1 Kings 18:21
Then Elijah, drawing near to all the people, said: “How long will you waver between two sides? If the Lord is God, follow him. But if Baal is, then follow him.” And the people did not respond a word to him.
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20Ahab sent to all the sons of Israel, and he gathered together the prophets on mount Carmel.
Cross References
Genesis 44:16And Judah said to him, “What could we answer to my lord? And what would we be able to say, or to justly claim? God has discovered the iniquity of your servants. See, we have all become servants to my lord, both we, and he with whom the cup was found.”
Deuteronomy 4:35So may you know that the Lord himself is God, and there is no other beside him.
Joshua 24:23“Now therefore,” he said, “take away strange gods from among yourselves, and incline your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”
1 Kings 18:39And when all the people had seen it, they fell upon their face, and they said: “The Lord himself is God! The Lord himself is God!”
1 Chronicles 17:26Now then, O Lord, you are God. And you have spoken to your servant such great benefits.
Job 40:4And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 18:18-21
Elijah's Interview with Ahab. ( b. c. 906.) 17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? 18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord , and thou hast followed Baalim. 19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. 20 So… Read the whole commentary →