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Verse 1 Kings 19:16. _ELISHA - SHALT THOU ANOINT_ TO BE _PROPHET IN
THY ROOM._] Jarchi gives a strange turn to these words: "Thy prophecy
(or execution of the prophetic office) does not please me, be...
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JEHU, THE SON OF NIMSHI - In reality the grandson of Nimshi. But he
seems to have been commonly known by the above title 2 Kings 9:20; 2
Chronicles 22:7, perhaps because his father had died and his
gr...
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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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SON OF NIMSHI. Son put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject),
App-6, for grandson or descendant (2 Kings 9:2).
ELISHA. El. my GOD [is] salvation....
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_And Jehu the son of Nimshi_ We learn from the account of Jehu's
anointing (2 Kings 9:2) that Nimshi was Jehu's grandfather. He was
-Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi." He was one of Ahab'...
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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 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,...
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19:16 Elisha (b-14) Meaning, 'Whose salvation is God.'...
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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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JEHU THE SON OF NIMSHI] He was really son of Jehoshaphat and grandson
of Nimshi (2 Kings 9:2)....
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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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AND JEHU. — Of this charge Elijah fulfilled in person but one part,
in the call of Elisha: for the fulfilment of the other two parts, see
2 Kings 8:8; 2 Kings 9:1. This apparently imperfect correspond...
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וְ אֵת֙ יֵה֣וּא בֶן ־נִמְשִׁ֔י
תִּמְשַׁ֥ח לְ
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APPOINTING JEHOVAH'S INSTRUMENTS
1 Kings 19:15
Elijah was never reinstated in quite the position that he had occupied
before his fatal flight. True, he was bidden to return, and work was
given him to...
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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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Jehu, the son of Jospahat, (4 Kings ix. 2.) and grandson of Namsi.
(Menochius) --- Eliseus sent one of his disciples to anoint him, (4
Kings ix. 1.; Calmet) with common oil; the sacred was reserved fo...
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(14) And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts:
because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down
thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I,...
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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 JEHU THE SON OF NIMSHI SHALT THOU ANOINT TO BE KING OVER
ISRAEL,.... This was a son of Jehoshaphat, and a grandson of Nimshi;
nor does he appear to have been anointed by Elijah, but by Elisha; and...
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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.
Ver. 16. _Of Abelmeholah._] Which wa...
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_Go, return on thy way_ The way by which thou camest; for the way from
Horeb to Damascus was, in part, the same with that by which he had
come. _Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria_ It seems, the word...
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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 Jehu, the son of Nimshl, shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel;
and Elisha, the son of Shaphat, of Abel-meholah, shalt thou anoint to
be prophet in thy room. There is absolutely no reason to su...
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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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14-18 God repeated the question, What doest thou here? Then he
complained of his discouragement; and whither should God's prophets go
with their complaints of that kind, but to their Master? The Lord...
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1 Kings 19:16 anoint H4886 (H8799) Jehu H3058 son H1121 Nimshi H5250
king H4428 Israel H3478 Elisha H477 son...
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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 19:12
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 19:15 GO, RETURN ON YOUR WAY TO THE
WILDERNESS OF DAMASCUS. Elijah must now return to northern
Syria-Palestine and ANOINT HAZAEL, JEHU, and...
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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 19:19; 1 Kings 4:12; 2 Kings 9:1; 2 Kings 9:6; Judges 7:22;...
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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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The son, &c. — That is, his grand — son, for he was the son of
Jehosaphat, 2 Kings 9:2. This was intended as a prediction that by
these God would punish the degenerate Israelites, plead his own cause...