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1 Kings 18:33
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
he put: Genesis 22:9, Leviticus 1:6-8
Fill four: Daniel 3:19, Daniel 3:25, John 11:39, John 11:40, John 19:33, John 19:34
pour it: Judges 6:20
Reciprocal: Leviticus 1:8 - General Mark 9:2 - an high
Cross-References
Then the men set out from there, and they looked down toward Sodom. And Abraham went with them to set them on their way.
And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
Then the men got up to leave and started out toward Sodom. Abraham walked along with them a short time to send them on their way.
When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom. (Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)
And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
Then the men got up from there, and looked toward Sodom; and Abraham walked with them to send them on the way.
Therfor whanne the men hadden risen fro thennus, thei dressiden the iyen ayens Sodom; and Abraham yede to gidre, ledynge hem forth.
And the men rise from thence, and look on the face of Sodom, and Abraham is going with them to send them away;
When the men got up to leave they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood,.... Just in such manner as sacrifices usually were:
and said, fill four barrels with water; either from the brook Kishon, or, if that was dried up, from the sea; for both were near this mountain, and so to be had, though a time of drought:
and pour it on the burnt sacrifice; that which was intended to be one:
and upon the wood: wherewith it was to be burnt, and so made unfit for it; and which would make the miracle appear the greater, when fire came down and consumed it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And he put the wood in order ... - He obeyed, that is, all the injunctions of the Law with respect to the offering of a burned sacrifice (marginal reference). He thus publicly taught that the ordinances of the Law were binding upon the kingdom of Israel.
Barrels - Rather, “pitchers” or “water-jars,” such as the maidens used to carry on their heads (Genesis 24:14-20. Compare Judges 7:16, Judges 7:19). The flooding the sacrifice and the trench with water would at once do away with any suspicion of fraud, and greatly enhance in the eyes of the people the marvelousness of the miracle. The unfailing spring at the eastern end of Carmel 1 Kings 18:19, was capable of furnishing as much water as he needed.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 33. Fill four barrels — This was done to prevent any kind of suspicion that there was fire concealed under the altar. An ancient writer under the name of Chrysostom, quoted by Calmet, says that he had seen under the altars of the heathens, holes dug in the earth with funnels proceeding from them, and communicating with openings on the tops of the altars. In the former the priests concealed fire, which, communicating through the funnels with the holes, set fire to the wood and consumed the sacrifice; and thus the simple people were led to believe that the sacrifice was consumed by a miraculous fire. Elijah showed that no such knavery could be practiced in the present case. Had there been a concealed fire under the altar, as in the case mentioned above, the water that was thrown on the altar must have extinguished it most effectually. This very precaution has for ever put this miracle beyond the reach of suspicion.
