Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 18:20
He complied with Elijah’s motion; partly, because it was so fair and reasonable, that he could not refuse it with honour, nor without the discontent of all his people, this being proposed in order to their deliverance from this terrible famine; partly, because the urgency of the present distress made him willing to try all means to remove it; partly, from a curiosity of seeing some extraordinary events; and principally, because God inclined his heart to close with it. read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 18:19
Now therefore send, to wit, messengers, that this controversy between thee and me may be decided, the true cause of these heavy judgments discovered and removed, that so this plague may be removed. Gather to me all Israel, by their deputies, or heads, or representatives, that they may be witnesses of all our transactions. Unto Mount Carmel; not that Carmel in Judah, 1 Samuel 15:12, but another in Issachar by the midland sea, Joshua 19:26; Jeremiah 46:18; which he chose as a very convenient... read more