1 Kings 19:1,2
_AND AHAB TOLD JEZEBEL ALL THAT ELIJAH HAD DONE, AND WITHAL HOW HE HAD SLAIN ALL THE PROPHETS WITH THE SWORD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AHAB TOLD JEZEBEL ALL THAT ELIJAH HAD DONE, AND WITHAL HOW HE HAD SLAIN ALL THE PROPHETS WITH THE SWORD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN HE SAW THAT, HE AROSE, AND WENT FOR HIS LIFE, AND CAME TO BEERSHEBA, WHICH BELONGETH TO JUDAH, AND LEFT HIS SERVANT THERE._ And when he saw that, х_ WAYAR'_ (H7200) The Jews, jealous of ascribing to the prophet the emotion of fear, as derogatory to his high character, have regulated the p... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT HE HIMSELF WENT A DAY'S JOURNEY INTO THE WILDERNESS, AND CAME AND SAT DOWN UNDER A JUNIPER TREE: AND HE REQUESTED FOR HIMSELF THAT HE MIGHT DIE; AND SAID, IT IS ENOUGH; NOW, O LORD, TAKE AWAY MY LIFE; FOR I AM NOT BETTER THAN MY FATHERS._ Went a day's journey into the wilderness - on the way f... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AS HE LAY AND SLEPT UNDER A JUNIPER TREE, BEHOLD, THEN AN ANGEL TOUCHED HIM, AND SAID UNTO HIM, ARISE AND EAT._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE AROSE, AND DID EAT AND DRINK, AND WENT IN THE STRENGTH OF THAT MEAT FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS UNTO HOREB THE MOUNT OF GOD._ He ... did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb. He re-enacted in his own person the leading of Israel through... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE CAME THITHER UNTO A CAVE, AND LODGED THERE; AND, BEHOLD, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO HIM, AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, WHAT DOEST THOU HERE, ELIJAH?_ He came thither unto a cave, х_ 'EL_ (H413) _ HAMª`AARAAH_ (H4631), to the cave; Septuagint, eis to speelaion; the identical cave in which Moses sa... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID, I HAVE BEEN VERY JEALOUS FOR THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS: FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAVE FORSAKEN THY COVENANT, THROWN DOWN THINE ALTARS, AND SLAIN THY PROPHETS WITH THE SWORD; AND I, EVEN I ONLY, AM LEFT; AND THEY SEEK MY LIFE, TO TAKE IT AWAY._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID, GO FORTH, AND STAND UPON THE MOUNT BEFORE THE LORD. AND, BEHOLD, THE LORD PASSED BY, AND A GREAT AND STRONG WIND RENT THE MOUNTAINS, AND BRAKE IN PIECES THE ROCKS BEFORE THE LORD; BUT THE LORD WAS NOT IN THE WIND: AND AFTER THE WIND AN EARTHQUAKE; BUT THE LORD WAS NOT IN THE EARTHQUAKE... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE A FIRE; BUT THE LORD WAS NOT IN THE FIRE: AND AFTER THE FIRE A STILL SMALL VOICE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEHU THE SON OF NIMSHI SHALT THOU ANOINT TO BE KING OVER ISRAEL: AND ELISHA THE SON OF SHAPHAT OF ABELMEHOLAH SHALT THOU ANOINT TO BE PROPHET IN THY ROOM._ Abel-meholah - the meadow of dancing, in the valley of the Jordan.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, THAT HIM THAT ESCAPETH THE SWORD OF HAZAEL SHALL JEHU SLAY: AND HIM THAT ESCAPETH FROM THE SWORD OF JEHU SHALL ELISHA SLAY._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Elisha the son of Shaphat (of Abel meholah, the meadow of dancing) - a village of Isaachar, near Scythe... [ Continue Reading ]
_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?_ What have I done to thee? - i:e., Go, but keep in mind the solemn ceremony I have just performed... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE RETURNED BACK FROM HIM, AND TOOK A YOKE OF OXEN, AND SLEW THEM, AND BOILED THEIR FLESH WITH THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE OXEN, AND GAVE UNTO THE PEOPLE, AND THEY DID EAT. THEN HE AROSE, AND WENT AFTER ELIJAH, AND MINISTERED UNTO HIM._ Took a yoke of oxen - i:e., not above three years of age (1 Ki... [ Continue Reading ]