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An Altar of Dedication
Commentators explain that building the altar "in the name of the Lord" was a formal act of dedication. Elijah was publicly reclaiming this space for Yahweh, the God whom all twelve tribes (represented by the twelve stones) were meant to worship. This act was a prayer and a declaration of faith before any fire was called down.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 18:32
18th Century
Theologian
He built an altar in the name of the Lord - that is, calling on the name of Yahweh as he built it, and so dedicating it to His service.
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Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 18:32
19th Century
Bishop
Measures. —The “measure,” the third part of the ephah, therefore also often called shalish (a “tierce,” or “third”), was …
Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Kings 18:32–37
19th Century
Preacher
There was the prayer. How different altogether from this repetition of words – this leaping – this cutting with knives. He states his wish; he plea…
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John Gill
On 1 Kings 18:32
17th Century
Pastor
And with the stones he built an altar in the same of the Lord ,
&c.] Whom the twelve tribes had formerly worshipped;…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 18:21–40
17th Century
Minister
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…