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1 Kings 18 is the eighteenth chapter of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the First Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of Israel and Judah by a Deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century BCE, with a supplement added in the sixth century BCE. [3]
The Jerusalem Bible divides the two Books of Kings into eight sections: 1 Kings 1:1–2:46. The Davidic succession; 1 Kings 3:1–11:43. Solomon in all his glory; 1 Kings 12:1–13:34. The political and religious schism; 1 Kings 14:1–16:34. The two kingdoms until Elijah; 1 Kings 17:1 – 2 Kings 1:18. The Elijah cycle; 2 Kings 2:1–13:25 ...
Cave of Elijah is the name used for two grottoes on Mount Carmel, in Haifa, Israel, associated with Biblical prophet Elijah. According to tradition, Elijah is believed to have prayed at a grotto before challenging the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel ( 1 Kings 18 ), and to have hidden in either the same or in another nearby grotto from the wrath ...
Elijah (/ ɪ ˈ l aɪ dʒ ə / il-EYE-jə) [a] was a prophet and miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel [12] during the reign of King Ahab (9th century BC), according to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible. In 1 Kings 18, Elijah defended the worship of the Hebrew deity Yahweh over that of the Canaanite deity Baal.
'stones') to build an altar (1 Kings 18:30–31). The stones were from a broken altar that had been built on Mount Carmel before the First Temple was erected. Upon the completion of the Temple, offerings on other altars became forbidden. What was unique with Elijah's altar was that God would ignite the offering with fire (or lightning) from heaven.
At Mount Carmel, Elijah announces he will sacrifice a bull to Yahweh, and he expects that the worshippers of Baal will sacrifice a bull to Baal, stating that the real god will respond. When there is no response from Baal, he makes the sacrifice to Yahweh, and a fire appears from heaven and consumes it.
According to 1 Kings 18:45–46, following the prophet Elijah's victory over the prophets of Ba'al at Mount Carmel, Elijah instructs Ahab to return home to Jezreel, where he would be reporting on events to Jezebel, his wife, but "the hand of the Lord was upon Elijah" and he reached Jezreel ahead of Ahab (1 Kings 18:45–46). Jezreel is around ...
For example, 1 Kings 18 describes how the prophet Elijah tries to convince king Ahab whose land suffers from famine of abandoning worship of Baal and Asherah in favor of the Lord. He assembles all the prophets of Baal and Asherah on Mount Carmel and tells them: "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but ...