1 Kings 18:21
And Elias coming to all the people, said: How long do you halt between two sides? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
20Achab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered together the prophets unto mount Carmel.
Cross References
Genesis 44:16And Juda said to him: What shall we answer my lord? or what shall we say, or be able justly to allege? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are all bondmen to my lord, both we, and he with whom the cup was found.
Deuteronomy 4:35That thou mightest know that the Lord he is God, and there is no other besides him.
Joshua 24:23Now therefore, said he, put away strange gods from among you, and incline your hearts to the Lord the God of Israel.
1 Kings 18:39And when all the people saw this, they fell on their faces, and they said: The Lord he is God, the Lord he is God.
1 Chronicles 17:26And now O Lord, thou art God: and thou hast promised to thy servant such great benefits.
Job 40:4And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
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 →