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1 Reis 18:42

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42 Então Acabe foi comer e beber, mas Elias subiu até o alto do Carmelo, dobrou-se até o chão e pôs o rosto entre os joelhos.

1 Reis 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 Reis 18:42 In-Context

40 Então Elias ordenou-lhes: “Prendam os profetas de Baal. Não deixem nenhum escapar!” Eles os prenderam, e Elias os fez descer ao riacho de Quisom e lá os matou.
41 E Elias disse a Acabe: “Vá comer e beber, pois já ouço o barulho de chuva pesada”.
42 Então Acabe foi comer e beber, mas Elias subiu até o alto do Carmelo, dobrou-se até o chão e pôs o rosto entre os joelhos.
43 “Vá e olhe na direção do mar”, disse ao seu servo. E ele foi e olhou.“Não há nada lá”, disse ele.Sete vezes Elias mandou: “Volte para ver”.
44 Na sétima vez o servo disse: “Uma nuvem tão pequena quanto a mão de um homem está se levantando do mar”.Então Elias disse: “Vá dizer a Acabe: Prepare o seu carro e desça, antes que a chuva o impeça”.
Biblia Sagrada, Nova Versão Internacional®, NVI® Copyright © 1993, 2000 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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