1 Kings 19:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: ”

1 Kings 19:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The answer is not a justification of the ways of God, nor a direct reproof of the prophet’s weakness and despondency, nor an explanation or application of what Elijah had seen. For the present, he...
1 Kings 19:15 - 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 19:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

on thy way . to thy way: i.e. out of which he had deviated. anoint: i.e. cause to be anointed. Compare 2 Kings 9:1-7 .
1 Kings 19:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: To the wilderness of Damascus - He does not desire him to...
1 Kings 19:15 - 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.
1 Kings 19:15 - 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 19:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Go, return. — The charge conveys indirectly a double rebuke. His cry of disappointment, “Lord... I am not better than my fathers,” implying that he stood out beyond all others, to meet the stern re...
1 Kings 19:15 - 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...
1 Kings 19:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Appointing Jehovah's Instruments 1 Kings 19:15-21 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 giv...
1 Kings 19:15 - 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 19:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(14) And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I...
1 Kings 19:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Lord said unto him, go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus ,.... He is bid to go back the way he came, through the wilderness of Arabia, which was part of his way to Damascus, n...
1 Kings 19:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael [to be] king over Syria: Ver. 15. To the wilderness of Damascus. ] Where it is...
1 Kings 19:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Go, return on thy way The way by which thou camest; for the way from Horeb to Damascus was, in part, the same with that by which he had come. Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria It seems, the wor...
1 Kings 19:15 - 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 19:15 - 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...
1 Kings 19:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Return on thy way, by which thou camest; for so in part lay the way from Horeb to Damascus. Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: anoint ; either, first, Figuratively, i.e. appoint or declare him...
1 Kings 19:15 - 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 19:15 - 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 19:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Kings 19:12-16 I. Consider the character of Elisha. He is not a dwarfed and flaccid Elijah. The "still small voice" of which we read just before his call is the emblem of the younger prophet. Ge...
1 Kings 19:15 - 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 19:15 - 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...
1 Kings 19:15 - 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 19:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Elijah Receives the Lord's Commission
1 Kings 19:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 8:28 ; 2 Kings 8:7 ; 2 Kings 8:8-15 ; 2 Kings 9:14 ; Acts 9:2 ; Acts 9:3 ; Amos 1:4 ; Genesis 14:15 ; Isaiah 45:1 ; Jeremiah 1:10 ; Jeremiah 27:2-22
1 Kings 19:15 - 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 19:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 19:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 19:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Kings 19:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 19:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 19:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 19:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 19:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 19:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 19:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 19:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 19:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 19:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 19:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 19:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 19:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 19:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 19:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 19:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 19:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Kings 19:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 19:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 19:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 19:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 19:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 19:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary