Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
ELIJAH, BY PRAYER, OBTAINS RAIN. (1 Kings 18:41-46)
Ahab went up to eat and to drink--Ahab, kept in painful excitement by the agonizing scene, had eaten nothing all the day. He was recommended to refresh himself without a moment's delay; and, while the king was thus occupied, the prophet, far from taking rest, was absorbed in prayer for the fulfilment of the promise (1 Kings 18:1).
put his face between his knees--a posture of earnest supplication still used.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
1 Kings 18:42
2 Kings 1:4
Psalms 35:13
James 5:17
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