E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 18:26
leaped upon = leaped over. Compare 1 Kings 18:21 . was made = had been made. read more
열왕기상 18:25-27 Krv
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 18:27
Cry aloud, &c. Figure of speech Eironeia. App-6 . pursuing. Occurs only here. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 18:25
THE PROPHETS OF BAAL "DO THEIR THING" FIRST"And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first, for ye are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under. And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar that was made. And it came to pass at noon,... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 18:26
1 Kings 18:26. And they leaped upon the altar that was made— Or, leaped up and down at the altar. Margin. The marginal rendering seems by far the best: and the reference appears plainly to be a custom very common among heathen worshippers, of dancing round the altars of the deity whom they worshipped; and this sometimes with a variety of strange gesticulations. The dances of the Salii were of this sort. Houbigant, however, thinks that the word ויפסחו vaipassechu should not be rendered leaped,... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 18:27
1 Kings 18:27. Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, &c.— Nothing can be imagined more poignant and sarcastic than these words of the prophet, in which he ridicules in the finest manner possible their wretched, false, and derogatory ideas of the Deity. The two last notions of being asleep, and not at home, how absurd soever they may be when applied to the Deity, were certainly such as several idolaters conceived of their gods, as appears from various passages in Homer, in one of which,... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 18:17-40
The vindication of Yahweh 18:17-40Ahab had a problem of perception similar to Obadiah’s (1 Kings 18:17; cf. 1 Kings 18:7). The real source of Israel’s troubles was Ahab and Omri’s disregard of the Mosaic Covenant and their preference for idolatry (Deuteronomy 6:5)."This was a crime against the state worthy of death (like that of Achan, Joshua 6:18; Joshua 7:25; and Jonathan in 1 Samuel 14:24-29)." [Note: Wiseman, p. 168.] Probably hundreds, if not thousands of people, gathered since Elijah... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 18:1-46
Jehovah or Baal?1. In the third year] in Luke 4:2-5; James 5:17 the duration of the famine is given as 3 years and 6 months. 3. The governor of his house] The same office as that alluded to in 1 Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 16:9. Feared the Lord greatly] His name (’Servant of Jehovah’) was a true index of his character. 4. Cut off the prophets] Nothing is related of this beyond what is implied in 1 Kings 19:10. 12. The Spirit.. thee] cp. 2 Kings 2:16: the prophet’s movements being directed toward... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 18:26
(26) O Baal, hear us.—This repeated cry—the ever-recurring burden of the prayer, uttered probably first in measured chant, afterwards in a wild excited cry—stands in an instructive contrast (which has been splendidly emphasised in Mendelssohn’s music) with the simple, earnest solemnity of the prayer of Elijah. It has been obvious to see m it an illustration of our Lord’s condemnation of the worship of the heathen, who “think that they shall be heard for their much speaking” (Matthew 6:7). There... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 18:27
(27) Elijah mocked them.—The mockery of Elijah—apparently even blunter and more scornful in the sense of the original—has been with over-ingenuity explained as applying to various supposed actions of Baal. It is merely the bitter irony of sheer contempt, calling Baal a god only to heap upon him ideas most ungodlike; “He is busy, or he is in retirement; he is far away, or in the noon-day heat he is asleep.” Characteristic of the fierce indignation of Elijah’s nature, in this crisis of conflict,... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 18:1-46
Elijah and the prophets of Baal (18:1-46)After three years unbroken drought, God told Elijah that the time had come to make Ahab and Israel decide clearly whether they would follow him or Baal (18:1-2). Ahab was concerned about the effect of the drought on Israel’s trade and defence (for he was in danger of losing his valuable transport animals), but he was not so concerned about the religious condition of the country. He still tried to serve both God and Baal. While his queen attacked God’s... read more