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Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:1-21

The Reign Of Ahab King Of Israel c. 872-851 BC (1 Kings 16:29 to 1 Kings 22:40 ). The reigns of the previous seven kings of Judah and Israel have been covered in a short space (1 Kings 15:1 to 1 Kings 16:28). The reign of Ahab will now take up almost the whole of the remainder of 1 Kings (from 1 Kings 16:29 to 1 Kings 22:40). This, however, was not due to the importance of Ahab politically, but occurs because he was in continual conflict with the prophets of YHWH. It was these conflicts... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:1-21

1 Kings 19:1-Ecclesiastes : . Elijah’ s Flight to Horeb. His Commission.— Jezebel, it will be noticed, can do no more than threaten Elijah: her power is limited. Elijah escapes to the southern extremity of Judah, to Beersheba, a sacred place of pilgrimage frequented ( Amos 5:5; Amos 8:14) even by N. Israelites. In the desert, under a juniper or broom tree, he received his vision ( 1 Kings 19:5), and went to Horeb, the “ Mount of God.” Horeb is Sinai: the name is employed in the N. Israelite... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Kings 19:1-18

ELIJAH DEJECTED, REPROVED, AND ENCOURAGEDCRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—1 Kings 19:2. So let the gods do to me—The pl. אֱלֹהִימ is used commonly for GOD, Jehovah; but here appears for Jezebel’s idols. The Sept. prefixes to this oath the words, Εί σν εἶ Ἠλιοὺ καὶ ἐγὼ Ἰεζάβελ.—“If thou art Elias, and I Jezebel.” 1 Kings 19:3. And when he saw that—וַיַּרְא may be future of רָאָה, he saw, or יָרֵא, he feared. Accordingly the Sept., Vulg., and Peshito read, “And he was afraid.” But the former is... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 19:1-21

Chapter 19So Ahab told his wife Jezebel the whole story of what had happened, what Elijah did, and how he killed all of her prophets with the sword. And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, and she said, So let the gods do to me, and even more also, if I don't make your life like the life of those prophets by to morrow this time. And when he got the message from Jezebel, he got up, and he began to run for his life, and he came all the way to Beersheba, [which is about eighty miles, eighty-five... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 19:1-21

1 Kings 19:2 . Jezebel swore to destroy Elijah. Ahab would perhaps have received the prophet as his monitor and guide, had it not been for this woman, now given over to a reprobate mind. 1 Kings 19:11-12 . Wind, earthquake, flames were the ancient array, in which the Divinity was pleased to make his will known to man. Psalm 18., 114. Habakkuk 3:0. 1 Kings 19:15 . Anoint Hazael. The prophet must travel another circuitous journey of five hundred miles. 1 Kings 19:19 . Cast his... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Kings 19:3-18

1 Kings 19:3-18He arose and went for his life.The flight into the wildernessThis is a sad sequel to the triumph on Mount Carmel. Elijah had forgotten Jezebel. Not present herself on Mount Carmel, she had received with sceptical scorn the reports which had reached her. The fire from heaven she looked upon as a mere conjurer’s trick. The rain following the prophet’s prayer was a mere coincidence, and, like all others who speak so glibly of coincidences, she never asked what power had made the two... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Kings 19:5

1 Kings 19:5As he lay and slept under a juniper tree, then an angel touched him.Loving-kindness better than lifeWe have, in this incident, four thoughts of the love of God.I. God’s love in its constancy. It is a fact which we all admit; hut which we seldom realise in the moments of depression and darkness to which we are all exposed. It is not difficult to believe that God loves us, when we go with the multitude to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, and stand in the inner... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 19:5

1Ki 19:5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise [and] eat. Ver. 5. And slept under a juniper tree. ] See on 1 Kings 19:4 . An angel touched him. ] Holding himself happy in such an office. Heb 1:14 read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 19:6

1Ki 19:6 And he looked, and, behold, [there was] a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. Ver. 6. There was a cake baken on the coals. ] Heb., A cake of coals; that is, hot out of the oven. The angel was not long in bringing of it. read more

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