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Verse 1 Kings 19:19. _TWELVE YOKE OF OXEN_] Elisha must have had a
considerable estate, when he kept _twelve_ yoke of oxen to till the
ground. If, therefore, he obeyed the prophetic call, he did it to...
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PLOWING - Elisha’s occupation is an indication of his character. He
is emphatically a man of peace. He passes the year in those rural
occupations which are natural to the son of a wealthy yeoman -
sup...
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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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TWELVE: seven separate ploughs following each other. Often seen
to-day.
MANTLE. Compare Zechariah 13:4....
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The call of Elisha (Not in Chronicles)
19. _So he departed thence_ Josephus says, what the visit to
Abelmeholah shews, that Elijah returned into the land of the Hebrews.
He was instructed, comforted,...
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ELISHA—WAS PLOWING WITH TWELVE YOKE OF OXEN, &C.— This was so far
from being an argument of Elisha's poverty, that it was in reality a
token of his wealth. For he who could keep _twelve yoke of oxen_...
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C. ELIJAH'S CALL OF A SUCCESSOR 19:19-21
TRANSLATION
(19) And he went from there, and found Elisha son of Shaphat while he
was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the
twelfth...
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_SO HE DEPARTED THENCE, AND FOUND ELISHA THE SON OF SHAPHAT, WHO WAS
PLOWING WITH TWELVE YOKE OF OXEN BEFORE HIM, AND HE WITH THE TWELFTH:
AND ELIJAH PASSED BY HIM, AND CAST HIS MANTLE UPON HIM._
Eli...
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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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_With_ TWELVE YOKE] Elijah himself guided only one 'yoke' (or pair),
the remaining eleven being in charge of his servants. HIS MANTLE] A
hairy mantle was the characteristic garb of the prophets (Zecha...
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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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וַ יֵּ֣לֶךְ מִ֠ שָּׁם וַ יִּמְצָ֞א אֶת
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THE CALL OF ELISHA
1 Kings 19:19
"The one remains, the many change and pass;
Heaven's light alone remains, earth's shadows flee."
- SHELLEY
WHETHER Elijah saw or saw not all that God had meant by...
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APPOINTING JEHOVAH'S INSTRUMENTS
1 Kings 19:15
Elijah was never reinstated in quite the position that he had occupied
before his fatal flight. True, he was bidden to return, and work was
given him to...
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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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_Mantle, perhaps to signify that he must change his manner of living.
(Menochius)_...
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(19) В¶ So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat,
who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the
twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him...
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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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_INFLUENCE AND DECISION_
‘So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was
ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the
twelfth; and Elijah passed by him, and cas...
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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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SO HE DEPARTED THENCE,.... From Mount Horeb, and came to Abelmeholah,
which Bunting computes z at one hundred and fifty six miles:
AND FOUND ELISHA THE SON OF SHAPHAT, WHO WAS PLOUGHING WITH TWELVE
Y...
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So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who [was]
plowing [with] twelve yoke [of oxen] before him, and he with the
twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him....
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_And found Elisha_ In his journey toward Damascus. _Who was ploughing
with twelve yoke of oxen_ Who had twelve ploughs going, whereof eleven
were managed by his servants, and the last by himself; acco...
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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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So he, Elijah, DEPARTED THENCE, AND FOUND ELISHA, THE SON OF SHAPHAT,
WHO WAS PLOWING WITH TWELVE YOKE OF OXEN BEFORE HIM, AND HE, as the
master, a man in comfortable circumstances, WITH THE TWELFTH....
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Elijah Receives the Lord's Commission...
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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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19-21 Elijah found Elisha by Divine direction, not in the schools of
the prophets, but in the field; not reading, or praying, or
sacrificing, but ploughing. Idleness is no man's honour, nor is
husban...
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HE WITH THE TWELFTH; who had twelve ploughs going, whereof eleven were
managed by his servants, and the last by himself; according to the
simplicity and humility of those ancient times, in which men o...
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1 Kings 19:19 departed H3212 (H8799) found H4672 (H8799) Elisha H477
son H1121 Shaphat H8202 plowing H2790 ...
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THE CALL OF ELISHA (1 KINGS 19:19).
In obedience to YHWH's command Elijah then went to seek out Elisha as
his successor. Arriving at the field where Elisha was ploughing he
threw his robe over him. El...
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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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_And found Elisha._
THE HUSBANDMAN OF ABEL-MEHOLAH
I. A marked characteristic of Elisha was, contentment with his
position and willingness to fulfil its duties, however humble. How
few, possessed of...
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_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...
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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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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 19:19 HE DEPARTED FROM THERE AND FOUND
ELISHA. Has Elijah regained his faith as a result of his trip to Mount
Horeb? The closing verses of ch. 1 Kings
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 19:20. GO BACK AGAIN; for what, &c.—לֵךְ שׁוב.
Luther renders, “Go (to thy parents), and come (then) again.”
(_Keil_) “Go, but return soon, for it is a great t...
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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 19:13; 1 Kings 19:16; 1 Samuel 28:14; 2 Kings 2:13; 2 King
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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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Was plowing — Who had twelve ploughs going, whereof eleven were
managed by his servants, and the last by himself; according to the
simplicity of those ancient times, in which men of good estate
submit...