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Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 19:19-21

THE CALL OF ELISHA1 Kings 19:19-21"The one remains, the many change and pass; Heaven’s light alone remains, earth’s shadows flee."- SHELLEYWHETHER Elijah saw or saw not all that God had meant by the revelation at Horeb, much at any rate was abundantly clear to him, and the path of new duties lay straight before him. The first of those duties-the only one immediately possible-was to anoint Elisha as prophet in his room, and so prepare for the continuation of the task which he had been chosen to... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Kings 19:1-21

3. Elijah in the Wilderness and upon Mount Horeb CHAPTER 19 1. Elijah’s flight and despondency (1 Kings 19:1-8 ) 2. Upon Mount Horeb (1 Kings 19:9-18 ) 3. Elisha called (1 Kings 19:10-21 ) Elijah perhaps stopped at the very door of the palace where wicked Jezebel dwelt. He would remain with Ahab to the very last before he went in to face the queen. Should not Elijah have remained and gone even before Jezebel to bear his testimony? Instead he becomes terrified of wicked Jezebel. Had he... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:1-21

ELIJAH FLEEING FROM JEZEBEL (vs.1-10) When Ahab informed his wife Jezebel of Elijah's having brought down the fire of God to consume his sacrifice, of the slaughter of the prophets of Baal and the announcement by Elijah of the great rain, Jezebel, instead of being subdued by the evidence of God working in grace to Israel, was inflamed with bitter anger against Elijah and swore by her gods that she would kill Elijah within one day (vs.1-2). In fact, she invited her gods to kill her if she did... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 19:1-21

ELIJAH AND AHAB ELIJAH IN HIDING (1 Kings 17:1-24 ) Nothing is known of Elijah’s previous history, not even why he is called the Tishbite (1 Kings 17:1 ) except, as suggested in the Septuagint translation, that the town of Tishbeh is meant, which was in the Gilead region east of the Jordan. A comparison of Deuteronomy 11:16-17 shows that the judgment he announces (1 Kings 17:1 ) was threatened by Jehovah for such iniquity as that now prevailing; but of course the divine impulse must have... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Kings 19:1-21

Elijah At Horeb 1 Kings 19:0 We have seen how Elijah treated the prophets of Baal; he laid them under arrest, brought them down to the brook Kishon and slew them there. It was the Old Testament way of expressing religious indignation. We do not read that the Lord had commanded this slaughter, nor are we informed that he approved it. Still, we may not blame Elijah, for We do not know under what inspiration he proceeded in making this onslaught. It is not so that false prophets are to be treated... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Kings 19:19-20

(19) ¶ So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. (20) And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? The call of Elisha is very striking. It was wholly unexpected, unlooked for on his part; but... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 19:19

Mantle, perhaps to signify that he must change his manner of living. (Menochius) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:19-21

19-21 Elijah found Elisha by Divine direction, not in the schools of the prophets, but in the field; not reading, or praying, or sacrificing, but ploughing. Idleness is no man's honour, nor is husbandry any man's disgrace. An honest calling in the world, does not put us out of the way of our heavenly calling, any more than it did Elisha. His heart was touched by the Holy Spirit, and he was ready to leave all to attend Elijah. It is in a day of power that Christ's subjects are made willing; nor... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Kings 19:9-21

Elijah Receives the Lord's Commission v. 9. And he came thither, to Horeb, unto a cave and lodged there, probably in the same cleft from which Moses saw the glory of the Lord, Exodus 33:21-Isaiah :. And, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? God wanted a frank expression of all his hopes and fears. v. 10. And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts, defending His honor with all energy; for the children of Israel... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Kings 19:1-21

C.—Elijah in the Wilderness and upon Horeb; his Successor1 Kings 19:1-211And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal1 how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 2Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods2 do to me,3 and more also, if4 I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time. 3And when he saw5 that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. 4But... read more