1 Re 18:18

18 Ma egli disse: Io non ho conturbato Israele; anzi tu, e la casa di tuo padre, l’avete conturbato, avendo voi lasciati i comandamenti del Signore, ed essendo tu andato dietro a’ Baali.

1 Re 18:18 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 18:18

And he answered
That is, Elijah, with great boldness and undaunted courage, not fearing the face of the king, being sent to show himself to him in the name of the King of kings:

I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father's house;
they, by their sins, were the cause of all the troubles, those sore evil and sad calamities that were upon them:

in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord:
to have no other gods before him, and not to make images, and worship them, which they had done:

and thou hast followed Baalim;
the several Baals, the Sun, moon, and stars, the whole host of heaven, worshipped under this name; or, not content with the Phoenician Baal, or Baal of the Zidonians, followed others, see ( Judges 2:11 ) .

1 Re 18:18 In-Context

16 Abdia adunque andò ad incontrare Achab, e gli rapportò la cosa. Ed Achab andò ad incontrare Elia.
17 E come Achab ebbe veduto Elia, gli disse: Sei tu qui, tu, che conturbi Israele?
18 Ma egli disse: Io non ho conturbato Israele; anzi tu, e la casa di tuo padre, l’avete conturbato, avendo voi lasciati i comandamenti del Signore, ed essendo tu andato dietro a’ Baali.
19 Ma ora, manda a far adunare appresso di me, in sul monte Carmel, tutto Israele, insieme co’ quattrocencinquanta profeti di Baal, e i quattrocento profeti del bosco, che mangiano alla tavola d’Izebel.
20 E Achab mandò a tutti i figliuoli d’Israele, e adunò que’ profeti in sul monte Carmel.
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