And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael [to be] king over Syria:
Ver. 15. To the wilderness of Damascus.] Where it is probable that Elijah with his own hand anointed Hazael, and afterwards Jehu and Elisha, though these unctions might be reiterated at the time of their accomplishment.
Verse 1 Kings 19:15. _TO THE WILDERNESS OF DAMASCUS_] He does not desire him to take a road by which he might be likely to meet Jezebel, or any other of his enemies. _ANOINT HAZAEL_] For what reason...
The answer is not a justification of the ways of God, nor a direct reproof of the prophet’s weakness and despondency, nor an explanation or application of what Elijah had seen. For the present, he is...
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
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...
ON THY WAY. to thy way: i.e. out of which he had deviated. ANOINT: i.e. cause to be anointed. Compare 2 Kings 9:1....
_Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus_ It seems from what follows that the margin of the R.V. gives the truer sense, viz. -by the wilderness to Damascus." Elijah was to go back through...
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,...
_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....
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....
THE WILDERNESS OF DAMASCUS] i.e. THE Syrian desert in which D. is situated. Anoint] not used in a strict sense, since neither Hazael nor Elisha is described as having been anointed, whilst Jehu was an...
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...
GO, RETURN. — The charge conveys indirectly a double rebuke. His cry of disappointment, “Lord... I am not better than my fathers,” implying that he stood out beyond all others, to meet the stern requi...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלָ֔יו לֵ֛ךְ שׁ֥וּב לְ
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...
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...
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...
Desert, avoiding the towns as much as possible, (Calmet) and travelling through the country of Ammon to Damascus. (Menochius) --- God does not send Elias again into the midst of danger, at Achab's cou...
(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,...
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...
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...
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, GO, RETURN ON THY WAY TO THE WILDERNESS OF DAMASCUS,.... He is bid to go back the way he came, through the wilderness of Arabia, which was part of his way to Damascus, near...
_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...
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...
And the Lord said unto him, in bidding him take up the work of his calling once more, GO, RETURN ON THY WAY TO THE WILDERNESS OF DAMASCUS, in the land of Syria; AND WHEN THOU COMEST, ANOINT HAZAEL TO...
Elijah Receives the Lord's Commission...
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...
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...
RETURN ON THY WAY, by which thou camest; for so in part lay the way from Horeb to Damascus. ANOINT HAZAEL TO BE KING OVER SYRIA: _anoint_; either, first, Figuratively, i.e. appoint or declare him king...
1 Kings 19:15 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Go H3212 (H8798) return H7725 (H8798) way H1870 Wilderness...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_And the Lord said unto him, Go, return._ “GO, RETURN” It is a very solemn thought, that one sin may for ever, so far as this world is concerned, wreck our usefulness. It is not always so. Sometimes-...
_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...
_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...
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. ⇐...
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...
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...
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...
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...
2 Kings 8:28; 2 Kings 8:7; 2 Kings 8:8; 2 Kings 9:14; Acts 9:2;...
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...