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Verse 1 Kings 19:6. _A CAKE BAKEN ON THE COALS_] All this seems to
have been _supernaturally_ provided....
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A CAKE BAKEN ON THE COALS - It is not implied that Elijah found a fire
lighted and the cake on it, but only that he found one of the usual
baked cakes of the desert, which form the ordinary food of th...
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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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CAKE. CRUSE. Elijah miraculously fed three times. See notes on 1 Kings
17:4; 1 Kings 17:6....
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_and behold_, there was] The R.V., following the Hebrew order, puts
-at his head" immediately after these words....
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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 extirp...
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_AND AS HE LAY AND SLEPT UNDER A JUNIPER TREE, BEHOLD, THEN AN ANGEL
TOUCHED HIM, AND SAID UNTO HIM, ARISE AND EAT._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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COALS] perhaps stones heated by a fire of wood, kindled with twigs of
broom: cp. Psalms 120:4....
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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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AND LAID HIM DOWN. — There is a pathetic touch in the description of
the prophet, wearied and disheartened, as caring not to eat
sufficiently, and glad, after a morsel eaten, to forget himself again
i...
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ELIJAH'S DESPAIR
1 Kings 19:4
"So much I feel my genial spirits droop,
My hopes all flat, nature within me seems
In all her functions weary of herself,
My race of glory run, and race of shame,
A...
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HOW GOD DEALS WITH DESPONDENCY
1 Kings 19:5
"Why art thou so vexed, O my soul? and why art thou so disquieted
within me? O put thy trust in God; for I will yet praise Him who is
the health of my cou...
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EXALTATION AND DEPRESSION
1 Kings 18:41; 1 Kings 19:1
When the priests had been executed, the quick ear of the prophet
detected the hurrying rain-clouds. Note the contrast between Ahab and
the prophe...
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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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_Cake, baked in a hollow stone, covered with fire. The Arabs call such
cakes, Ridpha. An angel brought this nourishment. (Calmet)_...
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(5) And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an
angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. (6) And he
looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse...
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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 HE LOOKED, AND, BEHOLD, [THERE WAS] A CAKE BAKED ON THE COALS,....
Just took off the coals, quite hot. Bochart q thinks it should be
rendered, "baked on hot stones"; and such was the way of baking...
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And he looked, and, behold, [there was] a cake baken on the coals, and
a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him
down again.
Ver. 6. _There was a cake baken on the coals._]...
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_He lay and slept under a juniper tree_ But he is wakened out of his
sleep, and finds himself not only well provided for with bread and
water, but, which is more, attended by an angel, who guarded him...
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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 he looked, and, behold, there was a cake, one of the usual small
bread-cakes, BAKEN ON THE COALS, on the heated stones, AND A CRUSE OF
WATER AT HIS HEAD. AND HE DID EAT AND DRINK, AND LAID HIM DOW...
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ELIJAH FLEES BEFORE JEZEBEL...
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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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HEAD:
_ Heb._ bolster...
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1-8 Jezebel sent Elijah a threatening message. Carnal hearts are
hardened and enraged against God, by that which should convince and
conquer them. Great faith is not always alike strong. He might be...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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1 Kings 19:6 looked H5027 (H8686) head H4763 cake H5692 coals H7529
jar H6835 water H4325 ate H398 ...
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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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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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_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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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 17:6; 1 Kings 17:9; Isaiah 33:16; John 21:5; John 21:9;...
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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...