Chapter 18

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am 3098, bc 906

after many days Luke 4:25; Jas 5:17; Rev 11:2, Rev 11:6

in the third year This form of expression, both in Hebrew and Latin, means "after the third year," i.e., some time between the third and fourth year. 1Kgs 17:1, 1Kgs 17:7, 1Kgs 17:15; Luke 4:25; Jas 5:17

Go 1Kgs 18:2, 1Kgs 18:15-40

I will send rain Lev 26:4; Deut 28:12; Ps 65:9-13; Isa 5:6; Jer 10:13, Jer 14:22; Joel 2:23; Amos 4:7


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went to show Ps 27:1, Ps 51:4; Prov 28:1; Isa 51:12; Heb 13:5-6

a sore Lev 26:26; Deut 28:23-24; 2Kgs 6:25; Jer 14:2-6, Jer 14:18; Joel 1:15-20


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Obadiah Heb. Obadiahu

the governor of his house Heb. over his house. Gen 24:2, Gen 24:10, Gen 39:4-5, Gen 39:9, Gen 41:40

feared the Lord 1Kgs 18:12; Gen 22:12, Gen 42:18; 2Kgs 4:1; Neh 5:15, Neh 7:2; Prov 14:26; Mal 3:16; Matt 10:28; Acts 10:2, Acts 10:35


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Jezebel Heb. Izabel

cut off the prophets Neh 9:26; Matt 21:35; Rev 17:4-6

in a cave Heb 11:38

fed them 1Kgs 18:13; 2Kgs 6:22-23; Matt 10:40-42, Matt 25:35, Matt 25:40

bread and water 1Kgs 13:8-9, 1Kgs 13:16


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grass Ps 104:14; Jer 14:5-6; Joel 1:18, Joel 2:22; Hab 3:17; Rom 8:20-22

we lose not all the beasts Heb. we cut not off ourselves from the beasts


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Ahab went Jer 14:3


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was in the way 1Kgs 11:29

he knew 2Kgs 1:6-8; Matt 3:4, Matt 11:8

fell on Gen 18:2, Gen 50:18; 1Sam 20:41; 2Sam 19:18; Isa 60:14

my lord Elijah Gen 18:12, Gen 44:16, Gen 44:20, Gen 44:33; Num 12:11


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thy lord 1Kgs 18:3; Rom 13:7; 1Pet 2:17-18


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What have I sinned 1Kgs 18:12, 1Kgs 17:18; Exod 5:21


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the Lord 1Kgs 18:15, 1Kgs 1:29, 1Kgs 2:24, 1Kgs 17:1, 1Kgs 17:12; 1Sam 29:6

whither my lord Ps 10:2; Jer 26:20-23

they found thee not 1Kgs 17:5, 1Kgs 17:9; Ps 12:7-8, Ps 31:20, Ps 91:1; Jer 36:26; John 8:59


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Go tell they lord, 1Kgs 18:8, 1Kgs 18:14


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the Spirit of the Lord 2Kgs 2:11, 2Kgs 2:16; Ezek 3:12-14, Ezek 8:3, Ezek 11:24, Ezek 37:1, Ezek 40:1-2; Matt 4:1; Acts 8:39; 2Cor 12:2-3

he shall slay me 1Sam 22:11-19; Dan 2:5-13; Matt 2:16; Acts 12:19

from my youth 1Sam 2:18, 1Sam 2:26, 1Sam 3:19-20; 2Chr 34:3; Ps 71:17-18; Prov 8:13; Eccl 7:18; Isa 50:10; Luke 1:15; 2Tim 3:15


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what I did 1Kgs 18:4; Gen 20:4-5; Ps 18:21-24; Acts 20:34; 1Thess 2:9-10

I hid an hundred Matt 10:41-42

fed them Matt 25:35


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and he shall slay me Matt 10:28


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As the Lord 1Kgs 18:10; Heb 6:16-17

of hosts liveth Gen 2:1; Deut 4:19; Job 25:3; Ps 24:8-10, Ps 103:21, Ps 148:2-3; Isa 6:3; Jer 8:2; Luke 2:13-14

before whom I 1Kgs 17:1; Deut 1:38; Luke 1:19

I will surely Isa 51:7-8


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he that troubleth Israel 1Kgs 21:20; Josh 7:25; Jer 26:8-9, Jer 38:4; Amos 7:10; Acts 16:20, Acts 17:6, Acts 24:5


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I have not Ezek 3:8; Matt 14:4; Acts 24:13, Acts 24:20

in that ye have 1Kgs 9:9; 2Chr 15:2; Prov 11:19, Prov 13:21; Isa 3:11; Jer 2:13, Jer 2:19; Rev 2:8-9


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mount Carmel Mount Carmel is situated north of Dora and south of Ptolemais or Acre, from which it is distant, according to Josephus, 120 stadia, or, according to Thevenot, 10 miles; one of its principal points advancing considerably into the Mediterranean, and forming an elevated promontory. It is described as a flattened cone, about 2,000 feet (some say 1,500) in height, very rocky, its sides steep and rugged, and the soil neither deep nor rich. Capt. Mangles says its is now quite barren, though at the north-eastern foot of it there are some pretty olive-grounds. 1Kgs 18:42-43; Josh 19:26; 1Sam 15:12; 2Kgs 2:25; Jer 46:18; Amos 1:2, Amos 9:3

the prophets of Baal 1Kgs 22:6; 2Pet 2:1; Rev 19:20

prophets of the groves 1Kgs 15:13, 1Kgs 16:33; 2Kgs 13:6; Though ashairah certainly denotes in some place a grove, yet it is equally certain, that in others, as here, it must signify an idol; and it is thought by learned men to be the same as Ashtoreth, or Astarte the Syrian Venus.

eat at Jezebel's table 1Kgs 19:1-2; 2Kgs 9:22; Rev 2:20


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gathered 1Kgs 22:9


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How long Deut 4:35; 2Kgs 17:41; Zeph 1:5; Matt 6:24; Luke 6:13; Rom 6:16-22; 1Cor 10:21-22; 2Cor 6:14-16; Rev 3:15-16

opinions or, thoughts

if the Lord 1Kgs 18:39; Exod 5:1-2; Josh 24:15, Josh 24:23-24; 1Sam 7:3; 1Chr 17:26; 2Chr 33:13; Ps 100:3

answered Gen 24:50, Gen 44:16; Job 40:4-5; Matt 22:12, Matt 22:34, Matt 22:36; Rom 3:19, Rom 6:21


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I only 1Kgs 19:10, 1Kgs 19:14, 1Kgs 20:13, 1Kgs 20:32, 1Kgs 20:35, 1Kgs 20:38, 1Kgs 22:6-8; Rom 11:3

Baal's prophets 1Kgs 18:19-20; Matt 7:13-15; 2Tim 4:3-4; 2Pet 2:1-3


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answereth by fire 1Kgs 18:38; Lev 9:24; Judg 6:21; 1Chr 21:26; 2Chr 7:1, 2Chr 7:3

and said 2Sam 14:19

It is well spoken Heb. the word is good, Isa 39:8


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from morning Matt 6:7

hear or, answer

no voice 1Kgs 18:24; Ps 115:4-8, Ps 135:15-20; Isa 37:38, Isa 44:17, Isa 45:20; Jer 10:5; Dan 5:23; Hab 2:18; 1Cor 8:4, 1Cor 10:19-20, 1Cor 12:2

answered or, heard

leaped upon the altar or, leaped up and down at the altar, Zeph 1:9


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Elijah 1Kgs 22:15; 2Chr 25:8; Eccl 11:9; Isa 8:9-10, Isa 44:15-17; Ezek 20:39; Amos 4:4-5; Matt 26:45; Mark 7:9, Mark 14:41

aloud Heb. with a great voice

for he is a god Isa 41:23

either Such were the absurd and degrading notions which the heathens entertained of their gods. "Vishnoo sleeps four months in the year; and to each of the gods some particular business is assigned. Vayoo manages the winds; Vuroonu the waters, etc. According to a number of fables in the pooranus, the gods are often out on journeys or expeditions." Ward's Views of the Hindoos, vol. ii. p. 324.

he is talking or, he meditateth

is pursuing Heb. hath a pursuit

must be awaked Ps 44:23, Ps 78:65-66, Ps 121:4; Isa 51:9; Mark 4:38-39


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cut themselves Lev 19:28; Deut 14:1; Mic 6:7; Mark 5:5, Mark 9:22

the blood gushed out upon them Heb. they poured out blood upon them


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prophesied 1Kgs 22:10, 1Kgs 22:12; 1Sam 18:10; Jer 28:6-9; Acts 16:16-17; 1Cor 11:4-5

offering Heb. ascending, 1Kgs 18:36

voice 1Kgs 18:26; Gal 4:8; 2Tim 3:8-9

that regarded Heb. attention


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he repaired 1Kgs 19:10, 1Kgs 19:14; 2Chr 33:16; Rom 11:3

the altar of the Lord This altar of Jehovah was probably built in the time of the judges; and it was even known among the heathen by the name of the altar of Carmel. Both Tacitus and Suetonius mention an altar on mount Carmel, which Vespasian went to consult: there was no temple nor statue, but simply an altar, venerable for its antiquity.


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twelve stones Exod 24:4; Josh 4:3-4, Josh 4:20; Ezra 6:17; Jer 31:1; Ezek 37:16-22, Ezek 47:13; Eph 2:20, Eph 4:4-6; Rev 7:4-8, Rev 21:12

saying Gen 32:28, Gen 33:20, Gen 35:10; 2Kgs 17:34; Isa 48:1


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And with Exod 20:24-25; Judg 6:26, Judg 21:4; 1Sam 7:9, 1Sam 7:17

in the name 1Cor 10:31; Col 3:17


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he put Gen 22:9; Lev 1:6-8

Fill four Dan 3:19, Dan 3:25; John 11:39-40, John 19:33-34

pour it Judg 6:20


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Do it the second 2Cor 4:2, 2Cor 8:21


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ran Heb. went

the trench 1Kgs 18:32, 1Kgs 18:38


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at the time 1Kgs 18:29; Exod 29:39-41; Ezra 9:4-5; Ps 141:2; Dan 8:13, Dan 9:21, Dan 12:11; Acts 3:1; Acts 10:30

Lord God 1Kgs 18:21; Gen 26:24, Gen 31:53, Gen 32:9, Gen 46:3; Exod 3:6, Exod 3:15-16; 1Chr 29:18; 2Chr 20:6-7; Eph 1:17, Eph 3:14

let it 1Kgs 8:43; 1Sam 17:46-47; 2Kgs 1:3, 2Kgs 1:6, 2Kgs 5:15, 2Kgs 19:19; Ps 67:1-2, Ps 83:18; Ezek 36:23, Ezek 39:7

and that I have 1Kgs 22:28; Num 16:28-30; John 11:42


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Hear me 1Kgs 18:24, 1Kgs 18:29, 1Kgs 18:36; Gen 32:24, Gen 32:26, Gen 32:28; 2Chr 14:11, 2Chr 32:19-20; Isa 37:17-20; Dan 9:17-19; Luke 11:8; Jas 5:16-17

thou hast turned Jer 31:18-19; Ezek 36:25-27; Mal 4:5-6; Luke 1:16-17


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Then the Gen 15:17; Lev 9:24; Judg 6:21; 1Chr 21:26; 2Chr 7:1

fire 1Kgs 18:24; Lev 10:2; 2Kgs 1:12; Job 1:16; Isa 31:9


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they fell Judg 13:20; 1Chr 21:16; 2Chr 7:3

The Lord 1Kgs 18:21, 1Kgs 18:24; John 5:35; Acts 2:37, Acts 4:16


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Take or, Apprehend, 2Kgs 10:25

Kishon Judg 5:21

slew them there Deut 13:5, Deut 18:20; Jer 48:10; Zech 13:2-3; Rev 19:20, Rev 20:10


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Get Eccl 9:7; Acts 27:34

a sound etc. or, a sound of a noise of rain, 1Kgs 18:1, 1Kgs 17:1


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Elijah 1Kgs 18:19; Matt 14:23; Luke 6:12; Acts 10:9

he cast himself Gen 24:52; Josh 7:6; 2Sam 12:16; Dan 9:3; Mark 14:35; Jas 5:16-18

put his face 1Kgs 19:13; Ezra 9:6; Ps 89:7; Isa 6:2, Isa 38:2; Dan 9:7


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Go up Ps 5:3; Luke 18:1

Go again Gen 32:26; Hab 2:3; Luke 18:7; Eph 6:18; Heb 10:36-37


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a little cloud Kekaph ish, "like the hollow of a man's hand;" in the form of a hand bent, the concave side downmost. Mr. Bruce mentions a similar cloud in Abyssinia, as attending the inundation of the Nile. "Every morning, about nine, a small cloud, not above four feet broad, appears in the east, whirling violently round, as if upon an axis; but arrived near the zenith, it first abates its motion, then loses its form, and extends itself greatly, and seems to call up vapours from all opposite quarters. These clouds having attained nearly the same height, rush against each other with great violence, and put me always in mind of Elijah foretelling rain on Mount Carmel." Job 8:7; Zech 4:10

Prepare Heb. Tie, or Bind, 1Sam 6:7, 1Sam 6:10; Mic 1:13


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there was 1Kgs 18:39-40; Num 25:8; 2Sam 21:14

Ahab 1Kgs 21:1, 1Kgs 21:23; Josh 19:18; 2Sam 2:9; 2Kgs 9:16


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the hand 2Kgs 3:15; Isa 8:11; Ezek 1:3, Ezek 3:14

he girded 2Kgs 4:29, 2Kgs 9:1; Job 38:3; Jer 1:17; Eph 6:14; 1Pet 1:13

ran before Matt 22:21; 1Pet 2:17

to the entrance of Heb. till thou come to


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