F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Kings 19:9-14
Learning How God Works 1 Kings 19:9-14 God knew how to treat His servant, resting beneath the juniper tree. He steeped his nature in refreshing sleep, fed his exhausted energies, caused angel-hands to minister to him, and finally conducted him across the desert to that sacred mountain where Moses in the old time had stood in the divine audience-chamber. There the forces of nature spoke to Elijah’s varying moods. In the fire, the earthquake, and the tempest, he heard the voices of his own... read more
Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 1 Kings 19:9-18
1 Kings ELIJAH’S WEAKNESS, AND ITS CUBE 1Ki_19:1 - 1Ki_19:18 . The miracle on Carmel cowed, if it did not convince, Ahab, so that he did not oppose the slaughter of the Baal prophets; but Jezebel was made of sterner stuff, and her passionate idolatry was proof against even a sign from heaven. Obstinacy in error is often a rebuke to tremulous faith in God. She fiercely puts her back to the wall, and defies Elijah and his God. Her threat to the prophet has a certain audacity of frankness... read more