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Verse 1 Kings 18:44. _THERE ARISETH A LITTLE CLOUD OUT OF THE SEA,
LIKE A_ _MAN'S HAND._] איש ככף _kechaph ish, like the hollow of
a man's hand._ In the form of the hand bent, the concave side
downmo...
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A LITTLE CLOUD ... - Sailors know full well that such a cloud on the
far horizon is often the forerunner of a violent storm....
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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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1 Kings 18:41. THE SENDING OF THE RAIN. Elijah and his servant again
ascended Carmel, where the prophet prayed and the servant watched. The
nearest point of Carmel is about 17 miles from Jezreel. Eija...
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_there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand_ R.V.
A CLOUD OUT OF THE SEA AS SMALL AS A MAN'S HAND. This is more in
accordance with the Hebrew construction. The statement was not me...
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C. THE AFTERMATH OF THE CONTEST 18:41-46
TRANSLATION
(41) And Elijah said onto Ahab, Go up, eat and drink, for there is the
sound of the tumult of rain. (42) Then Ahab went up to eat and to
drink. An...
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_AND IT CAME TO PASS AT THE SEVENTH TIME, THAT HE SAID, BEHOLD, THERE
ARISETH A LITTLE CLOUD OUT OF THE SEA, LIKE A MAN'S HAND. AND HE SAID,
GO UP, SAY UNTO AHAB, PREPARE THY CHARIOT, AND GET THEE DOW...
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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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וַֽ יְהִי֙ בַּ † שְּׁבִעִ֔ית וַ
יֹּ֗אמֶר...
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THE RAIN
1 Kings 18:41
"Are there any of the vanities of the nations that can cause rain?"
- Jeremiah 14:22
BUT the terrible excitement of the day was not vet over, nor was the
victory completely w...
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EXALTATION AND DEPRESSION
1 Kings 18:41; 1 Kings 19:1
When the priests had been executed, the quick ear of the prophet
detected the hurrying rain-clouds. Note the contrast between Ahab and
the prophe...
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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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_Sea, the Mediterranean, which could be seen from Carmel. (Haydock)
--- Hence the rain commonly came in that country, Luke xii. 54._...
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(43) And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he
went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again
seven times. (44) And it came to pass at the seventh time, t...
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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 IT CAME TO PASS AT THE SEVENTH TIME THAT HE SAID, BEHOLD THERE
ARISETH A LITTLE CLOUD OUT OF THE SEA, LIKE A MAN'S HAND,.... Either
about the size or in the form of it; rain water comes out of the...
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And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there
ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said,
Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare [thy chariot], and get thee do...
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_There ariseth a little cloud like a man's hand_ Which presently
overspread the heavens, and watered the earth. Great blessings often
rise from small beginnings, and showers of plenty from a cloud of...
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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 it came to pass at the seventh time that he said, Behold, there
ariseth a little cloud out of the sea like a man's hand. And he,
knowing that this cloud would bring the expected rain, SAID, GO UP,...
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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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PREPARE:
_ Heb._ tie, or bind...
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41-46 Israel, being so far reformed as to acknowledge the Lord to be
God, and to consent to the execution of Baal's prophets, was so far
accepted, that God poured out blessing upon the land. Elijah l...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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1 Kings 18:44 seventh H7637 said H559 (H8799) cloud H5645 small H6996
mans H376 hand H3709 rising H5927 ...
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THE SOUND OF ABUNDANCE OF RAIN (1 KINGS 18:41)
His offering, with its water offering, having been accepted Elijah now
knew that the rain must follow. And he called on Ahab, who up to this
point had be...
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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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_And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea._
THE SERVANT OF ELIJAH
I. That to aim upwards in our thoughts and actions is the best way to
obtain relief in times of danger or difficulty....
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_And Elijah said unto Ahab._
THE CONQUEST OF FAITH
This passage:--
I. Indicates the bent of a good man’s mind. Both Ahab and Elijah
“went up,” but how different their purposes. One “went up” to
eat...
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LITTLE THINGS
A little cloud. 1 Kings 18:44 (AV).
When I was staying in the Highlands one summer I met a man whose
property had been badly damaged by a cloud-burst. He lived in a
farmhouse near the...
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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 18:41. SOUND OF ABUNDANCE OF RAIN—The cause of the curse of
drought being now removed, the blessing came quick.
1 Kings 18:42. CAST HIMSELF DOWN UPON THE EART...
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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 Samuel 6:10; 1 Samuel 6:7; Job 8:7; Micah 1:13; Zechariah 4:10...
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Like a man's hand — Great blessings often rise from small
beginnings, and showers of plenty from a cloud of a span long. Let us
therefore never despise the day of small things, but hope and wait for
g...
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How can this verse say that Jehoshaphat refused Ahaziah’s request
when 2 Chronicles says they worked together?
PROBLEM: According to 1 Kings 22:48, Jehoshaphat built several
merchant ships. When Ahazi...