1 Kings 18:24

And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
call	וּקְרָאתֶ֞ם u.ke.ra.Tem	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
name	בְּשֵׁ֣ם be.Shem	H8034	an appellation · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
gods	אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם 'e.lo.hei.Khem	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
call	אֶקְרָ֣א 'ek.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
name	בְשֵׁם ve.shem-	H8034	an appellation · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
answereth	יַעֲנֶ֥ה ya.'a.Neh	H6030	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
fire	בָאֵ֖שׁ va.'Esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
God	הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
people	הָעָ֛ם ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
answered	וַיַּ֧עַן vai.Ya.'an	H6030	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
said	וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ vai.yo.me.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
well	ט֥וֹב Tov	H2896	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense · adjective, masculine singular absolute
spoken	הַדָּבָֽר ha.da.Var	H1697	a word · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Kings 18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that w…
1 Chronicles 21:26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him…
Leviticus 9:24 And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, t…
2 Chronicles 7:1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glo…
2 Chronicles 7:3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their f…
Judges 6:21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there ro…
2 Samuel 14:19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, non…
Isaiah 39:8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in m…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 18:21-40

Ahab and the people expected that Elijah would, in this solemn assembly, bless the land, and pray for rain; but he had other work to do first. The people must be brought to repent and reform, and then they may look for the removal of the judgment, but not till then. This is the right method. God will first prepare our heart, and then cause his ear to hear, will first turn us to him, and then turn to us, Psa 10:17; Psa 80:3. Deserters must not look for God's favour till they return to their allegiance. Elijah might have looked for rain seventy times seven times, and not have seen it, if he had not thus begun his work at the right end. Three years and a half's famine would not bring them back…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 18:21

Elijah said unto all the people, How long halt ye?--They had long been attempting to conjoin the service of God with that of Baal. It was an impracticable union and the people were so struck with a sense of their own folly, or dread of the king's displeasure, that they "answered not a word." Elijah proposed to decide for them the controversy between God and Baal by an appeal, not to the authority of the law, for that would have no weight, but by a visible token from Heaven. As fire was the element over which Baal was supposed to preside, Elijah proposed that two bullocks should be slain and placed on separate altars of wood, the one for Baal, and the other for God. On whichever the fire shou…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 18:24

The God that answereth by fire - Elijah gave them every advantage when he granted that the God who answered by fire should be acknowledged as the true God; for as the Baal who was worshipped here was incontestably Apollo, or the sun, he was therefore the god of fire, and had only to work in his own element.

John Gill on 1 Kings 18:24

And call ye on the name of your gods,.... The Baalim, the many lords and gods they served: and I will call on the name of the Lord; the one true Jehovah and God of Israel, whom I:serve: and the God that answereth by fire; by causing fire to come down upon the sacrifice, and consume it: let him be God; accounted, owned, and acknowledged as the true God, and so afterwards worshipped as such: and all the people answered and said, it is well spoken; they thought it a very reasonable proposal, a very good method to determine the controversy, and come at the truth, and know who was the true God, and who not.

Dictionary and topics

Carmel — A park; generally with the article, “the park.” (1.) A prominent headland of Central Palestine, consisting of several connected hills extending from the plain of Esdraelon to the sea, a distance of…
Elijah — Whose God is Jehovah. (1.) “The Tishbite,” the “Elias” of the New Testament, is suddenly introduced to our notice in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a message from the Lord to Ahab. There is mention made…
Ahab · .Reproved by Elijah; assembles the prophets of Baal — .Reproved by Elijah; assembles the prophets of Baal
Carmel · prophets — prophets
Prayer · .Prayer test proposed by Elijah — .Prayer test proposed by Elijah
Revivals · .Elijah — .Elijah

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 18:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 18:21-40

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 18:21

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 18:24

John Gill on 1 Kings 18:24

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 18:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 18:21-40

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 18:21

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 18:24

John Gill on 1 Kings 18:24

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 18:20–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 18:23-24

Rashi on 1 Kings 18:21