19. gather . . . the prophets of Baal . . . the prophets of the groves —From the sequel it appears that the former only came. The latter, anticipating some evil, evaded the king's command. which eat at Jezebel's table —that is, not at the royal table where she herself dined, but they were maintained from her kitchen establishment (see on :- and 1 Kings 4:22 ). They were the priests of Astarte, the Zidonian goddess. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-20" class="com-number"
Pericope (part_of)
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pericope/per-1ki-18-003
절 (explains)
Source
source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological