1Ki 18:27-40 | TSK | e4.org | Elijah ; ; ; , ; ; ; ; , aloud Heb. with a great voice for he is a god either Such were the absurd and degrading notions which the heathens entertained of their gods. "Vishnoo sleeps four months in 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. 324. he is talking or, he meditateth is pursuing Heb. hath a pursuit must be awaked , , ; ;

‏ 1 Kings 18:27-40

Elijah 1Kgs 22:15; 2Chr 25:8; Eccl 11:9; Isa 8:9-10, Isa 44:15-17; Ezek 20:39; Amos 4:4-5; Matt 26:45; Mark 7:9, Mark 14:41

aloud Heb. with a great voice

for he is a god Isa 41:23

either Such were the absurd and degrading notions which the heathens entertained of their gods. "Vishnoo sleeps four months in 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. 324.

he is talking or, he meditateth

is pursuing Heb. hath a pursuit

must be awaked Ps 44:23, Ps 78:65-66, Ps 121:4; Isa 51:9; Mark 4:38-39

cut themselves Lev 19:28; Deut 14:1; Mic 6:7; Mark 5:5, Mark 9:22

the blood gushed out upon them Heb. they poured out blood upon them

prophesied 1Kgs 22:10, 1Kgs 22:12; 1Sam 18:10; Jer 28:6-9; Acts 16:16-17; 1Cor 11:4-5

offering Heb. ascending, 1Kgs 18:36

voice 1Kgs 18:26; Gal 4:8; 2Tim 3:8-9

that regarded Heb. attention

he repaired 1Kgs 19:10, 1Kgs 19:14; 2Chr 33:16; Rom 11:3

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.