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1 Reyes 18:42

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42 Acab subió a comer y a beber, pero Elías subió a la cumbre del Carmelo; y allí se agachó en tierra y puso su rostro entre las rodillas.

1 Reyes 18:42 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 18:42

So Ahab went up to eat and to drink
Up to his chariot, as some think, or rather to some place higher than that in which he now was:

and Elijah went up to the top of Carmel;
higher still, where he both might be alone, and have the opportunity of observing the clouds gathering, and the rain coming:

and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his
knees;
expressive of his humility, and of his earnestness, and vehement desire, and continued importunity, that rain might fall; for this was a posture of prayer he put himself into, and continued in; and it is certain that it was through his prayer that rain came, ( James 5:18 ) and from hence came the fable of the Grecians concerning Aeacus praying for rain in a time of drought, when it came F8. So the Chinese writers F9 report that at the prayers of their emperor Tangus, after a seven years' drought, great rains fell.


FOOTNOTES:

F8 Pausan. Attica, sive, l. 1. prope finem. Isocrat. Evagoras, p. 373.
F9 Martin. Sinic. Hist. l. 3. p. 60.
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1 Reyes 18:42 In-Context

40 Entonces Elías les dijo: Prended a los profetas de Baal, que no se escape ninguno de ellos. Los prendieron, y Elías los hizo bajar al torrente Cisón y allí los degolló.
41 Y Elías dijo a Acab: Sube, come y bebe; porque se oye el estruendo de mucha lluvia.
42 Acab subió a comer y a beber, pero Elías subió a la cumbre del Carmelo; y allí se agachó en tierra y puso su rostro entre las rodillas.
43 Y dijo a su criado: Sube ahora, y mira hacia el mar. Y él subió, miró y dijo: No hay nada. Y Elías dijo siete veces: Vuelve a mirar.
44 Y sucedió que a la séptima vez, él dijo: He aquí, una nube tan pequeña como la mano de un hombre sube del mar. Y dijo: Sube, y di a Acab: "Prepara tu carro y desciende, para que la fuerte lluvia no te detenga."
Scripture taken from La Biblia de las Américas® (LBLA®), Copyright © 1986, 1995, 1997 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. https://www.LBLA.com

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