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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 18:33 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 18:33 |
Strong Concordance |
And he put [06186] the wood [06086] in order [06186], and cut [05408] the bullock [06499] in pieces, and laid [07760] him on the wood [06086], and said [0559], Fill [04390] four [0702] barrels [03537] with water [04325], and pour [03332] it on the burnt sacrifice [05930], and on the wood [06086]. |
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King James |
And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And he put the wood in order ... - He obeyed, that is, all the injunctions of the Law with respect to the offering of a burned sacrifice (marginal reference). He thus publicly taught that the ordinances of the Law were binding upon the kingdom of Israel.
Barrels - Rather, "pitchers" or "water-jars," such as the maidens used to carry on their heads (Gen 24:14-20. Compare Jdg 7:16, Jdg 7:19). The flooding the sacrifice and the trench with water would at once do away with any suspicion of fraud, and greatly enhance in the eyes of the people the marvelousness of the miracle. The unfailing spring at the eastern end of Carmel Kg1 18:19, was capable of furnishing as much water as he needed. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| With water - This they could quickly fetch, either from the river Kishon; or, if that was dried up, from the sea; both were at the foot of the mountain. This he did to make the miracle more glorious, and more unquestionable. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Fill four barrels - This was done to prevent any kind of suspicion that there was fire concealed under the altar. An ancient writer under the name of Chrysostom, quoted by Calmet, says that he had seen under the altars of the heathens, holes dug in the earth with funnels proceeding from them, and communicating with openings on the tops of the altars. In the former the priests concealed fire, which, communicating through the funnels with the holes, set fire to the wood and consumed the sacrifice; and thus the simple people were led to believe that the sacrifice was consumed by a miraculous fire. Elijah showed that no such knavery could be practiced in the present case. Had there been a concealed fire under the altar, as in the case mentioned above, the water that was thrown on the altar must have extinguished it most effectually. This very precaution has for ever put this miracle beyond the reach of suspicion. |
19 Now therefore send [07971], and gather [06908] to me all Israel [03478] unto mount [02022] Carmel [03760], and the prophets [05030] of Baal [01168] four [0702] hundred [03967] and fifty [02572], and the prophets [05030] of the groves [0842] four [0702] hundred [03967], which eat [0398] at Jezebel's [0348] table [07979].
19 So Gideon [01439], and the hundred [03967] men [0376] that were with him, came [0935] unto the outside [07097] of the camp [04264] in the beginning [07218] of the middle [08484] watch [0821]; and they had but [0389] newly [06965] set [06965] the watch [08104]: and they blew [08628] the trumpets [07782], and brake [05310] the pitchers [03537] that were in their hands [03027].
16 And he divided [02673] the three [07969] hundred [03967] men [0376] into three [07969] companies [07218], and he put [05414] a trumpet [07782] in every man's hand [03027], with empty [07386] pitchers [03537], and lamps [03940] within [08432] the pitchers [03537].
14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel [05291] to whom I shall say [0559], Let down [05186] thy pitcher [03537], I pray thee, that I may drink [08354]; and she shall say [0559], Drink [08354], and I will give [08248] thy camels [01581] drink [08248] also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed [03198] for thy servant [05650] Isaac [03327]; and thereby shall I know [03045] that thou hast shewed [06213] kindness [02617] unto my master [0113].
15 And it came to pass, before he had done [03615] speaking [01696], that, behold, Rebekah [07259] came out [03318], who [0834] was born [03205] to Bethuel [01328], son [01121] of Milcah [04435], the wife [0802] of Nahor [05152], Abraham's [085] brother [0251], with her pitcher [03537] upon her shoulder [07926].
16 And the damsel [05291] was very [03966] fair [02896] to look upon [04758], a virgin [01330], neither had any man [0376] known [03045] her: and she went down [03381] to the well [05869], and filled [04390] her pitcher [03537], and came up [05927].
17 And the servant [05650] ran [07323] to meet her [07125], and said [0559], Let me, I pray thee, drink [01572] a little [04592] water [04325] of thy pitcher [03537].
18 And she said [0559], Drink [08354], my lord [0113]: and she hasted [04116], and let down [03381] her pitcher [03537] upon her hand [03027], and gave him drink [08248].
19 And when she had done [03615] giving him drink [08248], she said [0559], I will draw [07579] water for thy camels [01581] also, until they have done [03615] drinking [08354].
20 And she hasted [04116], and emptied [06168] her pitcher [03537] into the trough [08268], and ran [07323] again unto the well [0875] to draw [07579] water, and drew [07579] for all his camels [01581].