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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:12

And after the earthquake a fire [For the association of tempest, earthquake, fire, etc; as punishments of God, see Isaiah 29:6 , and Psalms 18:7 , Psalms 18:8 . "Fire" may well signify lightning ( Job 1:16 ; Exodus 9:23 ). For a vivid description era thunderstorm at Sinai, see Stewart's "Tent and Khan, " pp. 139, 140; ap. Stanley, "Jew. Ch.," vol. 1. p. 149]: but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice . [Heb. a voice of gentle silence . ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:12

" A still small voice ." The terrors of the Lord awe the soul; His love melts and wins it. What the law could not do, the gospel has done (Rein 1 Kings 8:8 ). Christ draws men unto Him by the sweet attraction of His cross ( John 12:32 ). The lightnings and thunders, the trumpet and the voices of Sinai, do not move the world as do the seven last words of the Crucified. "Not in the wind that parted the Red Sea, or the fire that swept the top of Sinai," was God brought so near to man, "as... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 19:11

And behold, the Lord passed by - The remainder of this verse and the whole of the next are placed by the Septuagint, and by the Arabic translator, in the mouth of the Angel. But it seems best to regard the vision as ending with the words “before the Lord” - and the writer as then assuming that this was done, and proceeding to describe what followed. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 19:12

A still small voice - literally, “a sound of soft stillness.” The teaching is a condemnation of that “zeal” which Elijah had gloried in, a zeal exhibiting itself in fierce and terrible vengeances, and an exaltation and recommendation of that mild and gentle temper, which “beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.” But it was so contrary to the whole character of the stern, harsh, unsparing Tishbite, that it could have found no ready entrance into his... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 19:11

1 Kings 19:11. Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord Elijah came hither to meet with God, and God graciously condescended to give him the meeting. And the manner of his manifesting himself seems evidently to refer to the discoveries God formerly made of himself at this place to Moses. Then there was a tempest, an earthquake, and fire, (Hebrews 12:18,) but when God would show Moses his glory, he proclaimed his name before him, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, &c. So... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 19:12

1 Kings 19:12. After the fire a still small voice To intimate, that God would do his work in and for Israel in his own time, not by might or power, but by his own Spirit, (Zechariah 4:6,) which moves with a powerful, but yet with a sweet and gentle gate. “Elijah had perhaps expected to carry all before him, with a high hand, and with continued miracles and judgments: or he had supposed that the desired reformation was to be effected by the sanction of civil authority, or the support of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 19:1-21

God reassures Elijah (19:1-21)When Jezebel heard that Elijah had killed her prophets, she threatened to do the same to him. She still had great power over the people, who, despite Elijah’s victory at Mt Carmel, soon returned to their idolatrous ways (19:1-2; cf. v. 10). Elijah fled south through the barren regions of Judah where, overcome with despair, he wanted only to die. But God sustained him, enabling him to keep moving south till he reached Mt Sinai, the place where God had made his... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 19:11

Go forth. Septuagint adds "to-morrow". wind. Hebrew. ruach . App-9 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 19:12

a still small voice = the sound of stillness. Compare Job 4:16 . Septuagint = a gentle breeze, usually misquoted "the still", &c. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 19:9-14

1 Kings 19:9-14. He came thither unto a cave, &c.— Elijah being now come to the same place where God had delivered the law to his servant Moses, God was inclined to communicate the like favour to his prophet; namely, to unveil his glory to him, and to give him some signal of his actual presence. Various are the speculations which this appearance of the Deity has suggested to interpreters. The greater part have considered it as a figure of the Gospel dispensation, which came not in such a... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:12

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 19:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 19:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 19:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 19:12

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 19:1-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 19:11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 19:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 19:9-14

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