"And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood."
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Verse 33. _FILL FOUR BARRELS_] This was done to prevent any kind of
suspicion that there was _fire concealed under the altar_. An ancient
writer under the name of _Chrysostom_, quoted by Calmet, says...
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AND HE PUT THE WOOD IN ORDER ... - He obeyed, that is, all the
injunctions of the Law with respect to the offering of a burned
sacrifice (marginal reference). He thus publicly taught that the
ordinanc...
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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 (1 Ki...
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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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WATER. See note on 1 Kings 18:19.
THE WOOD. Septuagint adds "and they did so"....
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_and laid_him [R.V. IT] _on the wood, and_[R.V. AND HE] _said_ The
former of these changes is in accordance with modern usage.
_on the burnt sacrifice_ R.V. BURNT-OFFERING. Which latter is the
consta...
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FILL FOUR BARRELS WITH WATER, &C.— The prophet did this to make the
miracle more conspicuous and convincing, to shew that there was no
fallacy in it, no fire concealed in or about the altar; but that...
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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 ELIJAH TOOK TWELVE STONES, ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF THE TRIBES
OF THE SONS OF JACOB, UNTO WHOM THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME, SAYING,
ISRAEL SHALL BE THY NAME:_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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FILL FOUR BARRELS — or pitchers. The filling of these at the time of
drought has naturally excited speculation. A ready surmise, by those
unacquainted with the country, was that the water was taken fr...
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וַֽ יַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ אֶת ־הָֽ עֵצִ֑ים וַ
יְנַתַּח֙ אֶת ־הַ פָּ֔ר וַ יָּ֖שֶׂם
עַל ־הָ...
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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 cha...
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THE GOD THAT ANSWERETH BY FIRE
1 Kings 18:30
Too many halt, or limp, between two opinions. The altar of
consecration to Christ has been thrown down, 1 Kings 18:30. The
worship of Baal, which stands...
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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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(30) And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all
the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD
that was broken down. (31) And Elijah took twelve stones, acco...
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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 ha...
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AND HE PUT THE WOOD IN ORDER, AND CUT THE BULLOCK IN PIECES, AND LAID
HIM ON THE WOOD,.... Just in such manner as sacrifices usually were:
AND SAID, FILL FOUR BARRELS WITH WATER; either from the broo...
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And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid
[him] on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour
[it] on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
Ver. 33. _Fill...
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1 Kin. 18:33-35. Elijah's sacrifice, in the time wherein it was
offered, was attended with the greatest obstacles to its being
consumed by fire. God, who has more ends than one in what He does,
probab...
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_With the stones he built an altar_ With the assistance of the people,
who now readily yielded their helping hands. _In the name of the Lord_
By the authority of God and for his worship. _He made a tr...
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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 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 gav...
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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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FILL FOUR BARRELS WITH WATER; which they could quickly fetch, either
from the river Kishon; or if that was dried up, from the sea; both
which were at the foot of the mountain. See JEREMIAH 46:18. POUR...
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1 Kings 18:33 put H6186 wood H6086 order H6186 (H8799) cut H5408
(H8762) bull H6499 laid H7760 (H8799) wood H6086 said H559 (H8799)
Fill H4390 (H8798) four H702 waterpots H3537 water H4325 pour H3332...
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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
betwe...
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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 t...
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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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Daniel 3:19; Daniel 3:25; Genesis 22:9; John 11:39; John 11:40; John
19:33; John 19:34; Judges 6:20; Leviticus 1:6...
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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 m...
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With water — This they could quickly fetch, either from the river
Kishon; or, if that was dried up, from the sea; both were at the foot
of the mountain. This he did to make the miracle more glorious,...
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Where did Elijah get all the water if there had been a drought for
three years?
PROBLEM: Even the brook had dried up because the drought was so severe
(1 Kings 17:7; cf. 18:2). Yet before Elijah pray...