1 Kings 18
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And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.

the Spirit of the Lord

2 Kings 2:11,16 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, …

Ezekiel 3:12-14 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great …

Ezekiel 8:3 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of my …

Ezekiel 11:24 Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the …

Ezekiel 37:1 The hand of the LORD was on me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD…

Ezekiel 40:1,2 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning …

Matthew 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted …

Acts 8:39 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord …

2 Corinthians 12:2,3 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the …

he shall slay me

1 Samuel 22:11-19 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, …

Daniel 2:5-13 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from …

Matthew 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding …

Acts 12:19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined …

from my youth

1 Samuel 2:18,26 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with …

1 Samuel 3:19,20 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his …

2 Chronicles 34:3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began …

Psalm 71:17,18 O God, you have taught me from my youth: and till now have I declared …

Proverbs 8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the …

Ecclesiastes 7:18 It is good that you should take hold of this; yes, also from this …

Isaiah 50:10 Who is among you that fears the LORD, that obeys the voice of his …

Luke 1:15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither …

2 Timothy 3:15 And that from a child you have known the holy scriptures…

Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.

mount Carmel Mount Carmel is situated north of Dora and south of Ptolemais or Acre, from which it is distant, according to Josephus,

1 Kings 18:42,43 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top …

Joshua 19:26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reaches to Carmel westward, …

1 Samuel 15:12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told …

2 Kings 2:25 And he went from there to mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

Jeremiah 46:18 As I live, said the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely …

Amos 1:2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from …

Amos 9:3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search …

the prophets of Baal

1 Kings 22:6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four …

2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there …

Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that worked …

prophets of the groves

1 Kings 15:13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, …

1 Kings 16:33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God …

2 Kings 13:6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, …

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}.

eat at Jezebel's table

1 Kings 19:1,2 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and with how he had …

2 Kings 9:22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, …

Revelation 2:20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against you, because you suffer …

So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

How long

Deuteronomy 4:35 To you it was showed, that you might know that the LORD he is God; …

2 Kings 17:41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, …

Zephaniah 1:5 And them that worship the host of heaven on the housetops; and them …

Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and …

Luke 6:13 And when it was day, he called to him his disciples: and of them …

Romans 6:16-22 Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, …

1 Corinthians 10:21,22 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: you …

2 Corinthians 6:14-16 Be you not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship …

Revelation 3:15,16 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot: I would you …

opinions. or, thoughts
if the Lord

1 Kings 18:39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they …

Exodus 5:1,2 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus said …

Joshua 24:15,23,24 And if it seem evil to you to serve the LORD, choose you this day …

1 Samuel 7:3 And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you do return …

1 Chronicles 17:26 And now, LORD, you are God, and have promised this goodness to your servant:

2 Chronicles 33:13 And prayed to him: and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, …

Psalm 100:3 Know you that the LORD he is God: it is he that has made us, and …

answered

Genesis 24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceeds from …

Genesis 44:16 And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak? …

Job 40:4,5 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand on my mouth…

Matthew 22:12,34,36 And he said to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a wedding …

Romans 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law said, it said to them …

Romans 6:21 What fruit had you then in those things whereof you are now ashamed? …

Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:
And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
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 gods, 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 which was made.
And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.

Elijah

1 Kings 22:15 So he came to the king. And the king said to him, Micaiah, shall …

2 Chronicles 25:8 But if you will go, do it; be strong for the battle: God shall make …

Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you …

Isaiah 8:9,10 Associate yourselves, O you people, and you shall be broken in pieces; …

Isaiah 44:15-17 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and …

Ezekiel 20:39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus said the Lord GOD; Go you, serve …

Amos 4:4,5 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; …

Matthew 26:45 Then comes he to his disciples, and said to them, Sleep on now, and …

Mark 7:9 And he said to them, Full well you reject the commandment of God, …

Mark 14:41 And he comes the third time, and said to them, Sleep on now, and …

aloud [heb] with a great voice
for he is a god

Isaiah 41:23 Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that …

either Such were the absurd and degrading notions which the heathens entertained of their gods. `Vishnoo sleeps four months of 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.

he is talking. or, he mediatateth.
is pursuing. [heb] hath a pursuit
must be awaked

Psalm 44:23 Awake, why sleep you, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

Psalm 78:65,66 Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that …

Psalm 121:4 Behold, he that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Isaiah 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the …

Mark 4:38,39 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and …

And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.

he repaired

1 Kings 19:10,14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: …

2 Chronicles 33:16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace …

Romans 11:3 Lord, they have killed your prophets, and dig down your altars; and …

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.

And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.

at the time

1 Kings 18:29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until …

Exodus 29:39-41 The one lamb you shall offer in the morning; and the other lamb you …

Ezra 9:4,5 Then were assembled to me every one that trembled at the words of …

Psalm 141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; and the lifting …

Daniel 8:13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said to that certain …

Daniel 9:21 Yes, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom …

Daniel 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and …

Acts 3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of …

Acts 10:30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; …

Lord God

1 Kings 18:21 And Elijah came to all the people, and said, How long halt you between …

Genesis 26:24 And the LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God …

Genesis 31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, …

Genesis 32:9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father …

Genesis 46:3 And he said, I am God, the God of your father: fear not to go down …

Exodus 3:6,15,16 Moreover he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, …

1 Chronicles 29:18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers…

1 Chronicles 29:18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers…

2 Chronicles 20:6,7 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, are not you God in heaven? and …

Ephesians 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory…

Ephesians 3:14 For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

let it

1 Kings 8:43 Hear you in heaven your dwelling place, and do according to all that …

1 Samuel 17:46,47 This day will the LORD deliver you into my hand; and I will smite …

2 Kings 1:3,6 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go …

2 Kings 5:15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, …

2 Kings 19:19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech you, save you us out of his hand…

Psalm 67:1,2 God be merciful to us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine on us; Selah…

Psalm 83:18 That men may know that you, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, are the …

Ezekiel 36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, …

Ezekiel 39:7 So will I make my holy name known in the middle of my people Israel; …

and that I have

1 Kings 22:28 And Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, the LORD has not …

Numbers 16:28-30 And Moses said, Hereby you shall know that the LORD has sent me to …

John 11:42 And I knew that you hear me always: but because of the people which …

Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

a little cloud. Kekaph ish, `like the hollow of a man's hand;' in the form of a hand bent, 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.'

Job 8:7 Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end should greatly increase.

Zechariah 4:10 For who has despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice…

Prepare [heb] Tie, or Bind

1 Samuel 6:7,10 Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milk cows, on which there …

Micah 1:13 O you inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: …

And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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