-
Verse 1 Kings 18:22. _I ONLY, REMAIN A PROPHET OF THE LORD_] That is,
I am the only prophet of God _present_, and can have but the influence
of _an individual_; while the prophets of Baal are _four h...
-
I, EVEN I, ONLY REMAIN - He means, “I only remain in the exercise of
the office of a prophet.” The others (Compare 1 Kings 18:4) had been
forced to fly and hide themselves in dens and caves of the ear...
-
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 ...
-
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...
-
THE PEOPLE. Some codices read "all the people"....
-
_I, even I only, remain_ R.V. AM LEFT. As in 1 Kings 19:10 for the
same word. Elijah means that he is the only one who now stands forward
in Jehovah's name. No doubt there were others of those saved b...
-
I, EVEN I ONLY, REMAIN A PROPHET OF THE LORD— From these words one
can hardly imagine, that all those _hundred_ whom Obadiah preserved, 1
Kings 18:13 were men actually inspired, and invested with a pr...
-
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...
-
_THEN SAID ELIJAH UNTO THE PEOPLE, I, EVEN I ONLY, REMAIN A PROPHET OF
THE LORD; BUT BAAL'S PROPHETS ARE FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY MEN._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
-
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....
-
I, _even_ I ONLY] The other prophets of the Lord, if not destroyed
(see 1 Kings 18:4), were at any rate silenced....
-
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...
-
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ֙ אֶל ־הָ עָ֔ם
אֲנִ֞י
-
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...
-
THE GOD THAT ANSWERETH NOT
1 Kings 18:16
“The God that answereth by fire, let Him be God.” We are thrilled
as we read these words. Our altars stand unkindled, our sacrifices are
unconsumed, our churc...
-
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...
-
_I. Hebrew repeats "I," to make the contrast more striking. Elias
alone was present, in this assembly, as the prophet of the Lord.
(Haydock) --- He knew that Abdias had preserved 100: but they were
co...
-
(22) Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a
prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty
men. (23) Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choo...
-
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...
-
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...
-
THEN SAID ELIJAH UNTO THE PEOPLE, I, EVEN I ONLY REMAIN A PROPHET OF
THE LORD,.... At least as he thought, all the rest being slain, as he
supposed; however there were none present but himself:
BUT B...
-
_Then said Elijah unto the people, I, [even] I only, remain a prophet
of the LORD; but Baal's prophets [are] four hundred and fifty men._
Ver. 22. _I, even I, only remain._] So Paphnutius in the Nice...
-
_I only remain a prophet of the Lord_ Namely, here present, publicly
to own and plead the cause of God. As for the other prophets of the
Lord, mentioned 1 Kings 18:13, we can hardly imagine that they,...
-
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...
-
Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of
the Lord, all the rest having been either murdered or caused to cease
preaching; BUT BAAL'S PROPHETS ARE FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY ME...
-
ELIJAH SLAYS THE PROPHETS OF BAAL...
-
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...
-
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...
-
I ONLY REMAIN, to wit, here present, publicly to own and plead the
cause of God; for he opposeth himself only to Baal's four hundred and
fifty prophets, because they only were present; the prophets of...
-
1 Kings 18:22 Elijah H452 said H559 (H8799) people H5971 left H3498
(H8738) prophet H5030 LORD H3068 Baals...
-
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...
-
1 Kings 18:22
I. The lesson of Elijah's history is the blessing and the glory of a
constant will. It was this which made Elijah so great; it is this only
which can make us great, for this is at the ro...
-
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...
-
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....
-
_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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
1 Kings 18:19; 1 Kings 18:20; 1 Kings 19:10; 1 Kings 19:14; 1
-
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...
-
I only — Here present, to own the cause of God. As far the other
prophets of the Lord, many of them were slain, others banished, or hid
in caves....