22<\/strong>. I, even I only, remain<\/em> ] R.V. am left<\/strong>. As in 1Ki 19:10<\/span> for the same word. Elijah means that he is the only one who now stands forward in Jehovah’s name. No doubt there were others of those saved by Obadiah and in other ways, but in such dangerous days they kept out of sight. The scene on Carmel is full of sublimity. Elijah alone against the host of Baal-priests, and with the calm dignity befitting so solemn a time, in the midst of them all, proceeding to repair the broken altar of the Lord.<\/p>\n The LXX. adds at the close of this verse ‘and the prophets of the grove four hundred.’<\/p>\n I, even I, only remain – <\/B>He means, I only remain in the exercise of the office of a prophet. The others (Compare 1Ki 18:4<\/span>) had been forced to fly and hide themselves in dens and caves of the earth; their voices were silenced; they had not ventured to come to Carmel. Elijah contrasts his solitary appearance on the side of Yahweh at the great gathering with the crowd of those opposed to him.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 22<\/span>. I only, remain a prophet of the Lord<\/B><\/I>] That is, I am the only prophet of God present<\/I>, and can have but the influence of an individual<\/I>; while the prophets of Baal are four hundred and<\/I> fifty<\/I> men! It appears that the queen’s prophets, amounting to four<\/I> hundred<\/I>, were not at this great assembly; and these are they whom we meet with 1Kg 22:6<\/span>, and whom the king consulted relative to the battle at Ramoth-gilead.<\/P> <\/p>\n I only remain, <\/B>to wit, here present, publicly to own and plead the cause of God; for he opposeth himself only to Baals four hundred and fifty prophets, because they only were present; the prophets of the groves being, it seems, not permitted by Jezebel (through her pride, or obstinacy, or care and kindness to them) to go thither. See 1Ki 22:6<\/span>. As for the other prophets of the Lord, many of them were slain by Ahab or Jezebel, others banished, or hid in caves. <\/P> <\/p>\n Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only remain a prophet of the Lord<\/strong>,…. At least as he thought, all the rest being slain, as he supposed; however there were none present but himself:<\/p>\n but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men<\/strong>; which were very great odds he had to contend with.<\/p>\n 22<\/strong>. <\/strong> I only <\/strong> Strange contrast, and, apparently, unequal contest! Other true prophets may have been hidden in caves, (1Ki 18:4<\/span>,) but Elijah alone appeared for Jehovah on this occasion. On the one side stood the lone prophet with flowing beard and leathern girdle, (2Ki 1:8<\/span>,) on the other, four hundred and fifty splendidly robed (2Ki 10:22<\/span>) priests of Baal, and on the neighbouring slope were assembled thousands of Israelites to witness the memorable contest. It seems that for some reason the queen had kept her Asherah prophets away from the scene of conflict.<\/p>\n 1Ki 18:22<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> From these words one can hardly imagine, that all those hundred <\/em>whom Obadiah preserved, 1Ki 18:13<\/span> were men actually inspired, and invested with a prophetic character. There is little doubt but that even in Jezebel’s time there were remaining in Israel schools of the prophets, which she endeavoured to destroy, as well as those who were bred up in them, that there might be none left to instruct the people in the true religion. These she certainly looked upon as enemies to her idolatry; and she might possibly persuade her husband that they were disaffected to his government, and favourers of the kings of Judah, because they worshipped the same God, and thought that the proper place of his worship was Jerusalem; and therefore the greater was the piety and courage of Obadiah in rescuing so many victims from the hands of this furious and enraged woman. See Patrick and Le Clerc. <\/p>\n (22) Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men. (23) Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: (24) And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Here the man of God brings the question home nearer, and puts it at once to a decision, so that every man confessed the mode of trial was fair. But Reader! think in what a frame of mind the servant of the Lord must have been to trust the whole event upon this issue. Surely Elijah manifested himself to have been a true son of him who against hope believed in hope, and showed to what a degree of stability his faith had brought him. Reader! can you and I look up with equal steadiness to Jesus, and say, Let that Jesus who answereth for my sins, let him be my God?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n 1Ki 18:22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, [even] I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets [are] four hundred and fifty men.<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Ver. 22. I, even I, only remain.<\/strong> ] So Paphnutius in the Nicene Council carried it for the truth. So before him, did Nicodemus, Joh 7:51<\/span> ; <\/em> Joh 7:53 as after, Athanasius and Luther, qui totius orbis impetum soli sustinuerunt.<\/em> God is the more seen in such cases.<\/p>\n the People. Some codices read “all the people”. <\/p>\n I only: 1Ki 19:10, 1Ki 19:14, 1Ki 20:13, 1Ki 20:32, 1Ki 20:35, 1Ki 20:38, 1Ki 22:6-8, Rom 11:3 <\/p>\n Baal’s prophets: 1Ki 18:19, 1Ki 18:20, Mat 7:13-15, 2Ti 4:3, 2Ti 4:4, 2Pe 2:1-3 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Jdg 5:3 – even I 2Ki 10:18 – Ahab served Baal Jer 2:8 – prophets Luk 10:2 – are<\/p>\n 1Ki 18:22. I only remain a prophet of the Lord Namely, here present, publicly to own and plead the cause of God. As for the other prophets of the Lord, mentioned 1Ki 18:13, we can hardly imagine that they, in general, were men actually inspired and invested with the prophetic character; but such only as were disciples of the prophets, and candidates for the office of prophecy. But if they were even prophets, in the proper sense of the word, many of them doubtless had been slain by Ahab or Jezebel, and others banished, or hid in caves. Baals prophets are four hundred and fifty men He opposes himself only to these, because, it seems, these only were present; the prophets of the groves not being permitted by Jezebel, (through her pride and obstinacy, or care and kindness to them,) to go as far from the royal city as Carmel. <\/p>\n Then said Elijah unto the people, I, [even] I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets [are] four hundred and fifty men. 22. I, even I only, remain ] R.V. am left. As in 1Ki 19:10 for the same word. 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Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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