1 Kings 19:15-16 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:15

" Go, return ." This is God's answer to the question, "What doest thou here?" "Thou hast now no business here. Thou hast a work to do elsewhere. Thou art not left alone, nor has God ceased to watch over and care for His Church. His ministers of wrath are already nominated; it is for thee to call them to their work." Which of God's servants has not desponded like Elijah? Who has not been tempted to think his work a failure? Who has not had to complain of a gainsaying and disobedient people?... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:16

And Jehu [ Jehovah is he . The name was as appropriate as Elijah's] the son [ i.e; descendant, probably grandson ( 2 Kings 9:2 , 2 Kings 9:14 ). Nimshi may have been a person of more importance than Jehoshaphat] of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel [The prophet thus learns that the house of Omri is to share the fate of the dynasties which had preceded it. Jezebel's triumph is not to endure]: and Elisha [ My God is salvation . This name, berne by the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 19:15

The answer is not a justification of the ways of God, nor a direct reproof of the prophet’s weakness and despondency, nor an explanation or application of what Elijah had seen. For the present, he is simply directed back into the path of practical duty. His mission is not yet over, there is still work for him to do. He receives special injunctions with respect to Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha; and he is comforted with a revelation well adapted to rouse him from his despondency: there are seven... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 19:16

Jehu, the son of Nimshi - In reality the grandson of Nimshi. But he seems to have been commonly known by the above title 2 Kings 9:20; 2 Chronicles 22:7, perhaps because his father had died and his grand-father had brought him up.Abel-meholah - See Judges 7:22 note. (Conder identifies it with Ain Helweh.)Elisha ... shalt thou anoint - This is almost the only place where we hear of the anointing of prophets (compare 1 Chronicles 16:22 and Psalms 105:15). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 19:15-16

1 Kings 19:15-16. Go, return on thy way The way by which thou camest; for the way from Horeb to Damascus was, in part, the same with that by which he had come. Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria It seems, the word anoint must here be taken figuratively for appoint, or declare, which was done by Elisha, 2 Kings 8:12; for the word is often used of them who were never anointed with oil: Elijah, however, might anoint him, though it be not related; or, as some think, when he understood... 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 19:15

on thy way = to thy way: i.e. out of which he had deviated. anoint: i.e. cause to be anointed. Compare 2 Kings 9:1-7 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 19:16

son of Nimshi. Son put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6 , for grandson or descendant (2 Kings 9:2 ). Elisha = El = my GOD [is] salvation. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:15

GOD'S INSTRUCTIONS FOR ELIJAH TO GO BACK TO WORK"And Jehovah said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest thou shalt anoint Hazael to be king over Syria; and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-mehola shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay; and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 19:16

16. Abel-meholah—that is, "the meadow of dancing," in the valley of the Jordan. :-. ELISHA FOLLOWS ELIJAH. read more