1 Kings 18
Treated in 21 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 18:17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is it you, you troubler of Israel?" 4
- 18:21 Elijah stepped up before all the people and said, "How long will you go on hobbling between two choices? If the LORD is God, follow him. If it is Baal, follow Baal." But the people said nothing in reply. 3
- 18:39 When all the people saw it, they fell face down and said, "The LORD, he is God! The LORD, he is God!" 3
- 18:38 Then fire from the LORD fell. It burned up the burnt offering, the wood, the stones and the soil, and licked up the water in the trench. 2
- 18:42 So Ahab went up to eat and drink, while Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel. He bowed down to the ground and put his face between his knees. 2
- 18:7 As Obadiah was on his way, there was Elijah coming to meet him. Obadiah recognized him, bowed down with his face to the ground, and said, "Is it really you, my lord Elijah?" 1
- 18:22 Then Elijah said to the people, "I am the only one left of the LORD's prophets, but Baal has 450 prophets. 1
- 18:28 So they shouted louder and, as was their practice, slashed themselves with swords and spears until the blood flowed over them. 1
- 18:37 Answer me, the LORD, answer me, so that these people may know that you, the LORD, are God and are turning their hearts back again." 1
- 18:40 Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal. Do not let one of them get away!" They seized them, and Elijah took them down to the Kishon River and put them to death there. 1
- 18:43 He said to his servant, "Go up and look toward the sea." The servant went up and looked, and said, "There is nothing there." Seven times Elijah told him, "Go back." 1
- 18:46 The hand of the LORD came on Elijah. He tucked his robe into his belt and ran in front of Ahab all the way to Jezreel. 1
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Where it is preached
- He Holds My Tomorrows ·
Hearing God’s Voice cites 1 Kings 18:46
…He was bold in slaying all these false leaders and the “hand of the Lord was upon him” (1 Kings 18:46). However, when he heard that Jezebel, the wicked queen, was seeking to take his life, he…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 20 — Of Prayer cites 1 Kings 18:42
…and yet prays anxiously upon his knees, and sends his servant seven times to inquire (1 Kings 18:42); not that he discredits the oracle, but because he knows it to be his duty to lay his…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with Those Who Wish to Put Off a Decision Until Some Other Time cites 1 Kings xviii. 21
…Matt. xxiv. 44, is especially effective in dealing with those who say “I am not ready.” 1 Kings xviii. 21, can be used with good effect. An excellent way to use this verse is by asking the person…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.1 The First Commandment cites 1 Kings 18: 39
…people fell on their faces and said, ‘The Lord he is the God! the Lord he is the God!’ 1 Kings 18: 39. Yea, we acknowledge him to be the only God. ‘O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Preface: Sections IX–XXVII cites 1 Kings xviii. 17
…Under Elijah, the kingdom of Israel was thrown into commotion: as king Ahab complains. (1 Kings xviii. 17.) What tumult was there under the other prophets, while they are all either killed at…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Prefatory Address to King Francis cites 1 Kings 18:17
…and contentions which break out against us? Elijah, however, has taught us our answer (1 Kings 18:17, 18). It is not we who disseminate errors or stir up tumults, but they who resist the…
- The Key Teachings of E. M. Bounds ·
The Word and the Promiser cites 1 KINGS 18:42–43
…he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. 1 KINGS 18:42–43 In the same way, he pointed out, Daniel read in Jeremiah that the captivity would last…
- The Key Teachings of George Whitefield ·
The Almost Christian cites 1 KINGS 18:21
…ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. 1 KINGS 18:21 Toward his neighbour he is strictly honest — but not out of love for God or man. He is…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.5 The Fifth Commandment cites 1 Kings 18: 7
…Christ, are to be reverenced as spiritual fathers. Obadiah honoured the prophet Elijah. 1 Kings 18: 7. Why did God reckon the tribe of Levi for the first-born, Num 3: 13; why did he appoint…
- The Bruised Reed ·
Christ's government is victorious cites 1 Kings xviii. 38
…fed with an everlasting spring. As the fire that came down from heaven in Elias his time, 1 Kings xviii. 38, licked up all the water, to shew that it came from God: so will this fire spend all our…
- Sons of the King – 30 Days with God for Guys – Book 1 ·
Day 21 — Choose! cites 1 Kings 18:21
…follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.’ But the people did not answer a word.” — 1 Kings 18:21 (BSB) Israel had turned away from God. A wicked king named Ahab and his wife Jezebel had…
- Godliness ·
Love and Rebuke cites 1 Kings 18:17
…by Ahab. “When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, ‘Is it you, you troubler of Israel?’” 1 Kings 18:17 In the same way, those who confront wrongdoing are often accused of causing division…
- Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther ·
Samuel Crowther cites 1 Kings 18:22
…alone against four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and that God had answered him (1 Kings 18:22). And he ended: “Pray for Africa is the prayer of your most humble, thankful, and obliged…
- Evening by Evening ·
July cites 1 Kings 18:40
…Jerusalem,” and thine own soul shall be refreshed. July 17 “Let not one of them escape.” (1 Kings 18:40) When the prophet Elijah had received the answer to his prayer, and the fire from heaven…
- Evening by Evening ·
September cites 1 Kings 18:43
…sevenfold cords to thyself, never to wander more. September 28 “Go again seven times.” (1 Kings 18:43) Success is certain when the Lord has promised it. Although you may have pleaded month…
- The Big Story ·
Fire on the Mountain cites 1 Kings 18:17
…Ahab finally met Elijah again, he greeted him with, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?” (1 Kings 18:17). Elijah threw it back: the real trouble was Ahab’s family abandoning God’s commands.…
- Tell Me the Story – Book 3: Kings and Prophets ·
Fire on the Mountain cites 1 Kings 18:39
“The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!” — 1 Kings 18:39 For three years there was no rain in Israel. Then God told Elijah, “Go to King Ahab, and…
- The Ten Commandments ·
4.6 Prayer cites 1 Kings 18: 37
…prayer. ‘Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God.’ 1 Kings 18: 37. (2) Because God only can help. We may look to second causes, and cry, as the woman did…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Discourse 7 cites 1 Kings 18:28
…were but devils; and it was doubtless acceptable to their devil-god, when his priests (1 Kings 18:28) “cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner, till the blood gushed out upon…
- Holiness ·
Assurance cites 1 Kings xviii. 39
…people can say decidedly, “The Lord, He is the God,” their course becomes very clear. (1 Kings xviii. 39.) (4) Let us remember, finally, that assurance is to be desired, because it tends to make…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Christ's Humiliation in His Incarnation cites I Kings 18:38
…rock should gush out water, and that the fire should lick up the water in the trenches. I Kings 18:38. It is natural for water to quench fire, but for fire to consume water is impossible in…