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1 Kings 18:24-34

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24 "Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD, and 1the God who answers by fire, He is God." And all the people said, "That is a good idea."
25 So Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one ox for yourselves and prepare it first for you are many, and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it."
26 Then they took the ox which was given them and they prepared it and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon saying, "O Baal, answer us." But there was 2no voice and no one answered. And they leaped about the altar which they made.
27 It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, "Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened."
28 So they cried with a loud voice and 3cut themselves according to their custom with swords and lances until the blood gushed out on them.
29 When midday was past, they raved 4until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice; but there was no voice, no one answered, and no one paid attention.
30 Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me." So all the people came near to him. And 5he repaired the altar of the LORD which had been torn down.
31 Elijah took twelve * stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, "6Israel shall be your name."
32 So with the stones he built an altar in 7the name of the LORD, and he made a trench around the altar, large enough to hold two measures of seed.
33 8Then he arranged the wood and cut the ox in pieces and laid it on the wood.
34 And he said, "Fill four pitchers with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood." And he said, "Do it a second time," and they did it a second time. And he said, "Do it a third time," and they did it a third time.
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1 Kings 18:24-34 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 18

In this chapter Elijah has an order from the Lord to show himself to Ahab, who, going first, and meeting with a servant of his, Obadiah, charges him to tell his master where he was, that he might meet him, 1Ki 18:1-16, and, upon meeting him, desires that all Israel, and the prophets of Baal, might be convened, which was accordingly done, 1Ki 18:17-20, when he expostulated with the people of Israel for their idolatry, mocked and confounded the prophets of Baal, and gave the strongest proofs, to the conviction of the people, that Jehovah is the true God, 1Ki 18:21-39, on which all the prophets of Baal were slain, 1Ki 18:40, and rain in great abundance was given at the prayer of the prophet, 1Ki 18:41-46.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 8

  • 1. 1 Kings 18:38
  • 2. Psalms 115:4, 5; Jeremiah 10:5
  • 3. Leviticus 19:28; Deuteronomy 14:1
  • 4. Exodus 29:39, 41
  • 5. 1 Kings 19:10, 14; 2 Chronicles 33:16
  • 6. Genesis 32:28; Genesis 35:10; 2 Kings 17:34
  • 7. Colossians 3:17
  • 8. Genesis 22:9; Leviticus 1:7, 8

Footnotes 7

  • [a]. Lit "The matter is good"
  • [b]. Lit "he gave"
  • [c]. Lit "limped;" i.e. a type of ceremonial dance
  • [d]. So some mss and the ancient versions; M.T. "he"
  • [e]. Lit "prophesied"
  • [f]. Lit "attentiveness"
  • [g]. Heb "seahs;" i.e. one seah equals approx 11 qts
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