열왕기상 19:9-13 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:1-18

The Desponding Prophet. A marvellous change has come over Elijah. It is difficult to imagine a more complete contrast than is presented by his moral attitude in this and the previous chapters. He who just before has so boldly confronted the proud king, and defied the priests of Baal, standing without fear before his flaming altar, and sternly carrying out the judgment of God on the corrupters of His people, is now filled with dismay, and flies from the post of duty and of danger. So... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:1-18

The Desponding Prophet. A marvellous change has come over Elijah. It is difficult to imagine a more complete contrast than is presented by his moral attitude in this and the previous chapters. He who just before has so boldly confronted the proud king, and defied the priests of Baal, standing without fear before his flaming altar, and sternly carrying out the judgment of God on the corrupters of His people, is now filled with dismay, and flies from the post of duty and of danger. So... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:9

And he came thither unto a cave [Heb. the cave. LXX . τὸ σπήλαιον . Many commentators identify this with "the cliff of the rock" where Moses was concealed while the Lord "passed by" ( Exodus 33:22 ), and the use of the same word, עבֵר in verse 11 certainly favours this view. But is it clear that the clift ( נִקְרָה fissure ) was a cave? Ewald understands "the cave in which at that time travellers to Sinai commonly rested." It is perhaps worth remembering that a part of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:9

" The word of the Lord came to him ." Though he had not merited such a favour, for he had acted without that word when he fled. True, he fled to the desert, so far as we can see, that he might hear what God would say concerning him, but he had no right to presume that He who had not spoken at Jezreel would speak at Sinai. But God never deals with us as we deserve, or as we deal with one another. "If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?" ( Psalms 130:8 .) "If... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:9-18

Elijah at Horeb. Elijah went in the strength of the refreshment he had received from the Angel-Jehovah a forty days' journey to Horeb. He was now on holy ground. It was the "mount of God" on which Moses had seen the Angel-Jehovah in the bush, and was within sight of Sinai, memorable for the giving of the law. On Horeb he lodges in a cave, perhaps the very recess from which Moses witnessed the Shechinah (see Exodus 32:22 ), and here becomes the subject of Divine communications and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:9-18

Elijah at Horeb. I. How GOD DEALS WITH THE DESPAIRING . 1 . Elijah ' s mistake . Because Jezebel's enmity remained unsubdued the straggle was at once given over as hopeless; "and he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there." The same mistake is made by those who labour on with unexpectant toil, whose wrestling with God is given up, whose feeble thought and listless tones proclaim their hopelessness: by those who have laid down the work to which God called... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:10

And he said, I have been very jealous [Cf. Numbers 25:11 , which the prophet may have had in his mind. But the jealousy of Phinehas was in harmony with that of God ( Numbers 25:13 )] for the Lord God of hosts ["The title of Lord God of hosts is first heard in the mouth of Elijah the prophet, who had been very jealous for Jehovah in opposition to Baal and Ashtaroth [Ash-toreth?] the Phoenician deifies; of. 2 Kings 23:5 , 'Baal, the sun, and moon, and planets, and all the host of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:10

" I have been very jealous ." We often confound zeal for our own ends and purposes with zeal for God; often misread our own motives. Jehu cried, "Come and see my zeal for the Lord" ( 2 Kings 10:16 ); "but Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel," etc. (verses 29, 81). Saul's "zeal for the children of Israel and Judah" ( 2 Samuel 21:2 ) procured the impalemant of seven of his sons. St. Paul bears witness of the Jews, that" they have a zeal of God, but not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:11

And he said, Go forth [The LXX . inserts αὔριον , which, however, is destitute of authority, and was probably inserted from Exodus 34:2 , to explain the difficulty which the prophet's apparent disregard of this command creates], and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed, by [Heb. passeth by . Only used here and in Exodus 33:22 ; Exodus 34:6 of the Divine Being. The beatific vision must be transient. An abiding presence, a שֹׁכֵן , was more than... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:11

" Stand … before the Lord ." Only thus can we know ourselves, and self-knowledge must be our first aim. " E caelo descendit, γνῶθι σεαυτόν ." "In thy light shall we see light." We compare ourselves with pigmies when we compare ourselves with others ( 2 Corinthians 10:12 ). It is only in the presence of our Maker that we learn our nothingness and sinfulness. "Now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes" ( Job 42:6 , Job 42:6 ). "Beholding... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:9

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:9

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:9-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:9-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:10

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:10

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:11

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:11

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