John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 18:42

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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So Ahab went up to eat and to drink, etc.] Up to his chariot, as some think, or rather to some place higher than that in which he now was: and Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; higher still, where he both might be alone, and have the opportunity of observing the clouds gathering, and the rain coming: and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees; expressive of his humility, and of his earnestness, and vehement desire, and continued importunity, that rain might fall; for this was a posture of prayer he put himself into, and continued in; and it is certain that it was through his prayer that rain came, (<590518>James 5:18) and from hence came the fable of the Grecians concerning Aeacus praying for rain in a time of drought, when it came f404. So the Chinese writers f405 report that at the prayers of their emperor Tangus, after a seven years’ drought, great rains fell.

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