1Ki 18:2, 15-40 | TSK | STEP | went to shew. a sore.

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.

42,43; Jos 19:26; 1Sa 15:12; 2Ki 2:25; Jer 46:18; Am 1:2; 9:3

the prophets of Baal.

22:6; 2Pe 2:1; Re 19:20

prophets of the groves.

15:13; 16:33; 2Ki 13:6Though {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.

eat at Jezebel's table.

19:1,2; 2Ki 9:22; Re 2:20

gathered.

22:9

How long.

De 4:35; 2Ki 17:41; Zep 1:5; Mt 6:24; Lu 6:13; Ro 6:16-22

1Co 10:21,22; 2Co 6:14-16; Re 3:15,16

opinions. or, thoughts. if the Lord.

39; Ex 5:1,2; Jos 24:15,23,24; 1Sa 7:3; 1Ch 17:26; 2Ch 33:13

Ps 100:3

answered.

Ge 24:50; 44:16; Job 40:4,5; Mt 22:12,34,36; Ro 3:19; 6:21

I only.

19:10,14; 20:13,32,35,38; 22:6-8; Ro 11:3

Baal's prophets.

19,20; Mt 7:13-15; 2Ti 4:3,4; 2Pe 2:1-3

answereth by fire.

38; Le 9:24; Jud 6:21; 1Ch 21:26; 2Ch 7:1,3

and said.

2Sa 14:19

It is well spoken. Heb. the word is good.

Isa 39:8

from morning.

Mt 6:7

hear. or, answer. no voice.

24; Ps 115:4-8; 135:15-20; Isa 37:38; 44:17; 45:20; Jer 10:5

Da 5:23; Hab 2:18; 1Co 8:4; 10:19,20; 12:2

answered. or, heard. leaped upon the altar. or, leaped upand down at the altar.

Zep 1:9

Elijah.

22:15; 2Ch 25:8; Ec 11:9; Isa 8:9,10; 44:15-17; Eze 20:39

Am 4:4,5; Mt 26:45; Mr 7:9; 14:41

aloud. Heb. with a great voice. for he is a god.

Isa 41:23

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.

he is talking. or, he meditateth. is pursuing. Heb. hatha pursuit. must be awaked.

Ps 44:23; 78:65,66; 121:4; Isa 51:9; Mr 4:38,39

cut themselves.

Le 19:28; De 14:1; Mic 6:7; Mr 5:5; 9:22

the blood gushed out upon them. Heb. they poured out bloodupon them.

prophesied.

22:10,12; 1Sa 18:10; Jer 28:6-9; Ac 16:16,17; 1Co 11:4,5

offering. Heb. ascending. See on ver.

voice.

26; Ga 4:8; 2Ti 3:8,9

that regarded. Heb. attention.

he repaired.

19:10,14; 2Ch 33:16; Ro 11:3

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.

twelve stones.

Ex 24:4; Jos 4:3,4,20; Ezr 6:17; Jer 31:1; Eze 37:16-22; 47:13

Eph 2:20; 4:4-6; Re 7:4-8; 21:12

saying.

Ge 32:28; 33:20; 35:10; 2Ki 17:34; Isa 48:1

And with.

Ex 20:24,25; Jud 6:26; 21:4; 1Sa 7:9,17

in the name.

1Co 10:31; Col 3:17

he put.

Ge 22:9; Le 1:6-8

Fill four.