Passage Research
1 Kings 18 — Sermon Preparation
Elijah confronts the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, and fire falls from heaven to consume his sacrifice, proving the LORD is God. Below is a research summary for 1 Kings 18, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 12
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
1 Kings 18 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵלִיָּה | ʼÊlîyâh | H452 | 22 | Elijah |
| אַחְאָב | ʼAchʼâb | H256 | 17 | Achab |
| נָבִיא | nâbîyʼ | H5030 | 12 | prophet, inspired man |
| יָלַךְ | yâlak | H3212 | 14 | walk, carry |
| עֹבַדְיָה | ʻÔbadyâh | H5662 | 7 | Obadjah |
| בַּעַל | Baʻal | H1168 | 8 | Baal |
| עָנָה | ʻânâh | H6030 | 8 | eye, heed |
How preachers through history handled this text
12 public-domain excerpts on 1 Kings 18, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Many of the people wavered in their judgment, and varied in their practice. Elijah called upon them to determine whether Jehovah or Baal was the self-existent, supreme God, the Creator, Governor, and Judge of the world, and to follow him alone. It is dangerous to halt between the service of God and the service of sin, the dominion of Christ and the dominion of our lusts. If Jesus be the only Saviour, let us cleave to him alone for every thing; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Kings 18:21–40 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Mount Carmel— 1 Kgs 18:19
- Samaria 1— 1 Kgs 18:2
- Kishon— 1 Kgs 18:40
- Jezreel 2— 1 Kgs 18:45
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