And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass in the mean while,.... That the servant was gone with the message to Ahab, and Ahab was getting ready his chariot:
that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a…
Barnes' Notes
Tradition says that Elijah’s servant was the son of the widow of Sarepta 1Ki 17:23.
Adam Clarke
Look toward the sea - From the top of Mount Carmel the Mediterranean Sea was full in view.
Israel being thus far reformed that they had acknowledged the Lord to be God, and had consented to the execution of Baal's prophets, that they might not seduce them any more, though this was far short…
Cambridge Bible
look toward the sea Because from that quarter would come the indication of the approaching storm. The LXX. omits -he went up" in the next clause, and adds at the close of the verse -and the servant…
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