1 Kings 19:1
HOW HE HAD SLAIN: or, all about how he had slain. ALL. Some codices, with Septuagint, omit this word "all".... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW HE HAD SLAIN: or, all about how he had slain. ALL. Some codices, with Septuagint, omit this word "all".... [ Continue Reading ]
TO ME. These words in italics are read in some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate. Compare 1 Kings 20:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE AROSE. Some codices, with Aramaean Manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "And he feared and arose". SERVANT. young man.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIMSELF. his soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAKE. CRUSE. Elijah miraculously fed three times. See notes on 1 Kings 17:4; 1 Kings 17:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
FORTY. The number of Probation. See App-10. HOREB. About 180 miles.... [ Continue Reading ]
LODGED. passed the night. WHAT. ? Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_ (App-6), as though He did not know.... [ Continue Reading ]
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" occurs only here in Kings and Chronicles. Often in Psalms (1Ki 59:6. 1Ki 69:6. 1Ki 80:4, 1Ki 80:19. 1... [ Continue Reading ]
GO FORTH. Septuagint adds "to-morrow". WIND. Hebrew. _ruach_. App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
A STILL SMALL VOICE. the sound of stillness. Compare Job 4:16. Septuagint. a gentle breeze, usually misquoted "the still", &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
WRAPPED: as Moses at the bush (Exodus 3:6). SAID. Some codices, with Syriac, add "unto him". Compare 1 Kings 19:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON THY WAY. to thy way: i.e. out of which he had deviated. ANOINT: i.e. cause to be anointed. Compare 2 Kings 9:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF NIMSHI. Son put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for grandson or descendant (2 Kings 9:2). ELISHA. El. my GOD [is] salvation.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SWORD. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for judgments inflicted by it. Compare 2 Kings 9 and 2 Kings 10. The first prophecy given to Elijah. ELISHA SLAY: i.e. declare should be slain. Hebrew idiom. See Jeremiah 1:10; Hosea 6:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE LEFT, &C. Romans 11:4. BOWED. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), KISSED. for worshipping. Compare Hos 3:12. KISSED HIM. Hebrew kissed to him. Compare Job 31:26; Job 31:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
TWELVE: seven separate ploughs following each other. Often seen to-day. MANTLE. Compare Zechariah 13:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT HAVE. DONE. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6), or "what is the meaning of what. did? ... [ Continue Reading ]
INSTRUMENTS. implements. Compare 2 Samuel 24:22.... [ Continue Reading ]