1 Kings 18:21
and Elijah comes near to all the people and says, “Until when are you leaping on the two branches? If YHWH [is] God, go after Him; and if Ba‘al, go after him”; and the people have not answered him a word.
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20And Ahab sends among all the sons of Israel, and gathers the prophets to the Mount of Carmel;
Cross References
Genesis 44:16And Judah says, “What do we say to my lord? What do we speak? And how do we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; behold, we [are] servants to my lord, both we, and he in whose hand the cup has been found”;
Deuteronomy 4:35You—you have been shown [it], to know that He, YHWH, [is] God; there is none else besides Him.
Joshua 24:23“And now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which [are] in your midst, and incline your heart to YHWH, God of Israel.”
1 Kings 18:39And all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, “YHWH, He [is] the God! YHWH, He [is] the God!”
1 Chronicles 17:26And now, YHWH, You [are] God Himself, and You speak this goodness concerning Your servant;
Job 40:4“Behold, I have been vile, || What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.
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 →