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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 18:22

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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18:22 the only prophet of the Lord: Obadiah had previously hidden two groups of fifty prophets to protect them from Jezebel’s purge (18:4, 13). However, Elijah’s public stature must have left him feeling alone in his struggle against false religion (see 19:10, 14); certainly, he did stand alone in confronting the 450 prophets of Baal.
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