1 Re 18:18

18 Elia rispose: "Non io metto sossopra Israele, ma tu e la casa di tuo padre, perché avete abbandonati i comandamenti dell’Eterno, e tu sei andato dietro ai 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 dunque andò a trovare Achab, e gli fece l’ambasciata; e Achab andò incontro ad Elia.
17 E, non appena Achab vide Elia, gli disse: "Sei tu colui che mette sossopra Israele?"
18 Elia rispose: "Non io metto sossopra Israele, ma tu e la casa di tuo padre, perché avete abbandonati i comandamenti dell’Eterno, e tu sei andato dietro ai Baali.
19 Manda ora a far raunare tutto Israele presso di me sul monte Carmel, insieme ai quattrocentocinquanta profeti di Baal ed ai quattrocento profeti d’Astarte che mangiano alla mensa di Izebel".
20 E Achab mandò a chiamare tutti i figliuoli d’Israele, e radunò que’ profeti sul monte Carmel.
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