And they prophesied - Compare 1 Kings 22:12. The expression seems to be used for any case where words were uttered by people in …

They prophesied— raved in their frenzy; like Saul in the hour of madne (1 Samuel 18:10), or of overp…

For he meant this day to prove that God was God of the twelve tribes — not of himself and his tribe, but of all the families of Israel.

And it came to pass when midday was past
And nothing done, no fire descended:

and they prophesied…

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 sel…