1 Kings 19:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. ”

• 1 Kings 19:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  A still small voice - literally, “a sound of soft stillness.” The teaching is a condemnation of that “zeal” which Elijah had gloried in, a zeal exhibiting itself in fierce and terrible vengeances...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - 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...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  a still small voice . the sound of stillness. Compare Job 4:16 . Septuagint. a gentle breeze, usually misquoted "the still", &c.

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 347 ELIJAH VISITED AND REPROVED BY GOD 1 Kings 19:11-14 . 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...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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; n...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - 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.

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE THEOPHANY AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE 1 Kings 19:9-15 "Who heardest the rebuke of the Lord in Sinai, and in Horeb the judgment of vengeance." - Sir 48:7. THROUGHOUT the Scriptures infinite care...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Learning How God Works 1 Kings 19:9-14 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-h...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - 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...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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; b...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And after the earthquake a fire, [but] the Lord was not in the fire ,.... As he was when he descended on this mount, and spake to Moses, Exodus 19:1 , the Targum, and so Jarchi, interpret all these...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And after the earthquake a fire; [but] the LORD [was] not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. Ver. 12. And after the fire a still small voice. ] This was scintillatio Divinitatis...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  After the fire a still small voice To intimate, that God would do his work in and for Israel in his own time, not by might or power, but by his own Spirit , ( Zechariah 4:6 ,) which moves with a...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - 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...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Elijah's Converse with God. B. C. 906.       9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged t...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Wherein it is implied that God was present; which peradventure was to insinuate, that God would do his work in and for Israel in his own time, not by might or power, but by his own Spirit, Malachi...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - 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...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - 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...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  1 Kings 19:11-12 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...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - 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...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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 re...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - 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,...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Elijah Receives the Lord's Commission

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 18:38 ; 2 Kings 1:10 ; 2 Kings 2:11 ; Acts 2:2 ; Acts 2:36 ; Acts 2:37 ; Deuteronomy 4:11 ; Deuteronomy 4:12 ; Deuteronomy 4:33 ; Exodus 3:2 ; Exodus 34:6 ; Genesis 15:17 ; Hebre...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - 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...

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• 1 Kings 19:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  A still voice — To intimate, that God would do his work in and for Israel in his own time, not by might or power, but by his own spirit, Zechariah 4:6 , which moves with a powerful, but yet with a...

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