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Verse 32. _HE MADE A TRENCH_] This was to detain the water that might
fall down from the altar when the barrels should be poured upon it, 1
Kings 18:35....
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HE BUILT AN ALTAR IN THE NAME OF THE LORD - i. e., calling, as he
built it, on the name of Yahweh, and so dedicating it to His service.
TWO MEASURES OF SEED - literally, “two seahs of seed.” The seah...
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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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_a trench_ The LXX. has θάλασσαν = _a sea_, which is
interesting in connexion with the name given to the great cistern
which Solomon caused to be made for the temple-services. Cf. 1 Kings
7:23 above....
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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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18:32 measures (c-27) Heb. _ seah_ , corresponding nearly to a peck....
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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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MEASURES] Heb. _seahs_, a seah being 3/10 of an ephah, about 2 1/2
gallons....
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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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MEASURES. — The “measure,” the third part of the ephah, hence
also often called _shalish_ (a “tierce,” or “third”), was
something less than three gallons. A trench to contain only six
gallons seems to...
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וַ יִּבְנֶ֧ה אֶת ־הָ אֲבָנִ֛ים
מִזְבֵּ֖חַ בְּ
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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 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 f...
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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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Furrows. Hebrew, "of two (sathayim) measures of seed." These furrows
Elias filled with water, to impede the natural activity of fire, and
to shew the miracle in a more striking light; (Haydock) as als...
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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 had...
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AND WITH THE STONES HE BUILT AN ALTAR IN THE SAME OF THE LORD,....
Whom the twelve tribes had formerly worshipped; and though now divided
in their civil state, yet ought to be united in the worship of...
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And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he
made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures
of seed.
Ver. 32. _In the name of the Lord,_] _i.e., _ By h...
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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'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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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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With the assistance of the people, who readily yielded their helping
hand, HE BUILT AN ALTAR; which, though generally forbidden, he might
do, because he did it by the command and suggestion of God, wh...
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1 Kings 18:32 stones H68 built H1129 (H8799) altar H4196 name H8034
LORD H3068 made H6213 (H8799) trench...
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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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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 10:31; 1 Samuel 7:17; 1 Samuel 7:9; Colossians 3:17;...
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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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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...