1 Kings 19:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. ”

1 Kings 19:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the (a) prophets with the sword. (a) That is, of Baal.
1 Kings 19:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 19:1-21 . 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 Juda...
1 Kings 19:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

how he had slain: or, all about how he had slain. all. Some codices, with Septuagint, omit this word "all".
1 Kings 19:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. Ahab told Jezebel - Probably with no evil design against Elijah.
1 Kings 19:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. No JFB commentary on these verses.
1 Kings 19:1 - 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.
1 Kings 19:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

There is a certain grandeur of fearlessness and ruthlessness in the message of Jezebel, which marks her character throughout, and places it in striking contrast with the vacillating impressibility of...
1 Kings 19:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ELIJAH'S FLIGHT 1 Kings 19:1-4 "A still small voice comes through the wild, Like a father consoling his fretful child, Which banisheth bitterness, wrath and fear, Saying, ‘Man is distant, but G...
1 Kings 19:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exaltation and Depression 1 Kings 18:41-46 ; 1 Kings 19:1-8 When the priests had been executed, the quick ear of the prophet detected the hurrying rain-clouds. Note the contrast between Ahab a...
1 Kings 19:1 - 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...
1 Kings 19:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The event in the destruction of Baal's prophets calling forth the anger of Jezebel, Elijah fleeth to the wilderness of Beersheba. The Lord comforts him there. He returns by God's command, a...
1 Kings 19:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done ,.... What miracles he had wrought, how that not only fire came down from heaven, and consumed the sacrifice, but even the stones and dust of the altar...
1 Kings 19:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. Ver. 1. And Ahab told Jezebel ] As being in no small care how to satisfy this imperious...
1 Kings 19:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done Not to convince her that Jehovah was the true God, and Baal a mere imaginary being, or a senseless idol, but to exasperate her against both Jehovah and hi...
1 Kings 19:1 - L. 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 t...
1 Kings 19:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Elijah's Flight from Jezebel. B. C. 906. 1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had don...
1 Kings 19:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 KINGS CHAPTER 19 Elijah, threatened by Jezebel, fleeth to Beer-sheba; is comforted by an angel, 1 Kings 19:1-8 . At Mount Horeb, complaining to God, he is strengthened by a special revelation,...
1 Kings 19:1 - 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 19:1-18 ). Exultant because the battle appeared...
1 Kings 19:1 - 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 Jeze...
1 Kings 19:1 - 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...
1 Kings 19:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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,...
1 Kings 19:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. He was bound to give her a report of all that had transpired, and his heart undoubtedly ha...
1 Kings 19:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 16:31 ; 1 Kings 18:40 ; 1 Kings 21:25 ; 1 Kings 21:5-7
1 Kings 19:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Elijah Fleeing for His Life 1 Kings 19:1-21 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 s...
1 Kings 19:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

All the prophets — Of Baal.

1 Kings 19:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Kings 19:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 19:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Kings 19:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 19:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 19:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 19:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 19:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 19:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 19:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 19:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 19:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 19:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 19:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 19:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 19:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 19:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 19:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 19:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 19:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 19:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 19:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 19:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 19:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Kings 19:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes