Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 1 Kings 18:27

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Elijah: Kg1 22:15; Ch2 25:8; Ecc 11:9; Isa 8:9, Isa 8:10, Isa 44:15-17; Eze 20:39; Amo 4:4, Amo 4:5; Mat 26:45; Mar 7:9, Mar 14:41 aloud: Heb. with a great voice for he is a god: Isa 41:23 either: Such were the absurd and degrading notions which the heathens entertained of their gods. "Vishnoo sleeps four months in the year; and to each of the gods some particular business is assigned. Vayoo manages the winds; Vuroonu the waters, etc. According to a number of fables in the pooranus, the gods are often out on journeys or expeditions." Ward's Views of the Hindoos, vol. ii. p. 324. he is talking: or, he meditateth is pursuing: Heb. hath a pursuit must be awaked: Psa 44:23, Psa 78:65, Psa 78:66, Psa 121:4; Isa 51:9; Mar 4:38, Mar 4:39 3 Kings (1 Kings) 18:28

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