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So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.
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A Tale of Two Priorities
Commentators highlight the stark contrast between King Ahab and the prophet Elijah. While Ahab went to feast, concerned with his own physical satisfaction, Elijah immediately went to a solitary place to pray. This reveals the difference between a heart focused on worldly comfort and one devoted to interceding for God's people.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Ahab could feast; Elijah could not, or would not.
Ascending Mount Carmel not quite to the highest elevation (1 Kings 18:43), but…
19th Century
Anglican
Put his face between his knees.—The attitude is, of course, one of prayer, but is a peculiar attitude—distinct from the o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink Up to his chariot, as some think, or rather to some place higher than that in wh…
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Israel, having reformed to the extent of acknowledging the Lord to be God and consenting to the execution of Baal's prophets, was accepted to such …
