1 Kings 18:39 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• 1 Kings 18:39 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The Lord, he is the God - The people thus pronounced the matter to be clearly and certainly decided. Baal was overthrown; he was proved to be no god at all. The Lord Yahweh, He, and He alone, is...

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• 1 Kings 18:39 - 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 18:39 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. Fell on their faces - Struck with awe and reverence at the sight of th...

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• 1 Kings 18:39 - 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 18:39 - 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 18:39 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  They fell on their faces. — Exactly as in Leviticus 9:24 , at the inauguration of the sacrifices of the new Tabernacle by the fire from heaven, with the characteristic addition of the cry, “Jehova...

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• 1 Kings 18:39 - 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 18:39 - 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 18:39 - 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 18:39 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (39) 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. No doubt such a demonstration carried conviction to every heart; thoug...

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• 1 Kings 18:39 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces ,.... In reverence of God, astonished at the miracle wrought, ashamed of themselves and their sins, particularly their idolatry, that they sh...

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• 1 Kings 18:39 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 39. The Lord, he is the God. ] This was to give God a testimon...

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• 1 Kings 18:39 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces In acknowledgment and adoration of the true God; and all, as one man, cried out, Jehovah, he is the God He alone; and Baal is a senseless idol...

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• 1 Kings 18:39 - 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 18:39 - 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 18:39 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  They fell on their faces, in way of acknowledgment and adoration of the true God. He is the God; he alone; and Baal is a dull and senseless idol. And they double the words, to note their abundant...

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• 1 Kings 18:39 - 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 18:39 - 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 18:39 - 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 18:39 - 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 18:39 - 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 18:39 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Elijah Slays the Prophets of Baal

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• 1 Kings 18:39 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 21:16 ; 1 Kings 18:21 ; 1 Kings 18:24 ; 2 Chronicles 7:3 ; Acts 2:37 ; Acts 4:16 ; John 5:35 ; Judges 13:20

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• 1 Kings 18:39 - 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 18:39 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  They fell — In acknowledgment of the true God. He is God — He alone; and Baal is a senseless idol. And they double the words, to note their abundant satisfaction and assurance of the truth of their...

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