Study it in the app“Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon and slaughtered them there.”
Elijahאֵלִיָּהוּsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶם“Seizeתִּפְשׂוּthe prophetsנְבִיאֵיof Baal;הַבַּעַלlet notאַלoneאִישׁof themמֵהֶםescape.”יִמָּלֵטSo they seized them,וַיִּתְפְּשׂוּםand Elijahוַ אֵלִיָּהוּbrought them downיּוֹרִדֵםtoאֶלthe brookנַחַלKishonקִישׁוֹןand slaughtered themוַיִּשְׁחָטֵםthere.שָׁם
Elijah
Elijah: a name meaning "my El is YHWH." It is the prophet from Gilead who confronted King Ahab and the worship of Baal (1 Kings 17–2 Kings 2); two other Israelites bear the same name (1 Chronicles 8:27; Ezra 10:21).
Where else “eliyahu” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsseize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “tifsu” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “nevie” appearsBaal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “baal” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsescape
To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.
Where else “yimalet” appearsbring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “yoride” appearstorrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appearsKishon
Kishon, a brook that runs through the plain at the foot of Mount Tabor, in the north of Israel.
Where else “kishon” appearskill
To kill people with violence, at times as a sacrifice or punishment.
Where else “yishchate” appearsThe law commanded that the prophet who led Israel after other gods be put to death (Deuteronomy 13:1-5; 18:20).
39All the people saw it, and they fell on their faces and said, “YHWH, he is Elohim! YHWH, he is Elohim!”
40 · This verse (above)
41Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of the roar of rain.”
