1 Kings 18:21
Elijah came near to all the people and said, “How long will you keep changing your mind? If Yahweh is God, follow him. But if Baal is God, then follow him.” Yet the people did not answer him a word.
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20So Ahab sent word to all the people of Israel and gathered the prophets together at Mount Carmel.
Cross References
Genesis 44:16Judah said, “What can we say to my master? What can we speak? Or how can we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Look, we are my master's slaves, both we and he also in whose hand the cup was found.”
Deuteronomy 4:35To you these things were shown, so that you might know that Yahweh is God, and that there is no one else besides him.
Joshua 24:23“Now put away the foreign gods that are with you, and turn your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.”
1 Kings 18:39When all the people saw this, they lay facedown on the ground and said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”
1 Chronicles 17:26Now, Yahweh, you are God, and have made this good promise to your servant:
Job 40:4“See, I am insignificant; how can I answer you? 1 I put my hand over my mouth. 1
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 →