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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:2

2. Jezebel sent a messenger Here was lack of shrewdness and forethought, if she really wished and designed to carry out her threat, for such announcement of her purpose gave Elijah full opportunity to escape her, or prepare to meet her opposition. But it is possible that her object was to terrify him and drive him away from her city, and that she feared to cope with him otherwise, lest her own fate should be like that of the false prophets. So let the gods do “One of those tremendous... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:3

3. When he saw Saw how things stood; saw the storm coming because of Ahab’s instability and lack of moral courage and firm principle to rule his house, and silence the rage of Jezebel. He arose, and went for his life Strange spectacle! the man at whose word but yesterday the life of Jehovah miraculously fell, and four hundred and fifty false prophets were slain, now flies for his life before the threat of an idolatrous queen! Jehovah seems to have left him for a season to himself.... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:4

4. A juniper tree “A species of the broom plant, Genista roetam of Forskal. The Hebrew name רתם , rothem, is the same as the present Arabic name. The Vulgate, Luther, English Version, and others, translate it wrongly by juniper. It is the largest and most conspicuous shrub of the deserts of Sinai, growing thickly in the watercourses and valleys. The roots are very bitter, and are regarded by the Arabs as yielding the best charcoal. This illustrates Job 30:4, and Psalms 120:4. Our... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:5

5. An angel touched him Though his flight into the desert was not authorized by any Divine command, like that which sent him to the brook Cherith or to Zarephath, still the angel of the Lord guards him in the way. Jehovah has not yet done with him, and he miraculously cares for him as he did for Jonah when he fled from duty. read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:6

6. A cake baken on the coals Baked after the manner still common in the East, on smooth stones heated by coals of fire. Whether these provisions were prepared immediately by the angel, or by some traveller whom God led that way, we need not discuss, for either was possible. He who commanded the ravens to feed this prophet at the brook Cherith, might easily have put it into the heart of some passing Arab to leave the cake and the cruse of water at his head as he slept under the rothem ... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:7

7. The journey is too great for thee Too long for thee to accomplish without the nourishment of this God-given food. It is likely that Elijah commenced the desert journey with the purpose of going to Mount Horeb, but after the wearisome travel of a day he lay down despairing and exhausted, and wished to die. Then was given Divine help to finish his journey, for amid the sacred solitudes of Horeb God would teach him a lesson not to be forgotten. read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:8

8. Forty days and forty nights He was miraculously sustained. On the same mountain Moses had twice fasted this same length of time, (Exodus 24:18; Exodus 34:28,) and in another wilderness Jesus did the same. Matthew 4:2. “Elijah stands,” says Wordsworth, “at a middle point between Moses and Christ. He looks back to the law and forward to the Gospel. He restores the one and prepares the way for the other. He hears an echo of the terrors of the law in the wind, the earthquake, and the fire;... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:9

9. Unto a cave Hebrew, unto the cave. “There is nothing to confirm, but there is nothing to contradict, the belief [of the Arabs] that it may have been in that secluded basin which has long been pointed out as the spot, beneath the summit of what is called ‘the Mount of Moses.’ The granite rocks enclose it on every side, as though it were a natural sanctuary. No scene could have been more suitable for the vision which follows.” Stanley. What doest thou here, Elijah Literally, What is... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:10

10. I have been very jealous Zealously avenging Jehovah’s honour by slaying those who have brought idolatry into Israel, and thus imitating the zeal of Phinehas the son of Eleazar. Numbers 25:1-13. This answer of Elijah betrays in him what some have called a “spirit of pious faultfinding,” and also a disposition to exalt himself above measure. He does not accuse Jehovah, but his words imply that he himself was the only saint in Israel, and it was too bad that Divine power had allowed... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:11

11. Go forth, and stand upon the mount In order that, by impressive signs and symbols, I may teach thee a truer lesson of my nature and government, and send thee back to Israel a wiser man, a profounder prophet of my word, to finish the work I have for thee to do. The Lord passed by As he did by Moses in these same solitudes. Compare Exodus 33:21-23; Exodus 34:6. This whole scene that follows is largely a reproduction of what occurred to Moses, perhaps in the cleft of this same rocky... read more

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:2

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:3

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:4

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:5

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:6

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:7

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:8

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:9

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:10

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 19:11

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