1 Kings 19:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elishac the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. ”

• 1 Kings 19:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Jehu, the son of Nimshi - In reality the grandson of Nimshi. But he seems to have been commonly known by the above title 2 Kings 9:20 ; 2 Chronicles 22:7 , perhaps because his father had died a...

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• 1 Kings 19:16 - 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 19:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  son of Nimshi. Son put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for grandson or descendant ( 2 Kings 9:2 ). Elisha . El. my GOD [is] salvation.

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• 1 Kings 19:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. Elisha - shalt thou anoint to be pro...

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• 1 Kings 19:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. Abel-meholah - the meadow of dan...

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• 1 Kings 19:16 - 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 19:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And Jehu. — Of this charge Elijah fulfilled in person but one part, in the call of Elisha: for the fulfilment of the other two parts, see 2 Kings 8:8-13 ; 2 Kings 9:1-6 . This apparently imperfec...

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• 1 Kings 19:16 - 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...

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• 1 Kings 19:16 - 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 19:16 - 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...

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• 1 Kings 19:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel ,.... This was a son of Jehoshaphat, and a grandson of Nimshi; nor does he appear to have been anointed by Elijah, but by Elisha;...

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• 1 Kings 19:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint [to be] king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint [to be] prophet in thy room. Ver. 16. Of Abelmeholah. ] Which...

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• 1 Kings 19:16 - 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...

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• 1 Kings 19:16 - 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 19:16 - 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 19:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The son of Nimshi, i. e. his grandson, for he was the son of Jehoshaphat, 2 Kings 9:2 ; he constituted Elisha prophet, by casting his mantle over him, here, 1 Kings 19:19 .

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• 1 Kings 19:16 - 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 19:16 - 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 19:16 - 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...

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• 1 Kings 19:16 - 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 19:16 - 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 19:16 - 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 19:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Elijah Receives the Lord's Commission

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• 1 Kings 19:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 19:19-21 ; 1 Kings 4:12 ; 2 Kings 9:1-3 ; 2 Kings 9:6-14 ; Judges 7:22 ; Luke 4:27

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• 1 Kings 19:16 - 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 19:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The son, &c. — That is, his grand — son, for he was the son of Jehosaphat, 2 Kings 9:2 . This was intended as a prediction that by these God would punish the degenerate Israelites, plead his o...

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