1 Kings 17:1--18:46
Elijah <0452> [A.M. 3094. B.C. 910. Elijah. Heb. Elijahu.]
[Elias. As the Lord God.]
serve <06440 05975> [before whom.]
dew ... rain <04306 02919> [dew nor rain.]
Hide ...... Valley <05641 05158> [hide thyself.]
<06680> [I have commanded.]
did as .... told <06213 01697> [did according.]
Many learned men have raised doubts on those parts of the Inspired Word, which may, by the perverseness of their argument and the ingenuity of their surmise, be made to appear inconsistent with fact. In this case, they are not satisfied with being expressly told by God that the ravens supplied Elijah with food, while the brook gave him drink, but apparently to mystify a manifest miracle, they suggest whether these ravens might not be merchantmen, or the inhabitants of a neighbouring town. Let any unprejudiced reader and lover of the Bible take the whole history of Elijah, and he will find that his life was almost a daily illustration of the power of God in his miraculous interpositions. Instance the supply of provision in the unwasting barrel of meal and cruse of oil, after the prophet had removed to Zarephath: the power communicated to him to raise the widow's son from death: the wonderful interposition of the Lord to prove the folly of Baal's worshippers, in sending down fire from heaven to consume Elijah's sacrifice and lick up the water, although the sacrifice had been saturated therewith, and the altar surrounded by a deep trench to prevent its running away. The prayer for rain is another instance: the sojourn in Horeb forty days and forty nights, after having eaten of the cake: the destruction of Ahaziah's messengers twice: the smiting of the waters at Jordan: the fall of the mantle on Elisha: and finally, in the closing scene of life, he was taken to glory without tasting the pains of death, the sting was taken away.
ravens <06158> [the ravens.]
After ... while <03117 07093> [A.M. 3095. B.C. 909. after a while. Heb. at the end of days. the brook.]
<01697> [the word.]
Zarephath <06886> [Zarephath.]
[Sarepta. which belongeth.]
widow <0802 0490> [widow woman.]
give .... cup <03947 04592> [Fetch me.]
<03212> [as she was going.]
piece <06595> [a morsel.]
Lord <03068> [As the Lord.]
handful <04393> [but an handful.]
eaten ..... die <0398 04191> [that we may eat it.]
afraid Go <03372 0935> [Fear not.]
do ................... make <08033 06213> [make me thereof.]
first <07223> [first.]
says <0559> [thus saith.]
jar ... flour <03537 07058> [The barrel of meal.]
makes <05414> [sendeth. Heb. giveth.]
did .... told <06213 01697> [did according.]
family <03117> [many days. or, a full year.]
jar <03537> [the barrel.]
just <01697> [according.]
through Elijah <03027 0452> [by Elijah. Heb. by the hand of Elijah.]
son .... woman <0802 01121> [A.M. 3096. B.C. 908. the son of the woman.]
breathe <05397> [that there was.]
prophet <0376> [What have I.]
prophet <0376> [O thou man.]
come <0935> [art thou come.]
upper room <05944> [into a loft.]
called <07121> [he cried.]
by killing <07489> [hast thou also.]
stretched out .... boy ................. boy's <04058 03206> [stretched himself. Heb. measured himself.]
Lord ... Lord ... God <03068 0430> [O Lord my God.]
him <07130> [into him. Heb. into his inward parts. and he revived.]
See ... son ... alive <07200 01121 02416> [See, thy son liveth.]
<02088> [Now by this.]
<01697> [the word.]
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.]
