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.
Ver. 40. And they took them.] The recent miracle had made them submissive.
To the brook Kishon.] Haply, to testify that because of their idolatry God's hand was upon the brooks and rivers.