CHAPTER FOURTEEN THREE GREAT CRISES IN ISRAEL 1 Kings 19:1 to 1 Kings 21:29 Three great crises which occurred during the reign of Ahab are discussed in Chapter s 19-21. These crises were very different from one another. The first one was spiritual in nature and pertains to that great theocratic tr... [ Continue Reading ]
I. THE GREAT SPIRITUAL CRISIS 19:1-21 In view of the triumph on Carmel, one might expect to read in chapter 19 about a great religious reformation in Israel. Such is not the case. Not until the extirpation of the house of Omri was Yahwism to gain unquestionable ascendancy over Baalism in the North.... [ Continue Reading ]
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, Elijah? (10) And he said, I am very zealous for the LORD God of hosts, for the children of Israel h... [ Continue Reading ]
C. ELIJAH'S CALL OF A SUCCESSOR 19:19-21 TRANSLATION (19) And he went from there, and found Elisha son of Shaphat while he was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth; and Elijah passed by him and cast his mantle over him. (20) And he left the oxen, and ran after E... [ Continue Reading ]