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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — I Kings
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 123,839 words · 410 reading sections
1 Kings 17:6
1 Kings 17:6 Ver. 6. And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening,.... For his breakfast and supper, the two principal meals then in use; and as there were several employed, they could bring a sufficiency in a short time for each meal; and these provisions were ready pr…
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1 Kings 17:7 Ver. 7. And it came to pass after a while,.... Or "at the end of days" {x}, perhaps a year, which sometimes is the sense of this phrase, see Ex 13:10, that the brook dried up; through the excessive heat, and for want of supplies from the springs and fountains with which it was fed, and for the following …
147 wordsSECTION 3031 Kings 17:8
1 Kings 17:8 Ver. 8. And the word of the Lord came unto him,.... As before, after he had been a year at the brook, and that was dried up: saying; as follows.…
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1 Kings 17:9 Ver. 9. Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there,.... This might be a trial of the prophet's faith, to be sent to dwell in a place belonging to the Zidonians, among whom Jezebel had an interest, being the daughter of their king, 1Ki 16:31, the place is so called, to distingu…
458 wordsSECTION 3051 Kings 17:10
1 Kings 17:10 Ver. 10. So he arose, and went to Zarephath,.... Which, according to Bunting {f}, was one hundred miles from the brook Cherith: and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering sticks: perhaps out of an hedge just without the city this shows her to be a poor woman, w…
184 wordsSECTION 3061 Kings 17:11
1 Kings 17:11 Ver. 11. And as she was going to fetch it,.... For she made no difficulty of granting his request, but immediately set out to fetch him some water from the city, or some spring close by, or her own house; being very ready to do an hospitable act to a stranger, and especially to a good man, and a prophet,…
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1 Kings 17:12 Ver. 12. And she said, as the Lord thy God liveth,.... Which shows her to be a good woman, swearing by the living God, and him only, and that she took Elijah to be a good man, and a prophet of the Lord: I have not a cake; greater or less, not a morsel of bread in the house: but a handful of meal in a b…
190 wordsSECTION 3081 Kings 17:13
1 Kings 17:13 Ver. 13. And Elijah said unto her, fear not,.... That she and her son should die, it would not be the case: go and do as thou hast said: mix her meal and her oil, and make a cake thereof, and bake it: but make thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son: w…
155 wordsSECTION 3091 Kings 17:14
1 Kings 17:14 Ver. 14. For thus saith the Lord God of Israel,.... Whom the prophet perceived she had knowledge of, and faith in: the barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail; that is, the meal in the barrel, and the oil in the cruse, by an hypallage, or change of words: until the day that …
119 wordsSECTION 3101 Kings 17:15
1 Kings 17:15 Ver. 15. And she went, and did according to the saying of Elijah,..... Made a cake for him first, and brought it to him, which showed great faith in the word of the Lord by him: and she, and he, and her house, did eat; many days, a year at least, if not two years, see 1Ki 17:7 the widow, the prophet, an…
89 wordsSECTION 3111 Kings 17:16
1 Kings 17:16 Ver. 16. And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah. There being a continual increase and supply of both, through the mighty power of God working a continued miracle; just as the loaves and fishes were increased while …
67 wordsSECTION 3121 Kings 17:17
1 Kings 17:17 Ver. 17. And it came to pass after these things,.... Not only after the conversation that passed between the prophet, and the widow, but after they had lived together many days, a year or years, upon the miraculous provision made for them: that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick;…
132 wordsSECTION 3131 Kings 17:18
1 Kings 17:18 Ver. 18. And she said unto Elijah, what have I to do with thee, O thou man of God!.... As if she should say, it would have been well for me if I had never seen thy face, or had any conversation with thee; this she said rashly, and in her passion and agony, being extremely affected with the death of her c…
155 wordsSECTION 3141 Kings 17:19
1 Kings 17:19 Ver. 19. And he said unto her, give me thy son, and he took him out of her bosom,.... Where she had laid him, mourning over him; from thence the prophet took him with her leave: and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed; an upper room, which was his bedchamber; hither…
84 wordsSECTION 3151 Kings 17:20
1 Kings 17:20 Ver. 20. And he cried unto the Lord,.... Or prayed unto him, as the Targum, with great vehemence and importunity: and said, O Lord, my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow, with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? he pleads his interest in the Lord, and makes use of it as an argument with him…
123 wordsSECTION 3161 Kings 17:21
1 Kings 17:21 Ver. 21. And he stretched himself upon the child three times,.... Or "measured himself" {i} on it, or put himself into a posture in some respects equal to the child; putting his mouth on its mouth, his eyes on its eyes, his hands on its hands, as Elisha afterwards did in a like case, perhaps in imitation…
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1 Kings 18:1 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, and, upon meeting him, desires that all Israel, and the prophe…
253 wordsSECTION 3181 Kings 18:2
1 Kings 18:2 Ver. 2. And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab,.... Which showed his cheerful and ready obedience to the will of God, and his great courage and magnanimity, to face a king enraged against him, and that sought his life: and there was a sore famine in Samaria; the metropolis of the kingdom, where Ahab k…
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1 Kings 18:3 Ver. 3. And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house,.... Perhaps his steward: the Jews {m} take him to be Obadiah the prophet, who wrote the small prophecy that goes by his name: (now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly:) who, though he did not go up to Jerusalem to worship, which ceremonial…
89 wordsSECTION 3201 Kings 18:4
1 Kings 18:4 Ver. 4. For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord,.... Or slew them, as the Targum; put them to death some way or another; such as were brought up in the schools of the prophets, trained up in religious exercises, and instructed others therein: that Obadiah took one hundred prophets, a…
125 wordsSECTION 3211 Kings 18:5
1 Kings 18:5 Ver. 5. And Ahab said unto Obadiah, go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks,.... To observe in what condition they were, and the places adjoining to them, the meadows and valleys: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive; particularly those which belong…
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1 Kings 18:6 Ver. 6. So they divided the land between them, to pass through it,.... And one took one part, and the other the other part: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself; Ahab not caring to trust any but Obadiah, who he knew was a faithful man, lest they should be bribed by those …
70 wordsSECTION 3231 Kings 18:7
1 Kings 18:7 Ver. 7. And as Obadiah was in the way,.... In his district, making his observations: behold, Elijah met him: where is not said; but he was, no doubt, upon the road from Zarephath to Samaria: and he knew him that is, Obadiah knew Elijah, having seen him at Ahab's court before he absconded: and fell on h…
89 wordsSECTION 3241 Kings 18:8
1 Kings 18:8 Ver. 8. And he answered him, I am,.... He did not desire to be concealed, his orders were to show and make himself known to Ahab, and Obadiah was one of his domestic servants: go tell thy lord, behold, Elijah is here; in such a place, ready to face him at any time. Elijah, by calling Ahab the lord of Oba…
103 wordsSECTION 3251 Kings 18:9
1 Kings 18:9 Ver. 9. And he said, what have I sinned,.... Or in what have I offended God or his prophet, that revenge should be taken on me in this way: that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab to slay me? for that he supposed would be the consequence of it, as he argues and more plainly expresses…
70 wordsSECTION 3261 Kings 18:10
1 Kings 18:10 Ver. 10. As the Lord thy God liveth,.... Which is the form of an oath he thought fit to make, to ascertain the truth of what he was about to say: there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee; which is either an hyperbolical expression, signifying he had sought for him in man…
193 wordsSECTION 3271 Kings 18:11
1 Kings 18:11 Ver. 11. And now thou sayest, go tell thy lord, behold, Elijah is here. Which, if I should not be able to make good, would be of fatal consequence to me; and that it is plain he feared, by what he next says.…
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1 Kings 18:12 Ver. 12. And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not,.... This he supposed might possibly, and very probably, be the case, since small raptures might have been already, and known to Obadiah, as there were afterwards, see 2Ki 2…
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1 Kings 18:13 Ver. 13. Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord? how I hid one hundred men of the Lord's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?] See Gill on "1Ki 18:4", this he said not in a way of ostentation, but to show that it would be very ungenerous a…
96 wordsSECTION 3301 Kings 18:14
1 Kings 18:14 Ver. 14. And now thou sayest, go tell my lord, behold, Elijah [is here]: and he shall slay me. That is, should he carry such a message to him, and Elijah should be removed elsewhere, and not to be found.…
44 wordsSECTION 3311 Kings 18:15
1 Kings 18:15 Ver. 15. And Elijah said, as the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand,.... In whose presence he was, and whose prophet and minister he was; he takes this oath, to assure Obadiah that he would certainly be upon the spot, or to be found, and not expose him to any danger: I will surely show myself unt…
78 wordsSECTION 3321 Kings 18:16
1 Kings 18:16 Ver. 16. So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him,.... That Elijah was in such a place, and had desired him to inform him of it, and was ready to appear before him that day wherever he pleased; for upon the prophet's oath Obadiah was entirely satisfied, and was in no fear of delivering the message: an…
89 wordsSECTION 3331 Kings 18:17
1 Kings 18:17 Ver. 17. And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah,.... As soon as he came up to him, and knew who he was; Abarbinel thinks, because his hair was grown so long that Ahab did not know him certainly, and therefore put the following question: that Ahab said unto him, art thou he that troubleth Israel? by op…
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1 Kings 18:18 Ver. 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 trou…
141 wordsSECTION 3351 Kings 18:19
1 Kings 18:19 Ver. 19. Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto Mount Carmel..... No doubt but more discourse passed between Ahab and Elijah, though not recorded, before he made this motion to him; it is very probable, that after some dispute between them, who was the true God, and about idolatry, as the c…
572 wordsSECTION 3361 Kings 18:20
1 Kings 18:20 Ver. 20. So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel,.... By messengers, requiring their attendance at Mount Carmel at such a time, at least their chief and principal men: and gathered the prophets together unto Mount Carmel; the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, but not the four hundred prophet…
97 wordsSECTION 3371 Kings 18:21
1 Kings 18:21 Ver. 21. And Elijah came unto all the people,.... Assembled at Mount Carmel: and said, how long halt ye between two opinions? sometimes inclining to the one, and sometimes to the other: as a lame man in walking, his body moves sometimes to one side, and sometimes to another; or "leap ye upon two branche…
249 wordsSECTION 3381 Kings 18:22
1 Kings 18:22 Ver. 22. Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only remain a prophet of the Lord,.... At least as he thought, all the rest being slain, as he supposed; however there were none present but himself: but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men; which were very great odds he had to contend with…
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1 Kings 18:23 Ver. 23. Let them therefore give us two bullocks,.... Who, being so many, were better able to be at the expense of them, and having the king on their party too; though perhaps no more is meant than that two bullocks should be brought thither, and presented before them:and let them choose one bullock for …
3,941 wordsSECTION 3401 Kings 19:1
1 Kings 19:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 19 This chapter gives us a further account of Elijah, of his being obliged to flee for his life through the threats of Jezebel, 1Ki 19:1, of the care the Lord took of him, providing food for him, in the strength of which he went to Horeb, 1Ki 19:5, of the Lord's appearance to him …
302 wordsSECTION 3411 Kings 19:2
1 Kings 19:2 Ver. 2. Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah,.... In Jezreel, or near it, to frighten him away; not caring to seize him, and dispatch him, for fear of the people, in whom he had now a great interest; or otherwise it is not easy to account for it that she should give him notice of it; unless she scorn…
293 wordsSECTION 3421 Kings 19:3
1 Kings 19:3 Ver. 3. And when he saw that,.... That her design and resolution were to take away his life; the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions read, "and he was afraid"; or frightened; he that had such courage as not to be afraid to meet Ahab, and contend with four hundred and fifty priests of Baal, and …
426 wordsSECTION 3431 Kings 19:4
1 Kings 19:4 Ver. 4. But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness,.... Of Paran, which began near Beersheba, and was the wilderness of Arabia, in which the Israelites were near forty years; this day's journey carried him about twenty miles from Beersheba southward, as the above writer reckons: and came and…
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1 Kings 19:5 Ver. 5. And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree,.... Being weary and fatigued with his journey, the same under which he sat; for there was but one, as that is said to be in the preceding verse: behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, arise, and eat; so far was the Lord from granting hi…
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1 Kings 19:6 Ver. 6. And he looked, and, behold, [there was] a cake baked on the coals,.... Just took off the coals, quite hot. Bochart {q} thinks it should be rendered, "baked on hot stones"; and such was the way of baking cakes in some of the eastern countries, See Gill on "Ge 18:6", the stones hereabout might be he…
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1 Kings 19:7 Ver. 7. And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him,.... In order to awake him out of sleep: and said unto him, arise, and eat, because the journey is too great for thee; which he had to go to Horeb, without eating more than he had; and there were no provisions to be had in a co…
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1 Kings 19:8 Ver. 8. And he arose, and did eat and drink,.... Of what was left of the cake and cruse of water, before provided for him: and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God; for so long he was going to that place, though it might have been gone in three or four…
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1 Kings 19:9 Ver. 9. And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there,.... This cave, some travellers say {u}, is to be seen at this day, not far from a church dedicated to the prophet Elijah, and that the cave itself has the appearance of a chapel; but a more particular account of it is given in a journal {w} lately…
351 wordsSECTION 3491 Kings 19:10
1 Kings 19:10 Ver. 10. And he said, I have been jealous for the Lord God of hosts,.... Through zeal for the glory of God he had slain four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and this had stirred up the malice and revenge of Jezebel against him, who sought his life, and which had obliged him to flee, and come to this …
271 wordsSECTION 3501 Kings 19:11
1 Kings 19:11 Ver. 11. And he said, go forth and stand upon the mount before the Lord,.... Who would appear there as he had to Moses formerly, though not in the same manner: and, behold, the Lord passed by; or was about to pass, for as yet he had not; his messengers first went before him: and a great and strong wind…
163 wordsSECTION 3511 Kings 19:12
1 Kings 19:12 Ver. 12. And after the earthquake a fire, [but] the Lord was not in the fire,.... As he was when he descended on this mount, and spake to Moses, Ex 19:1, the Targum, and so Jarchi, interpret all these appearances of angels, and not amiss; the wind, of an host of angels of wind; the earthquake, of an host…
372 wordsSECTION 3521 Kings 19:13
1 Kings 19:13 Ver. 13. And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle,.... Through reverence of the divine Majesty he perceived was there, and through shame and confusion under a sense of his impurity, imperfections, and unworthiness, as the seraphim in Isa 6:2, and as Moses, Ex 3:6, and w…
162 wordsSECTION 3531 Kings 19:14
1 Kings 19:14 Ver. 14. And he said,.... Elijah, in answer to the question put, and he says the same as before: I have been very jealous,.... which the question was designed to draw from him, in order to give him some instructions and directions; which would suggest to him, that though he should not deal severely with…
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1 Kings 19:15 Ver. 15. And the Lord said unto him, go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus,.... He is bid to go back the way he came, through the wilderness of Arabia, which was part of his way to Damascus, near to which was another wilderness, which took its name from thence; though Fortunatus Schacchus {…
1,335 wordsSECTION 3551 Kings 20:1
1 Kings 20:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 20 This chapter relates the siege of Samaria by the king of Syria, and his insolent demand of Ahab's wives, children, and riches, 1Ki 20:1, the sally made out upon him, at the direction of the prophet, and the route made of the Syrian army, 1Ki 20:13, the return of the Syrian army…
282 wordsSECTION 3561 Kings 20:2
1 Kings 20:2 Ver. 2. And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city,.... Who there remained, and attempted not to go forth and meet him, and stop his progress, though he must have passed great part of his dominions to come to Samaria: and said unto him, thus saith Benhadad; by them, his messengers, as f…
61 wordsSECTION 3571 Kings 20:3
1 Kings 20:3 Ver. 3. Thy silver and thy gold is mine,.... Not of right, but reckoning it as good as in his hands, Ahab not being able to resist him: and thy wives also; for it seems he had more than Jezebel: and thy children; which were many, for he had no less than seventy sons, 2Ki 10:1, even the goodliest are mi…
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1 Kings 20:4 Ver. 4. And the king of Israel answered and said, my lord, O king,.... So he said to Benhadad's messengers, representing him, as acknowledging his sovereignty over him: according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have: which he understood of holding all that he had of him, by giving him homage, a…
81 wordsSECTION 3591 Kings 20:5
1 Kings 20:5 Ver. 5. And the messengers came again,.... From Benhadad: and said, thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, although I have sent unto thee, saying: at the first message: thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; into his possession, and not as Ahab understood it, that he s…
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1 Kings 20:6 Ver. 6. Yet I will send my servants unto thee tomorrow about this time,.... He gave him twenty four hours to consider of it: and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; the royal palace, and the houses of the noblemen, and even of every of his subjects in Samaria: and it shall be,…
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