1 Kings 19:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. ”

• 1 Kings 19:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Compare the marginal references. Shall Elisha slay - i. e., With a spiritual slaying by the “word of the Lord,” which is “sharper than any two-edged sword,” and may be said to slay those whose...

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• 1 Kings 19:17 - 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 19:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the sword. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for judgments inflicted by it. Compare 2 Kings 9 and 2 Kings 10 . The first prophecy given to Elijah. Elisha slay: i.e. declar...

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• 1 Kings 19:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. Shall Elisha slay - We do not find that Elisha...

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• 1 Kings 19:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Him that escapeth the sword of Hazael, &c.— It is evident, that the text mentions not the things according to the order of time wherein they happened; for Elisha was prophet before Hazael was k...

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• 1 Kings 19:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• 1 Kings 19:17 - 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 19:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Him that escapeth the sword of Hazael. — The vengeance wrought by Hazael and Jehu on the faithlessness of Israel speaks for itself; it is marked in bloody letters on the history ( 2 Kings 10 ). But...

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• 1 Kings 19:17 - 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 19:17 - 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 19:17 - 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 19:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay ,.... Which suggests that many should be slain in Israel by them both, as were by Hazael, 2 Kings 10:32 and by...

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• 1 Kings 19:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And it shall come to pass, [that] him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. Ver. 17. Shall Elisha slay. ] Elisha then h...

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• 1 Kings 19:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay This is not to be understood, as if the sword of Hazael should do execution before the sword of Jehu, and the sword of Jehu before that of Elis...

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• 1 Kings 19:17 - 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 19:17 - 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 19:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Here the order of times seems to be perverted; for Elisha was prophet before Jehu or Hazael were kings, and Hazael was king before Jehu. But that is of no moment as to the substance of the thing thre...

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• 1 Kings 19:17 - 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 19:17 - 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 19:17 - 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 19:17 - 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 19:17 - 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 19:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Elijah Receives the Lord's Commission

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• 1 Kings 19:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Kings 10:32 ; 2 Kings 10:6-11 ; 2 Kings 13:22 ; 2 Kings 13:3 ; 2 Kings 2:23 ; 2 Kings 2:24 ; 2 Kings 8:12 ; 2 Kings 9:14-26 ; Amos 2:14 ; Amos 5:19 ; Hosea 6:5 ; Isaiah 11:4 ; Isaiah 2...

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• 1 Kings 19:17 - 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 19:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Shall Elisha slay — One or other of these should infallibly execute God's judgments upon the apostate Israelites. Elisha is said to slay them, either, because he slew those forty two children, 2 K...

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