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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

1 Kings 19:10

(10) And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

Observe how even faithful men seek at times to justify themselves. Alas! what is man in his highest attainments!

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Kings 19:10. _I HAVE BEEN VERY JEALOUS FOR THE LORD_] The picture which he draws here of apostate Israel is very affecting:- 1. _THEY HAVE FORSAKEN THY COVENANT_] They have now cleaved to and...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I, EVEN I ONLY, AM LEFT - The same statement as in 1 Kings 18:22, but the sense is different. There Elijah merely said that he alone remained to execute the prophet’s office, which was true; here he i...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS. First occurrence of this title. See App-4. _Jehovah Elohim zeb'aoth._ It occurs in 2 Samuel 5:10, but in narrative, not address. "The LORD (_Jehovah_) God (_Elohim_) of hosts" o...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I have been very jealous_ There is no boastfulness in these words. Elijah only opens his grief, and sets forth that he has done his utmost, but that, in spite of all, both king and people are still u...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HE CAME THITHER UNTO A CAVE, &C.— Elijah being now come to the same place where God had delivered the law to his servant Moses, God was inclined to communicate the like favour to his prophet; namely,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND HE SAID, I HAVE BEEN VERY JEALOUS FOR THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS: FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAVE FORSAKEN THY COVENANT, THROWN DOWN THINE ALTARS, AND SLAIN THY PROPHETS WITH THE SWORD; AND I, EVEN I...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THINE ALTARS.. THY PROPHETS] cp. 1 Kings 18:30; 1 Kings 18:13....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND HE SAID. — The reply to the implied reproof is one of impatient self-exculpation and even remonstrance. He himself (it says) had been very jealous for the Lord; yet the Lord had not been jealous f...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּאמֶר֩ קַנֹּ֨א קִנֵּ֜אתִי לַ יהוָ֣ה ׀ אֱ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    LEARNING HOW GOD WORKS 1 Kings 19:9 God knew how to treat His servant, resting beneath the juniper tree. He steeped his nature in refreshing sleep, fed his exhausted energies, caused angel-hands to m...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And he said, I have (e) been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, [eve...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Zeal; ordering the idolatrous prophets to be destroyed, (Menochius) which has enkindled the rage of Jezabel against me. I cannot bear to see the general corruption. (Calmet) --- Covenant; neglecting c...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE SAID, I HAVE BEEN JEALOUS FOR THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS,.... Through zeal for the glory of God he had slain four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and this had stirred up the malice and revenge o...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, [even] I...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord of hosts_ I have not been wholly wanting to my vocation; but have executed my office with zeal for thy honour and service, and with the hazard of my...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts, defending His honor with all energy; FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAVE FORSAKEN THY COVENANT, fallen away from the covenant-relation, THR...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Elijah Receives the Lord's Commission...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    9-13 The question God put, What doest thou here, Elijah? is a reproof. It concerns us often to ask whether we are in our place, and in the way of our duty. Am I where I should be? whither God calls m...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I HAVE BEEN VERY JEALOUS FOR THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS; I have not been wholly wanting to my vocation, but have executed my office with zeal for God's honour and service, and with the hazard of my own lif...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 19:10 said H559 (H8799) very H7065 (H8763) zealous H7065 (H8765) LORD H3068 God H430 hosts...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts._ IMPATIENCE OF RESULTS In moments of depression the wisest may fall into it, but it is nevertheless a mistake, as the following observations by Dr...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And he came thither into a cave._ GOD MANIFESTING HIMSELF TO MAN We may learn three things from the passage before us. I. God investigates the motives that govern human conduct. “The word of the L...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

    THE LETTER “I” I, even I only. 1 Kings 19:10. What is your favorite letter of the alphabet? Most of us have a special liking for one letter or another. Some of us like “W” because it is a pretty let...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 19:10 I, EVEN I ONLY, AM LEFT. The resistance of one person (Jezebel) has turned massive victory into overwhelming defeat in Elijah’s mind. He is certainly not the only one lef...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 18:10; 1 Kings 18:17; 1 Kings 18:20; 1 Kings 18:22; 1

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    I have been, &c. — I have executed my office with zeal for God's honour, and with the hazard of my own life, and am fled hither, not being able to endure to see the dishonour done to thy name by their...

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