Instead of offering apologies or pleas for pardon, Elijah meets the charge with a counter-charge and makes a sudden demand. This boldness, this hig…

Baalim—that is, as usual, “the Baalim”—the phrase probably being used contemptuously for false gods generally, including the Baal,…

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 he answered
That is, Elijah, with great boldness and undaunted courage, not fearing the face of the king, being …

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…