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
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 18:41-46
Israel being thus far reformed that they had acknowledged the Lord to be God, and had consented to the execution of Baal's prophets, that they might not seduce them any more, though this was far short of a thorough reformation, yet it was so far accepted that God thereupon opened the bottles of heaven, and poured out blessings upon his land, that very evening (as it should seem) on which they did this good work, which should have confirmed them in their reformation; see Hag. 2:18, 19. I.... read more