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Verse 1 Kings 19:4. _A DAY'S JOURNEY INTO THE WILDERNESS_] Probably in
his way to Mount Horeb. See 1 Kings 19:8.
_JUNIPER TREE_] A tree that afforded him a shade from the scorching
sun.
_IT IS ENOU...
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Elijah did not feel himself safe until he was beyond the territory of
Judah, for Ahab might demand him of Jehoshaphat 1 Kings 18:10, with
whom he was on terms of close alliance 1 Kings 22:4. He, there...
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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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HIMSELF. his soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
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_a day's journey into the wilderness_ The wilderness here spoken of is
the desert of Paran, through which the Israelites had of old wandered
from Egypt toward the promised land.
_under a juniper tree_...
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AND WHEN HE SAW THAT, HE AROSE, &C.— It is very doubtful, whether
_juniper-tree_ be the proper rendering of the original word רתם
_rothem._ Parkhurst says, that it signifies the _broom_ or
_birch-tree...
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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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_BUT HE HIMSELF WENT A DAY'S JOURNEY INTO THE WILDERNESS, AND CAME AND
SAT DOWN UNDER A JUNIPER TREE: AND HE REQUESTED FOR HIMSELF THAT HE
MIGHT DIE; AND SAID, IT IS ENOUGH; NOW, O LORD, TAKE AWAY MY...
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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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INTO THE WILDERNESS] Since the king of Judah was an ally of Ahab, the
prophet did not consider himself safe from Jezebel's fury until he was
beyond Judaaan territory. A JUMPER TREE] a kind of broom, w...
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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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JUNIPER TREE. — A sort of broom, found abundantly in the desert. It
has been noted that its roots were much prized for charcoal, the
“coal” of 1 Kings 19:6.
I AM NOT BETTER THAN MY FATHERS. — The excl...
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וְ הֽוּא ־הָלַ֤ךְ בַּ † מִּדְבָּר֙
דֶּ֣רֶךְ...
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ELIJAH'S FLIGHT
1 Kings 19:1
"A still small voice comes through the wild, Like a father consoling
his fretful child, Which banisheth bitterness, wrath and fear, Saying,
‘Man is distant, but God is n...
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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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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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But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and
sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he
might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, (c) take away...
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Desert. It seems, towards Horeb. (Calmet) --- Tree. Hebrew Rothem,
which term the Septuagint retain, "Rathmen." Symmachus has, "a shade."
(Haydock) --- Die. Elias requested to die, not out of impatien...
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(3) And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to
Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. (4)
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and...
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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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_TIRED OF LIFE_
‘He requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough;
now, O Lord, take away my life.’
1 Kings 19:4
I. THE WISH FOR DEATH, THE WEARINESS OF LIFE, IS A PHENOMENON
EXTR...
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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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BUT HE HIMSELF WENT A DAY'S JOURNEY INTO THE WILDERNESS,.... Of Paran,
which began near Beersheba, and was the wilderness of Arabia, in which
the Israelites were near forty years; this day's journey c...
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But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and
sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he
might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my l...
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_He went a day's journey into the wilderness_ The vast wilderness of
Arabia, wherein the Israelites wandered forty years. He durst not stay
in Judah, though good Jehoshaphat reigned there, because he...
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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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ELIJAH FLEES BEFORE JEZEBEL...
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But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, the northern
Arabian Desert, AND CAME AND SAT DOWN UNDER A JUNIPER-TREE, a
furze-bush or broom-plant, abundant in beds of streams; AND HE
REQUE...
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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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FOR HIMSELF:
_ Heb._ for his life...
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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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INTO THE WILDERNESS; the vast wilderness of Arabia. He durst not stay
in Judah, though good Jehoshaphat reigned there, because he was allied
to Ahab, and was a man of an easy temper, whom Ahab might c...
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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 19:4
I. The wish for death, the weariness of life, is a phenomenon
extremely common, and common because it arises from a multitude of
causes; but those causes all run up into this, that, as Sc...
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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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_It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life._
ELIJAH’S SINGULAR REQUEST
These words every way are remarkable. They proceed from a certain
state of the mind, which is not common. The words are remar...
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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 13:14; 1 Kings 19:3; 2 Kings 2:11; Amos 6:2; Genesis 21:15;...
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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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Into the wilderness — The vast wilderness of Arabia. He durst not
stay in Judah, tho' good Jehosaphat reigned there, because he was
allied to Ahab, and was a man of an easy temper, whom Ahab might
cir...