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1 Kings 19:13

And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, for even the angels stand with covered faces before the throne of the Holy One, and went out and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, for the second time, and with a hint of reproach, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? He should have returned to his post immediately.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Kings 19:13. _WRAPPED HIS FACE IN HIS MANTLE_] This he did to signify his _respect_; so Moses hid his face, for he dared not to look upon God Exodus 3:6. _Covering the face_ was a token of res...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    MANTLE - The upper garment, a sort of short cloak or cape - perhaps made of untanned sheepskin, which was, besides the strip of leather round his loins, the sole apparel of the prophet (compare Matthe...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. ELIJAH IN THE WILDERNESS AND UPON MOUNT HOREB CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Elijah's flight and despondency (1 Kings 19:1)_ 2. Upon Mount Horeb (1 Kings 19:9) 3. Elisha called (1 Kings 19:10) Elijah

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 Kings 19:1. 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 Be...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WRAPPED: as Moses at the bush (Exodus 3:6). SAID. Some codices, with Syriac, add "unto him". Compare 1 Kings 19:9....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _wrapped his face in his mantle_ The revelation was not one for the eye, but for the spirit, of the prophet. Like Moses -he was afraid to look upon God" (Exodus 3:6). in _the entering in of the cave_...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 347 ELIJAH VISITED AND REPROVED BY GOD 1 Kings 19:11. 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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HE CAME THITHER UNTO A CAVE, &C.— Elijah being now come to the same place where God had delivered the law to his servant Moses, God was inclined to communicate the like favour to his prophet; namely,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. ELIJAH'S REASSURANCE FROM GOD 19:9-18 TRANSLATION (9) And he came there unto the cave, and lodged there. And behold the word of the LORD came unto him, and He said to him, What are you doing here,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HE WRAPPED HIS FACE IN HIS MANTLE] in awe at the near presence of God. Moses similarly hid his face when God addressed him out of the bush (Exodus 3:6)....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ELIJAH AT HOREB 2. Then Jezebel sent, etc.] Her religious feelings as a votary of Baal and her dignity as the queen had both been outraged by the prophet, and she at once sought revenge....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 19 GOD SPEAKS TO ELIJAH AT *MOUNT SINAI V1 Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done. He also told her that Elijah had killed al...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְהִ֣י ׀ כִּ שְׁמֹ֣עַ אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ וַ יָּ֤ל

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE THEOPHANY AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE 1 Kings 19:9 "Who heardest the rebuke of the Lord in Sinai, and in Horeb the judgment of vengeance." - Sir 48:7. THROUGHOUT the Scriptures infinite care is taken...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    LEARNING HOW GOD WORKS 1 Kings 19:9 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 m...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The slaughter of the prophets of Baal aroused the ire of Jezebel to such a degree that she sent a direct message full of fury to Elijah. There is no escaping the sadness of his attitude on receiving t...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Mantle, out of respect, like Moses, Exodus iii. 6. So the cherubim veil their faces with their wings, Isaias vi. 2. (Menochius) --- Among the Orientals, to cover the face has the same import as when...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (11) 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; bu...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The days were very dark in Israel. Not only rebellion. And rebellion, always serious, was peculiarly so in Israel, for there it was insubordination in a direct manner against not only God's providence...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Until now the prophet had stood before Jehovah (1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:15) and had spoken in His name; but now, terrified by the threats of Jezebel, he flees from the dangers of the place into which...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND IT WAS SO, WHEN ELIJAH HEARD IT, THAT HE WRAPPED HIS FACE IN HIS MANTLE,.... Through reverence of the divine Majesty he perceived was there, and through shame and confusion under a sense of his im...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And it was [so], when Elijah heard [it], that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, [there came] a voice unto him, and said, What does...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle_ Through dread of God's presence, being sensible that he was neither worthy of nor able to endure the sight of God with open face. _And went ou...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Eliiah threatned by Iezebel, fleeth to Beersheba, 4 In the wildernesse being wearie of his life, is comforted by an Angel. 9 At Horeb God appeareth vnto him, sending him to anoint Hazael, Iehu, an...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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 an...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    9-13 The question God put, What doest thou here, Elijah? is a reproof. It concerns us often to ask whether we are in our place, and in the way of our duty. Am I where I should be? whither God calls m...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HE WRAPPED HIS FACE IN HIS MANTLE, through horror and dread of God's presence, being sensible that he was neither worthy nor able to endure the sight of God with open face. Compare GENESIS 16:13, with...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 19:13 Elijah H452 heard H8085 (H8800) wrapped H3874 (H8686) face H6440 mantle H155 out H3318 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    DEPRESSED AT WHAT APPEARED TO BE FAILURE ELIJAH FLEES TO THE MOUNTAIN OF GOD IN HOREB (SINAI) AND IS SUSTAINED AND RECOMMISSIONED BY YHWH (1 KINGS 19:1). Exultant because the battle appeared almost wo...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    1 Kings 19:11 I. It was a strange work to which Elijah was called when he was bidden to defy the king of his land, to mock the priests of Baal in their high places, and finally to destroy four hundred...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    1 Kings 19:13 It has been more than once observed that some of the men who, as we say, most distinctly leave a mark on their age, are liable to great changes of spirits, alternating between buoyant en...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    1 Kings 19:12 I. Consider the character of Elisha. He is not a dwarfed and flaccid Elijah. The "still small voice" of which we read just before his call is the emblem of the younger prophet. Gentlenes...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: God's care of His overwrought prophet. Call of Elisha. CHARACTERS: God, Elijah, Jezebel, Elisha. CONCLUSION: Even though we faint in our faith, God abideth faithful. The best thing for a d...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 19:1...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And He said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord._ ELIJAH’S VISION I. The man himself. A great craggy soul that towers above the men of his age--his head wreathed in the glories of h...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He arose and went for his life._ THE FLIGHT INTO THE WILDERNESS This is a sad sequel to the triumph on Mount Carmel. Elijah had forgotten Jezebel. Not present herself on Mount Carmel, she had receiv...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 19:1 Elijah has won a mighty battle on the mountain, but a stronger opponent than Ahab awaits him: Queen Jezebel. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 19:13 WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, ELIJAH? The point of the demonstration on the mountain was presumably that Elijah would answer this question differently the second time (compare...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    ELIJAH DEJECTED, REPROVED, AND ENCOURAGED CRITICAL 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 i...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ELIJAH'S FLIGHT THE THEOPHANY OF HOREB AND THE CALLING OF ELISHA.—We can readily understand with what a sense of humiliation and shame the weak and excited king, who must have been awed and...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So 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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 18:42; 1 Kings 19:9; Exodus 3:5; Exodus 3:6; Exodus 33:23;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    ELIJAH FLEEING FOR HIS LIFE 1 Kings 19:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The story of the slaughter of the prophets of Baal. The people fell on their faces as soon as they saw that God consumed the sacrifice...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    He wrapped, &c. — Through dread of God's presence, being sensibly that he was neither worthy nor able to endure the sight of God with open face. And stood, &c. — Which God commanded him to do; and as...

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