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Verse 1 Kings 18:21. _HOW LONG HALT YE BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS?_]
Literally, "How long hop ye about upon two boughs?" This is a metaphor
taken from birds hopping about from bough to bough, not knowing o...
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The people were mute. They could not but feel the logical force of
Elijah’s argument; but they were not prepared at once to act upon
it. They wished to unite the worship of Yahweh with that of Baal -...
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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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HOW LONG. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.
HALT. leap. Compare 1 Kings 18:26....
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_And Elijah came_ R.V. adds NEAR. The word is the same which is twice
so rendered in 1 Kings 18:30. It indicates an approach for the purpose
of conference and support.
_How long halt ye between two op...
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DISCOURSE: 345
DECISION OF CHARACTER
1 Kings 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...
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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 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._
Elijah ca...
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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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HALT] not in the sense of suspending judgment, but of pursuing a
vacillating and irregular course, serving at one time Baal and at
another time the Lord (Jehovah). The word literally means 'limping.'...
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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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HOW LONG HALT YE BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS? — In this exclamation is
expressed the very motto of Elijah’s life. It is that of righteous
impatience of the “halting” (_i.e._, limping to and fro)
“between two...
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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 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...
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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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And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long (g) 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.
(g)...
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Sides: sometimes adoring God; at other times the devil. (Calmet) ---
Such an expostulation ought to be made to those who are indifferent
about religion. (Worthington) --- You cannot serve two masters....
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(21) В¶ 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.
Thi...
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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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_RELIGIOUS INDECISION_
‘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...
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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 ELIJAH CAME UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE,.... Assembled at Mount Carmel:
AND SAID, HOW LONG HALT YE BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS? sometimes inclining
to the one, and sometimes to the other: as a lame man in walki...
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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...
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_How long halt ye between two opinions?_ Hebrew, סעפים,
_segnipim_, thoughts or considerations. Why do ye walk so lamely and
unevenly, being so unsteady in your opinions and practices, as
doubtful whi...
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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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And Elijah came unto all the people, as they were assembled in a
convenient place on the southeastern slopes of Mount Carmel, AND SAID,
HOW LONG HALT YE BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS, being of a double mind, t...
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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 gave...
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OPINIONS?:
Or, thoughts...
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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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HOW LONG HALT YE BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS? why do you not make straight
paths with your feet? as the phrase is, HEBREWS 12:13; why do you walk
so lamely and unevenly, being so unsteady in your opinions an...
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1 Kings 18:21 Elijah H452 came H5066 (H8799) people H5971 said H559
(H8799) long H5921 falter H6452 ...
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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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1 Kings 18:21
Most of us are so conscious of some lurking weakness, and so fearful
of ourselves, that we are reluctant to pledge ourselves to any
definite course of action. The fact is plain, we do n...
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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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_How long halt ye between two opinions?_
ELIJAH’S APPEAL TO THE UNDECIDED
I. First, you will note that the prophet insisted upon the distinction
which existed between the worship of Baal and the wor...
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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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LAME MINDS
How long halt ye between two opinions? 1 Kings 18:21.
I expect most of you when you were very small, oh, a _long_ time ago,
played a game called “Oranges or Lemons.” You know how two peop...
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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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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 18:21 LIMPING BETWEEN... OPINIONS. Compare
v. 1 Kings 18:26, where the prophets of Baal “limped around the
altar.” The worship of the people is
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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 Chronicles 17:26; 1 Corinthians 10:21; 1 Corinthians 10:22; 1 Kings
18:39;...
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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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And said — Why do you walk so lamely and unevenly, being so unsteady
in your opinions and practices, and doubting whether it is better to
worship God or Baal? If the Lord — Whom you pretend to worship...