1 Kings 18:1
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. THIRD YEAR: i.e. the third or last full year toward the end of the three and. half years.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. THIRD YEAR: i.e. the third or last full year toward the end of the three and. half years.... [ Continue Reading ]
FAMINE. One of the thirteen famines mentioned in Scripture. See note on Genesis 12:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOVERNOR OF. governor over. Now. Figure of speech _Parenthesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEZEBEL. The first record of using the civil power against the true religion (and by. woman). See note on Judges 4:21. FIFTY IN. CAVE. fifty men.... [ Continue Reading ]
GO INTO. Septuagint and Syriac read "Go and let us pass through".... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. WOULDEST DELIVER. art giving.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE, &C. See note on 1 Kings 17:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
TROUBLETH. Compare Joshua 7:25 with Joshua 6:18, and 1 Chronicles 2:7, ISRAEL. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for Israelitish people.... [ Continue Reading ]
CARMEL. Eighteen miles from Jezreel; sixteen miles from the sea. The Kishon below, but now dry. At the foot. perennial spring, with. roofed reservoir, eight feet deep. Carmel is still called "Mar-Elias". GROVES. the' _Asherah._ See note on Exodus 34:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW LONG. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. HALT. leap. Compare 1 Kings 18:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PEOPLE. Some codices read "all the people".... [ Continue Reading ]
GODS. god, as in 1 Kings 18:25. So Revised Version. BY FIRE. This was Jehovah's way of showing His acceptance of the offering. See note on Genesis 4:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
LEAPED UPON. leaped over. Compare 1 Kings 18:21. WAS MADE. had been made.... [ Continue Reading ]
CRY ALOUD, &C. Figure of speech _Eironeia._ App-6. PURSUING. Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
LANCETS. lances. Done by Dervishes to the present day.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVENING SACRIFICE. The usual meal offering. There was also. morning meal offering as well (Numbers 28:8). Compare 2 Kings 16:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
REPAIRED. Carmel had been. _local_ altar for _lay_ (individual) offerings, but had been broken down. Compare 1 Kings 19:10. These _lay_ altars had no horns. BROKEN DOWN: i.e. purposely.... [ Continue Reading ]
JACOB. Some codices, with one early printed edition, and Septuagint, read "Israel", in harmony with 1 Kings 18:36. ISRAEL. See note on Genesis 32:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
WATER. See note on 1 Kings 18:19. THE WOOD. Septuagint adds "and they did so".... [ Continue Reading ]
ISRAEL, not Jacob. See note on Genesis 32:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN THE FIRE OF THE LORD FELL. Aram, and Septuagint read "Then fire from Jehovah fell". See note on Genesis 4:4. "Fire of Jehovah" occurs only here and Numbers 11:1; Numbers 11:3. BURNT SACRIFICE. See App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE. seize, lay hold of. ONE. a man. Hebrew. _'Ish._ App-14. KISHON. Compare Judges 4:13; Judges 5:21. SLEW. Hebrew idiom, caused them to be slain.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAST HIMSELF DOWN.. rare word. Only here and 2 Kings 4:34; 2 Kings 4:35. = Kneeling, and then placing forehead on the ground.... [ Continue Reading ]
SERVANT. young man.... [ Continue Reading ]
WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAND. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for power put forth. GIRDED. Girdles worn by all. Taken off when resting. Put on when preparing for work or journeying. See Exodus 12:11; 2 Kings 4:29; 2 Kings 9:1.Luke 12:37; Luke 17:8; Acts 12:8. RAN. For over twenty miles Elijah acted... [ Continue Reading ]