1 Kings 18:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• 1 Kings 18:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  That thou hast turned their heart - The hearts of the people were turning. Elijah speaks of them as already turned, anticipating the coming change, and helping it on.

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  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 (n) again. (n) Though God permits his to run in blindness and error for...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Elijah's Meeting with Ahab and his Contest with the Priests of Baal. The history of Ahab's reign must have been something like the following: On his marriage with Jezebel he must have allowed the w...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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.

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Hear me, O Lord, hear me— Elijah, according to Abarbanel, was more urgent and fervent in his prayer, because he had undertaken to make the experiment of God's power of his own accord, and without a...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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: No JFB commentary on these ve...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Jehovah or Baal? 1. In the third year] in Luke 4:2-5 ; James 5:17 the duration of the famine is given as 3 years and 6 months.

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  ELIJAH ON MOUNT CARMEL 1 Kings 18:20-40 "O for a sculptor's hand, That thou might'st take thy stand, Thy wild hair floating in the eastern breeze!" - KEBLE IT never occurred to Ahab to refuse...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the God That Answereth by Fire 1 Kings 18:30-40 Too many halt, or limp, between two opinions. The altar of consecration to Christ has been thrown down, 1 Kings 18:30 . The worship of Baal, whi...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In this chapter we have perhaps one of the most familiar stories of the Old Testament. There are, however, certain points of interest especially to be noted. The first is Ahab's connection with Obadi...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (36) 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 th...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Hear me, O Lord, hear me ;.... Which repetition is made to express his importunity, and the vehement earnest desire of his soul to be heard in such a case, which so much concerned the glory of God;...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 37. Hear me, O Lord, hear me. ] God is distinguished from...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  At the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice This time he chose, that he might unite his prayers with the prayers of the godly Jews at Jerusalem, who at that time assembled together to pray...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  ELIJAH'S RETURN TO FACE AHAB (vs.1-20) The famine lasted three and a half years ( James 5:17 ), the same length of time the Great Tribulation will last. But the rain would not be sent until Elij...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Elijah's Trial of the False Prophets; the Destruction of Baal's Prophets. B. C. 906.       2...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  That thou hast turned their heart; that they may feel so powerful and sudden a change in their hearts, that they may know it is thy work, and the effect of thy grace to them, and in them. Or, when...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Contest On Mount Carmel: YHWH Versus Baal ( 1 Kings 18:21-40 ). In this vivid description of the contest on Mount Carmel Ahab is deliberately not mentioned. This was because it was not a conte...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 1 Kings 18:19 . Prophets of Baal, &c.—Soothsayers and oracle príests. Groves —Asherah. Baal and Astarte were the male and female divinities. Jezebel was th...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  1 Kings 18:1 . After many days. About the end of the third year, leaving six months more for the crops to be sown and ripened, which harmonizes the new testament with the old. Luke 4:25 ; James...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto Mount Carmel. The priests of Baal Mendelssohn has wrought the harmonies and discords of this scene into a grand oratorio, and the painter or...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION ELIJAH 'S RETURN AND THE ORDEAL OF MOUNT CARMEL .—The preceding chapter having been exclusively occupied with the fortunes of Elijah during his enforced absence of three...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Elijah Slays the Prophets of Baal

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 18:24 ; 1 Kings 18:29 ; 1 Kings 18:36 ; 2 Chronicles 14:11 ; 2 Chronicles 32:19 ; 2 Chronicles 32:20 ; Daniel 9:17-19 ; Ezekiel 36:25-27 ; Genesis 32:24 ; Genesis 32:26 ; Genesis 3...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Elijah at Mount Carmel 1 Kings 18:1-39 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are three things which we wish to consider: 1. Judgment and justice. The opening verse of chapter 18 says, "And it came to pa...

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• 1 Kings 18:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Hast turned — Let them feel so powerful a change in their hearts, that they may know it is thy work. Back again — Unto thee, from whom they have revolted.

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