1 Kings 19:10 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 19:9-18

Here is, I. Elijah housed in a cave at Mount Horeb, which is called the mount of God, because on it God had formerly manifested his glory. And perhaps this was the same cave, or cleft of a rock, in which Moses was hidden when the Lord passed by before him and proclaimed his name, Exod. 33:22. What Elijah proposed to himself in coming to lodge here, I cannot conceive, unless it was to indulge his melancholy, or to satisfy his curiosity and assist his faith and devotion with the sight of that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 19:10

And he said, I have been jealous for the Lord God of hosts ,.... Through zeal for the glory of God he had slain four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and this had stirred up the malice and revenge of Jezebel against him, who sought his life, and which had obliged him to flee, and come to this place for shelter; this is the first part of his answer, others follow: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant ; the law, especially the two first commandments delivered in this... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:10

I have been very jealous for the Lord - The picture which he draws here of apostate Israel is very affecting: - 1. They have forsaken thy covenant - They have now cleaved to and worshipped other gods. 2. Thrown down thine altars - Endeavoured, as much as they possibly could, to abolish thy worship, and destroy its remembrance from the land. 3. And slain thy prophets - That there might be none to reprove their iniquity, or teach the truth; so that... 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 19:1-18

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 19:9-18

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 19:10

I, even I only, am left - The same statement as in 1 Kings 18:22, but the sense is different. There Elijah merely said that he alone remained to execute the prophet’s office, which was true; here he implies that he is the only prophet left alive, whereas a hundred had been saved by Obadiah 1 Kings 18:4. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 19:9-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 19:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:10

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 19:1-18

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 19:10

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