George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
1 Kings 19:11
Lord; the angel, his representative. (Menochius) --- God had formerly granted the like favour to Moses, in the same place, Exodus xxxiii. 21.
Lord; the angel, his representative. (Menochius) --- God had formerly granted the like favour to Moses, in the same place, Exodus xxxiii. 21.
Verse 1 Kings 19:11. _STAND UPON THE MOUNT BEFORE THE LORD._] God was now treating Elijah nearly in the same way that he treated Moses; and it is not unlikely that Elijah was now standing on the same...
AND BEHOLD, THE LORD PASSED BY - The remainder of this verse and the whole of the next are placed by the Septuagint, and by the Arabic translator, in the mouth of the Angel. But it seems best to regar...
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...
GO FORTH. Septuagint adds "to-morrow". WIND. Hebrew. _ruach_. App-9....
_Go forth_ The LXX. here adds αὓριον, _to-morrow_, and the narrative in Josephus (_Ant_. VIII. 13. 7) represents the prophet's going forth as taking place on the day following the divine questioning....
DISCOURSE: 347 ELIJAH VISITED AND REPROVED BY GOD 1 Kings 19:11. And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the...
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,...
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 HE SAID, GO FORTH, AND STAND UPON THE MOUNT BEFORE THE LORD. AND, BEHOLD, THE LORD PASSED BY, AND A GREAT AND STRONG WIND RENT THE MOUNTAINS, AND BRAKE IN PIECES THE ROCKS BEFORE THE LORD; BUT TH...
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 LORD PASSED BY] All the experiences here described formed part of a single manifestation of the divine presence, but the earlier stages did not reveal God in the same degree as the last. Elsewhere...
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...
AND, BEHOLD. — In the LXX., the whole of this verse, couched in the future, is made part of the “word of the Lord.” But our version is probably correct. The whole of the vision, which is left to speak...
וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר צֵ֣א וְ עָמַדְתָּ֣ בָ †...
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...
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...
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...
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; [but] t...
(11) And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; bu...
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 HE SAID, GO FORTH AND STAND UPON THE MOUNT BEFORE THE LORD,.... Who would appear there as he had to Moses formerly, though not in the same manner: AND, BEHOLD, THE LORD PASSED BY; or was about to...
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; [but] t...
_Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord_ Elijah came hither to meet with God, and God graciously condescended to give him the meeting. And the manner of his manifesting himself seems evide...
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 He, the Lord, SAID, GO FORTH AND STAND UPON THE MOUNT BEFORE THE LORD, as Moses had done before him, Exodus 24:12. AND, BEHOLD, THE LORD PASSED BY, AND A GREAT AND STRONG WIND RENT THE MOUNTAINS,...
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...
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...
THE LORD PASSED BY; either, first, by his harbingers; for, as it follows, the Lord was not yet there; or, secondly, himself. And so this is a brief and general description of the thing, after which th...
1 Kings 19:11 said H559 (H8799) out H3318 (H8798) stand H5975 (H8804) mountain H2022 before H6440 LORD...
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 19:11 In the wilderness God taught Elijah a lesson which was quite new to him, and which is a lesson for all time. He taught him that if it were His good pleasure to restore His worship among...
1 Kings 19:11 I. It was a strange work to which Elijah was called when he was bidden to defy the king of his land, to mock the priests of Baal in their high places, and finally to destroy four hundred...
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...
_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...
_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...
_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...
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 19:11 NOT IN THE WIND... NOT IN THE EARTHQUAKE... NOT IN THE FIRE. The emphasis on Mount Carmel had been on God’s spectacular ways, particularly his use of fire. The emphasis h...
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...
1 Samuel 14:15; 2 Peter 1:17; 2 Peter 1:18; Exodus 19:16; Exodus 19:20
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...
And behold — This is a general description of the thing, after which the manner of it is particularly explained. Strong wind — Whereby he both prepares Elijah to receive this discovery of God with gre...