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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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WRAPPED: as Moses at the bush (Exodus 3:6).
SAID. Some codices, with Syriac, add "unto him". Compare 1 Kings 19:9....
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_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_...
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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...
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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,...
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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,...
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_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....
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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)....
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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....
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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...
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וַ יְהִ֣י ׀ כִּ שְׁמֹ֣עַ אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ
וַ יָּ֤ל
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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 O...
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Elijah Receives the Lord's Commission...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 19:13 Elijah H452 heard H8085 (H8800) wrapped H3874 (H8686)
face H6440 mantle H155 out H3318 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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.
⇐...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 18:42; 1 Kings 19:9; Exodus 3:5; Exodus 3:6; Exodus 33:23;...
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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...
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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...