And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
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Gill's Exposition
And Elijah said unto Ahab, get thee up,.... From the brook and valley where the execution of the prophets had been made; either up to his chariot, or to the tent or pavilion erected on the side of the…
Barnes' Notes
The Lord, he is the God - The people thus pronounced the matter to be clearly and certainly decided. Baal was overthrown; he was proved to be no god at all. The Lord Yahweh, He, and He alone, is God.…
Adam Clarke
Fell on their faces - Struck with awe and reverence at the sight of this incontestable miracle.
And they said - We should translate the words thus: Jehovah, He is the God! Jehovah, He is the God! Baal…
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
And when all the people sawit, they fell The LXX. simply says -And all the people fell." Josephus describes the reaction thus, -They fell upon the ground and worshipped the one God, calling Him most…
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