause of their war. Or, as if some ignorant peasant, when he seeth his fowls bathing in his pond,... read more
1Ki 18:18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. Ver. 18. I have not troubled Israel; but thou, &c. ] This was prophet-like plain dealing; such as was afterwards also used by Micaiah, Elisha, Jeremiah, John Baptist, Athenagoras, Athanasius Chrysostom, qui peccata tanta severitate arguebat ac si ipse etiam per iniuriam laesus esset: et omnium ordinum delicta magna... read more
1Ki 18:19 Now therefore send, [and] gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table. Ver. 19. And the prophets of the groves, which eat at Jezebel’s table.] These came not, as forbidden, haply, by Jezebel, who yet was at great charge with them. The Duke of Bavaria’s house is at this day so pestered with friars and Jesuits, that notwithstanding the greatness of his revenue, he is... read more
1Ki 18:20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. Ver. 20. Unto mount Carmel. ] Where the Papists say that Elias used to live a monastic retired life; and thereupon they call an order of their friars Carmelites. A mere fancy. read more
1Ki 18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD [be] God, follow him: but if Baal, [then] follow him. And the people answered him not a word. Ver. 21. How long halt ye between two opinions? ] Being as soon of this, and as soon of that; uncertain of either, unconstant to either; flying, like birds, off one bough on to another, as the Hebrew word a here used properly signifieth, waving as top branches, and wavering "like a wave of the... read more
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The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Kings 18:39
1 Kings 18:39All the people . . . said, The Lord, He is the God.Christianity acknowledged supremeIn the Introduction to his Analogy of Religion, Bishop Butler says: “It has come to pass--I know not how--that Christianity is discovered to be victorious.” Why, that was nearly two hundred years ago! I wonder how many books have been written against the Bible since then, and handed up, one after the other, to the cobwebs of the upper shelves in the library, while the old Book still lies before... read more