1 Kings 18:21
and Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people, and saith, 'Till when are ye leaping on the two branches? — if Jehovah [is] God, go after Him; and if Baal, go after him;' and the people have not answered him a word.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20And Ahab sendeth among all the sons of Israel, and gathereth the prophets unto the mount of Carmel;
Cross References
Genesis 44:16And Judah saith, 'What do we say to my lord? what do we speak? and what — do we justify ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants; lo, we [are] servants to my lord, both we, and he in whose hand the cup hath been found;'
Deuteronomy 4:35Thou, thou hast been shewn [it], to know that Jehovah He [is] God; there is none else besides Him.
Joshua 24:23and, now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which [are] in your midst, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, God of Israel.'
1 Kings 18:39And all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, 'Jehovah, He [is] the God, Jehovah, He [is] the God.'
1 Chronicles 17:26'And now, Jehovah, Thou [art] God Himself, and Thou speakest concerning Thy servant this goodness;
Job 40:4Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed 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 →