열왕기상 18:29-45 KRV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:37

Hear me, O Lord, hear me ;.... Which repetition is made to express his importunity, and the vehement earnest desire of his soul to be heard in such a case, which so much concerned the glory of God; the Targum is, "receive my prayer, O Lord, concerning the fire, receive my prayer concerning the rain;' as if the one respected the sending down the fire on the sacrifice, and the other sending rain on the earth; and which sense is followed by other Jewish writers: that this people may know... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:38

Then the fire of the Lord fell ,.... An extraordinary fire from God out of heaven, as the effects of it show: and consumed the burnt sacrifice ; as it had done in former instances, Leviticus 9:24 , and besides this, which is still more extraordinary, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust ; of the altar, thereby signifying that even such were not to be used any more: and licked up the water that was in the trench ; around the altar, see 1 Kings 18:32 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:39

And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces ,.... In reverence of God, astonished at the miracle wrought, ashamed of themselves and their sins, particularly their idolatry, that they should turn their backs on the true God, and follow idols: and they said, the Lord, he is the God, the Lord, he is the God ; which acknowledgment of God, as the true God, in opposition to Baal, is repeated, to show their firm belief and strong assurance of it. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:40

And Elijah said unto them, take the prophets of Baal ,.... The four hundred and fifty that were upon the spot; for the number of the people of Israel, now gathered together, were equal to it; nor was it in Ahab's power to hinder it, and he might himself be so far surprised and convicted as not in the least to object to it: let not one of them escape : that there might be none of them left to seduce the people any more: and they took them ; laid hold on them, everyone of them: and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:41

And Elijah said unto Ahab, get thee up ,.... From the brook and valley where the execution of the prophets had been made; either up to his chariot, or to the tent or pavilion erected on the side of the mount, where the whole scene of things was transacted; eat and drink ; which he had no leisure for all the day, from the time of the morning sacrifice to the evening sacrifice, which was taken up in attending to the issue of the several sacrifices; but now he is bid to eat and refresh... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:42

So Ahab went up to eat and to drink ,.... Up to his chariot, as some think, or rather to some place higher than that in which he now was: and Elijah went up to the top of Carmel ; higher still, where he both might be alone, and have the opportunity of observing the clouds gathering, and the rain coming: and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees ; expressive of his humility, and of his earnestness, and vehement desire, and continued importunity, that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:43

And said to his servant ,.... Whom some take to be the son of the widow of Sarepta, but he must be too young to be employed in such service as this was: go up now ; still higher on Mount Carmel; than where he was, even to the highest point of it: look towards the sea : or the west, as the Targum, the Mediterranean sea, which lay to the west of the land of Israel: and he went up and looked, and he said, there is nothing ; there was nothing in the sky, or arising out of the sea,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:44

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 sea, and, being strained through the clouds and air, becomes fresh: and he said, go up : the meaning seems to be, that he should first go down from the mount, and then go up to that part of it where Ahab was: say unto Ahab, prepare thy chariot ; bind or fasten the horses to it, as the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:45

And it came to pass in the mean while ,.... That the servant was gone with the message to Ahab, and Ahab was getting ready his chariot: that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain ; which all sprung from the cloud like a man's hand; and so we are told F11 Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacra, vol. 3. p. 591. , that sometimes a little cloud called the ox's eye is seen on a mount of the Cape of Good Hope, called Tafesbery, when the sky is most serene, and the sea... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 18:29

They prophesied - They made incessant prayer and supplication; a farther proof that to pray or supplicate is the proper ideal meaning of the word נבא naba , which we constantly translate to prophesy, when even all the circumstances of the time and place are against such a meaning. See what is said on the case of Saul among the prophets, in the note on 1 Samuel 10:5 ; (note). read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:42

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:43

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:44

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:45

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 18:29

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