--- title: "Bullinger" description: "the Lord. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . third year: i.e. the third or last full year toward the end of the three and a half years. famine. One of the thirt" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/1-kings/18" --- **the Lord.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . **third year:** i.e. the third or last full year toward the end of the three and a half years. **famine.** One of the thirteen famines mentioned in Scripture. See note on [Genesis 12:10](../../../kjv/genesis/12/10) . **governor of** = governor over. Now. Figure of speech *Parenthesis.* App-6 . **Jezebel.** The first record of using the civil power against the true religion (and by a woman). See note on [Judges 4:21](../../../kjv/judges/4/21) . **fifty in a cave** = fifty men. **Go into** = Septuagint and Syriac read "Go and let us pass through". **What. ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 . **wouldest deliver** = art giving. **God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 . **Spirit.** Hebrew. *ruach.* App-9 . **men.** Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 . **before, &c.** See note on [1 Kings 17:1](../../../kjv/1-kings/17/1) . **troubleth.** Compare [Joshua 7:25](../../../kjv/joshua/7/25) with [Joshua 6:18](../../../kjv/joshua/6/18) , and [1 Chronicles 2:7](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/2/7) , **Israel.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for Israelitish people. **Carmel.** Eighteen miles from Jezreel; sixteen miles from the sea. The Kishon below, but now dry. At the foot a perennial spring, with a roofed reservoir, eight feet deep. Carmel is still called "Mar-Elias". **groves** = the' *Asherah.* See note on [Exodus 34:13](../../../kjv/exodus/34/13) . **children** = sons. **How long. ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 . **halt** = leap. Compare [1 Kings 18:26](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/26) . **the People.** Some codices read "all the people". **gods** = god, as in [1 Kings 18:25](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/25) . So Revised Version. **by fire.** This was Jehovah's way of showing His acceptance of the offering. See note on [Genesis 4:4](../../../kjv/genesis/4/4) . **leaped upon** = leaped over. Compare [1 Kings 18:21](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/21) . **was made** = had been made. **Cry aloud, &c.** Figure of speech *Eironeia.* App-6 . **pursuing.** Occurs only here. **lancets** = lances. Done by Dervishes to the present day. **evening sacrifice.** The usual meal offering. There was also a morning meal offering as well ([Numbers 28:8](../../../kjv/numbers/28/8) ). Compare [2 Kings 16:15](../../../kjv/2-kings/16/15) . **repaired.** Carmel had been a *local* altar for *lay* (individual) offerings, but had been broken down. Compare [1 Kings 19:10](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/10) . These *lay* altars had no horns. **broken down:** i.e. purposely. **Jacob.** Some codices, with one early printed edition, and Septuagint, read "Israel", in harmony with [1 Kings 18:36](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/36) . **Israel.** See note on [Genesis 32:28](../../../kjv/genesis/32/28) . **water.** See note on [1 Kings 18:19](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/19) . **the wood.** Septuagint adds "and they did so". **Israel** , not Jacob. See note on [Genesis 32:28](../../../kjv/genesis/32/28) . **Then the fire of the LORD fell.** Aram, and Septuagint read "Then fire from Jehovah fell". See note on [Genesis 4:4](../../../kjv/genesis/4/4) . "Fire of Jehovah" occurs only here and [Numbers 11:1](../../../kjv/numbers/11/1) , [Numbers 11:3](../../../kjv/numbers/11/3) . **burnt sacrifice.** See App-43 . **Take** = seize, lay hold of. **one** = a man. Hebrew. *'Ish.* App-14 . **Kishon.** Compare [Judges 4:13](../../../kjv/judges/4/13) ; [Judges 5:21](../../../kjv/judges/5/21) . **slew.** Hebrew idiom, caused them to be slain. **cast himself down.** A rare word. Only here and [2 Kings 4:34](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/34) , [2 Kings 4:35](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/35) . = Kneeling, and then placing forehead on the ground. **servant** = young man. **wind.** Hebrew. *ruach.* App-9 . **hand.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for power put forth. **girded.** Girdles worn by all. Taken off when resting. Put on when preparing for work or journeying. See [Exodus 12:11](../../../kjv/exodus/12/11) . [2 Kings 4:29](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/29) ; [2 Kings 9:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/1) .[Luke 12:37](../../../kjv/luke/12/37) ; [Luke 17:8](../../../kjv/luke/17/8) . [Acts 12:8](../../../kjv/acts/12/8) . **ran.** For over twenty miles Elijah acted as the royal "runner" across the great plain of Esdraelon. 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