1 Kings 18
1 In the extremity of famine Elijah, sent to Ahab, meets good Obadiah.
9 Obadiah brings Ahab to Elijah.
17 Elijah, reproving Ahab, by fire from heaven convinces Baal's prophets.
41 Elijah, by prayer obtaining rain, follows Ahab to Jezreel.
Some time ......... famine <03117 07227> [A.M. 3098. B.C. 906. after many days.]
third year <07992 08141> [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.
<03212> [Go.]
I .... rain <04306 05414> [I will send rain.]
appearance <03212 07200> [went to shew.]
severe <02389> [a sore.]
Obadiah ....... Obadiah <05662> [Obadiah. Heb. Obadiahu. the governor of his house. Heb. over his house.]
loyal follower .... Lord <03373 03068> [feared the Lord.]
Jezebel <0348> [Jezebel. Heb. Izabel. cut off the prophets.]
two caves <04631> [in a cave.]
brought ... food <03557 03899> [fed them.]
food ... water <04325 03899> [bread and water.]
grazing areas <02682> [grass.]
kill ..... animals <0929 03772> [we lose not all the beasts. Heb. we cut not off ourselves from the beasts.]
Ahab went ...... went <01980 0256> [Ahab went.]
traveling along <01870> [was in the way.]
recognized <05234> [he knew.]
fell facedown <05307 06440> [fell on.]
Elijah ..................... master Elijah <0452 0113> [my lord Elijah.]
master <0113> [thy lord.]
committed <02398> [What have I sinned.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
master <0834 0113> [whither my lord.]
find <04672> [they found thee not.]
say .... say <03212 0559> [Go, tell they lord.]
Lord's spirit .............................................. Lord <03068 07307> [the Spirit of the Lord.]
kill .......... servant <02026 05650> [he shall slay me.]
youth <05271> [from my youth.]
did <06213> [what I did.]
hid one hundred <03967 02244> [I hid an hundred.]
brought ... food <03557 03899> [fed them.]
kill <02026> [and he shall slay me.]
Lord <03068> [As the Lord.]
who rules over all lives <06635 02416> [of hosts liveth.]
serve ....... before <06440 05975> [before whom I.]
appearance <07200> [I will surely.]
disaster ... Israel <03478 05916> [he that troubleth Israel.]
disaster <05916> [I have not.]
have ... abandoning <05800> [in that ye have.]
Mount Carmel <03760 02022> [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.
prophets ... Baal .... prophets <01168 05030> [the prophets of Baal.]
prophets ...... prophets ... Asherah <0842 05030> [prophets of the groves.]
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.
Jezebel supports <0348 07979 0398> [eat at Jezebel's table.]
assemble <06908> [gathered.]
<05921> [How long.]
indecision <05587> [opinions. or, thoughts. if the Lord.]
But <06030> [answered.]
left <03498> [I only.]
prophet ............ prophets ... Baal <05030 01168> [Baal's prophets.]
responds ... fire ... demonstrate <0784 06030> [answereth by fire.]
responded <0559> [and said.]
This ..... fair <02896 01697> [It is well spoken. Heb. the word is good.]
morning <01242> [from morning.]
answer .......... answer <06030> [hear. or, answer. no voice.]
answer .......... answer <06030> [answered. or, heard. leaped upon the altar. or, leaped up and down at the altar.]
Elijah <0452> [Elijah.]
louder <01419> [aloud. Heb. with a great voice. for he is a god.]
deep in thought <07879> [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.
deep in thought <07879> [he is talking. or, he meditateth. is pursuing. Heb. hath a pursuit. must be awaked.]
prescribed ... mutilated <01413 04941> [cut themselves.]
covered ... blood <08210 01818> [the blood gushed out upon them. Heb. they poured out blood upon them.]
<05012> [prophesied.]
<05927> [offering. Heb. ascending. See on ver.]
sound <06963> [voice.]
response <07182> [that regarded. Heb. attention.]
repaired <07495> [he repaired.]
altar .... Lord <04196 03068> [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.
stones <08147 068> [twelve stones.]
said <0559> [saying.]
stones <068> [And with.]
for <08034> [in the name.]
arranged <06186> [he put.]
again ...... again <08138> [Do it the second.]
<03212> [ran. Heb. went. the trench.]
evening <05927> [at the time.]
Lord God ............ God <03068 0430> [Lord God.]
prove <03045> [let it.]
done <06213> [and that I have.]
Answer .... Lord answer ..... people ....... Lord <06030 03068 05971> [Hear me.]
<05437> [thou hast turned.]
fire <0784> [Then the.]
fire <0784> [fire.]
threw <05307> [they fell.]
Lord ....... Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
Seize ............... seized <08610> [Take. or, Apprehend.]
Kishon <07028> [Kishon.]
executed <07819> [slew them there.]
up <05927> [Get.]
sound <06963> [a sound, etc. or, a sound of a noise of rain. See on ver.]
Elijah <0452> [Elijah.]
bent <01457> [he cast himself.]
put ... face <06440 07760> [put his face.]
up .............. up <05927> [Go up.]
<07725> [Go again.]
small cloud <06996 05645> [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."
Hitch up <0631> [Prepare. Heb. Tie, or Bind.]
<01419> [there was.]
Ahab <0256> [Ahab.]
<03027> [the hand.]
tucked <08151> [he girded.]
ran ahead <06440 07323> [ran before.]
Jezreel <0935 03157> [to the entrance of. Heb. till thou come to.]
