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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Gill's Exposition
And they took the bullock which was given them,.... By such of them as made the choice:
and they dressed it; slew it, and cut it in pieces, and laid it on the wood, but put no fire under it:
and…
Barnes' Notes
The God that answereth by fire - God had frequently before consumed offerings with supernatural fire Lev 9:24; Jdg 6:21. The Baal-worshippers were no doubt in the habit of attributing thunder and…
Adam Clarke
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…
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…
Cambridge Bible
call ye on the name of your gods R.V. god. And so in 1Ki 18:25. Baal was meant, and though the plural -Elohim" came to be specially used of Jehovah, as embracing all that other nations conceived as…
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