18<\/strong>. ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord<\/em> ] This was done before the Baal-worship was introduced, by Jeroboam and by each king after him, and Omri, Ahab’s father, was no better than the rest. The LXX. omits ‘the commandments of.’<\/p>\n and thou hast followed Baalim<\/em> ] R.V. the<\/strong> Baalim. This was Ahab’s additional sin; so that it is said of him (1Ki 21:25<\/span>) ‘There was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness.’ The plural Baalim<\/em> is used because there were many forms or aspects of Baal, so that he was worshipped under several names, at different places, as Baal-berith, Baal-zebub, Baal-peor, &c. Ahab in compliance with the will of Jezebel had admitted them all into Israel.<\/p>\n Instead of apologies, and pleas for pardon, Elijah meets the charge with a countercharge, and makes a sudden demand. Gather to me, etc. This boldness, this high tone, this absence of the slightest indication of alarm, seems to have completely discomfited Ahab, who ventured on no reply, made no attempt to arrest the prophet, did not even press him to remove his curse and bring the drought to an end, but simply consented to do his bidding. There is no passage of Scripture which exhibits more forcibly the ascendancy that a prophet of the Lord, armed with His spiritual powers, could, if he were firm and brave, exercise even over the most powerful and most unscrupulous of monarchs.<\/P> Baalim – <\/B>i. e., the various aspects under which the god, Baal, was worshipped, Baal-shamin, Baal-zebub, Baal-Hamman, etc.<\/P><\/p>\n Verse 18<\/span>. I have not troubled Israel<\/B><\/I>] Here the cause<\/I> of the dearth is placed on its true ground: the king and the people had forsaken the true God, and God shut up the heavens that there was<\/I> no rain<\/I>. Elijah was only the minister whom God used to dispense this judgment.<\/P> <\/p>\n These calamities are not to be imputed to my passions, but thine and thy fathers wickedness, which God punisheth by this means. He answered him thus boldly, because he spoke and acted in Gods name, and for his honour and service, whose vassal Ahab was. <\/P> <\/p>\n And he answered<\/strong>,…. That is, Elijah, with great boldness and undaunted courage, not fearing the face of the king, being sent to show himself to him in the name of the King of kings:<\/p>\n I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father’s house<\/strong>; they, by their sins, were the cause of all the troubles, those sore evil and sad calamities that were upon them:<\/p>\n in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord<\/strong>: to have no other gods before him, and not to make images, and worship them, which they had done:<\/p>\n and thou hast followed Baalim<\/strong>; the several Baals, the Sun, moon, and stars, the whole host of heaven, worshipped under this name; or, not content with the Phoenician Baal, or Baal of the Zidonians, followed others, see Jud 2:11<\/span>.<\/p>\n (18) Baalim<\/strong>that is, as usual, the Baalimthe phrase being probably used contemptuously for false gods generally, the Baal, the Asherah, and perhaps other Canaanitish idols, being included.<\/p>\n 18<\/strong>. <\/strong> Thou, and thy father’s house <\/strong> Here observe, in one of its most noticeable forms, the stern and denunciatory attitude of the Old Testament prophets toward the unfaithful monarchy of Israel. The power of Elijah’s stern and fearless words changed the monarch’s anger into awe. <\/p>\n Baalim <\/strong> This plural form of the word Baal may designate both the various images erected to him, and also the many aspects of character and power in which he was regarded by his worshippers.<\/p>\n 1Ki 18:18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.<\/p>\n Ver. 18. I have not troubled Israel; but thou, &c.<\/strong> ] This was prophet-like plain dealing; such as was afterwards also used by Micaiah, Elisha, Jeremiah, John Baptist, Athenagoras, Athanasius Chrysostom, qui peccata tanta severitate arguebat ac si ipse etiam per iniuriam laesus esset: et omnium ordinum delicta magna dicendi libertate taxabat,<\/em> who spared none for their greatness, but with all boldness reproved them for their faults; taking the same liberty to cry down sins, that men of all ranks took to commit them. a<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Osiand. Hist. Eccles., <\/em> cent. 5, lib. i. cap. 6.<\/p>\n I have not: Eze 3:8, Mat 14:4, Act 24:13, Act 24:20 <\/p>\n in that ye have: 1Ki 9:9, 2Ch 15:2, Pro 11:19, Pro 13:21, Isa 3:11, Jer 2:13, Jer 2:19, Rev 2:8, Rev 2:9 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 34:30 – Ye have Num 16:7 – too much Jos 6:18 – and trouble it Jos 7:25 – Why hast Jdg 2:11 – and served Baalim 1Sa 13:13 – Thou hast done 1Sa 14:29 – My father 2Sa 12:7 – Thou art 2Ki 11:14 – Treason 2Ch 23:13 – Treason Pro 28:4 – but Pro 29:1 – General Jer 15:10 – a man Jer 23:13 – prophesied Jer 38:4 – thus Hos 2:13 – the days Hos 13:1 – offended Mat 2:3 – he Mar 11:18 – feared Luk 1:17 – power Act 5:28 – intend Act 16:20 – do Act 17:6 – These Act 24:5 – we have Gal 4:16 – become Jam 5:18 – General 2Pe 2:15 – forsaken<\/p>\n 18:18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but {f} thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.<\/p>\n (f) The true ministers of God should not only not permit falsehoods, but should boldly reprove the wicked slanderers without respect of persons.<\/p>\n And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. 18. ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord ] This was done before the Baal-worship was introduced, by Jeroboam and by each king after him, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 18:18”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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