Art thou he ... - Meaning, “Can it possibly be that you dare to present yourself before me, you who trouble Israel with this terrible drough…

Are you ... — Probably (as in 1 Kings 18:7) the rendering should be, “You here, the troubler of Israel!” — meaning, de…

It is the way of people to cast the blame for their trouble not on their sin and on themselves, but on those who have warned them. Note Elijah's ho…

And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah
As soon as he came up to him, and knew who he was; Abarbinel thinks, becaus…

One can discern people's attitude toward God by observing their attitude toward His people and ministers. It has often been the fate of the best an…