1 Kings 18:41 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a soundi of abundance of rain. ”

• 1 Kings 18:41 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Get thee up, eat and drink - Ahab had descended the hill-side with Elijah, and witnessed the slaughter of the priests. Elijah now bade him ascend the hill again, and partake of the feast which wa...

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• 1 Kings 18:41 - 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 18:41 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. Get thee up, eat and drink - It appears most evidently that Ahab and the prophet were now on good t...

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• 1 Kings 18:41 - 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 18:41 - 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 18:41 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Get thee up, eat and drink. — There seems a touch of scorn in these words. Ahab, remaining passive throughout, had descended to the place of slaughter in the valley, looking on silent — if not unmo...

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• 1 Kings 18:41 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE RAIN 1 Kings 18:41-46 "Are there any of the vanities of the nations that can cause rain?" - Jeremiah 14:22 BUT the terrible excitement of the day was not vet over, nor was the victory c...

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• 1 Kings 18:41 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Exaltation and Depression 1 Kings 18:41-46 ; 1 Kings 19:1-8 When the priests had been executed, the quick ear of the prophet detected the hurrying rain-clouds. Note the contrast between Ahab a...

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• 1 Kings 18:41 - 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 18:41 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (41) В¶ And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. Observe, Reader! the continuance of the divine graciousness. - The heavens shall give fire t...

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• 1 Kings 18:41 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Elijah said unto Ahab, get thee up ,.... From the brook and valley where the execution of the prophets had been made; either up to his chariot, or to the tent or pavilion erected on the side of...

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• 1 Kings 18:41 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for [there is] a sound of abundance of rain. Ver. 41. Get thee up, eat and drink. ] One of the Hebrews saith that Ahab had long fasted, that...

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• 1 Kings 18:41 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Get thee up From the river, (where he had been present at the execution of Baal's priests,) to thy tent; which probably was pitched on the side of Carmel. Eat , &c. Take comfort, and refresh t...

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• 1 Kings 18:41 - 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 18:41 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Rain Sent on the Land. B. C. 906.       41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and d...

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• 1 Kings 18:41 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Get thee up from the river, where the king and he had been present at the slaughter of Baal's priests, to thy tent; which probably was pitched on the side of Carmel. Eat and drink; take comfort,...

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• 1 Kings 18:41 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Sound Of Abundance Of Rain ( 1 Kings 18:41-46 ) His offering, with its water offering, having been accepted Elijah now knew that the rain must follow. And he called on Ahab, who up to this poi...

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• 1 Kings 18:41 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 1 Kings 18:41 . Sound of abundance of rain —The cause of the curse of drought being now removed, the blessing came quick. 1 Kings 18:42 . Cast himself down u...

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• 1 Kings 18:41 - 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 18:41 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And Elijah said unto Ahab. The conquest of faith This passage:-- I. Indicates the bent of a good man’s mind. Both Ahab and Elijah “went up,” but how different their purposes. One “went up” t...

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• 1 Kings 18:41 - 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 18:41 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Elijah Slays the Prophets of Baal

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• 1 Kings 18:41 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 17:1 ; 1 Kings 18:1 ; Acts 27:34 ; Ecclesiastes 9:7

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• 1 Kings 18:41 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Get up — From the river, where he had been present at the slaughter of Baal's priests, to thy tent: which probably was pitched on the side of Carmel. Eat, &c. — Take comfort, and refresh thysel...

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