1Ki 18:29 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 29. They prophesied ] They made incessant prayer and supplication ; a farther proof that to pray or supplicate is the proper ideal meaning of the word naba , which we constantly translate to prophesy , when even all the circumstances of the time and place are against such a meaning. See what is said on the case of Saul among the prophets , in Clarke's note on "1Sa 10:5" .

‏ 1 Kings 18:29

Verse 29. They prophesied] They made incessant prayer and supplication; a farther proof that to pray or supplicate is the proper ideal meaning of the word naba, which we constantly translate to prophesy, when even all the circumstances of the time and place are against such a meaning. See what is said on the case of Saul among the prophets, in Clarke's note on "1Sa 10:5".