1-3 Elijah, threatened by Jezebel, flees to Beer-sheba 4-8 In the wilderness, being weary of his life, he is comforted by an angel 9-18 At Horeb God appears unto him, sending him to anoint Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha 19-21 Elisha, taking leave of his friends, follows Elijah

Ahab 1Ki 16:31 21:5-7,25

how he had slain 1Ki 18:40

2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

So let 1Ki 2:28 20:10 Ru 1:17 2Ki 6:31

if I Ex 10:28 15:9 2Ki 19:10-12,22,27,28 Da 3:15

to-morrow Pr 27:1 Ac 12:4-6 Jas 4:13,14

3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.

he arose Ge 12:12,13 Ex 2:15 1Sa 27:1 Isa 51:12,13 Mt 26:56,70-74 2Co 12:7

beer-sheba 1Ki 4:25 Ge 21:31 Am 7:12,13

4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

sat down 1Ki 13:14 Ge 21:15,16 Joh 4:6

he requested 1Ki 19:3 Nu 11:15 2Ki 2:11 Job 3:20-22 Jer 20:14-18 Jon 4:3,8 Php 1:21-24

for himself [heb] for his life
better Am 6:2 Na 3:8 Mt 6:26 Ro 3:9

5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

as he lay Ge 28:11-15

and angel Ps 34:7,10 Da 8:19 9:21 10:9,10 Ac 12:7 Heb 1:14 13:5

6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

cake 1Ki 17:6,9-15 Ps 37:3 Isa 33:16 Mt 4:11 6:32 Mr 8:2,3 Joh 21:5,9

head [heb] bolster

7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.

the angel 1Ki 19:5

because the journey De 33:25 Ps 103:13,14

8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

in the strength Da 1:15 2Co 12:9

forty days Ex 24:18 34:28 De 9:9,18 Mt 4:2 Mr 1:13 Lu 4:2

Horeb Ex 3:1 19:18 Mal 4:4,5

9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

unto a cave Ex 33:21,22 Jer 9:2 Heb 11:38

What does thou 1Ki 19:13 Ge 3:9 16:8 Jer 2:18 Jon 1:3,4

10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

very jealous Ex 20:5 34:14 Nu 25:11,13 Ps 69:9 119:139 Joh 2:17

thrown down 1Ki 19:14 18:4,30 Jer 2:30 Ho 5:11 Mic 6:16 7:2

I only 1Ki 18:4,20,22 20:13,22,35,41,42 22:8 Ro 11:2-4

they seek my life 1Ki 19:2 18:10,17

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; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:

stand upon the mount Ex 19:20 24:12,18 34:2 Mt 17:1-3 2Pe 1:17,18

the Lord passed Ex 33:21-23 34:6 Hab 3:3-5

and a great Ex 19:16 20:18 Job 38:1 Ps 50:3 Isa 30:30 Eze 1:4 37:7 Na 1:3,6 Heb 12:18-21 Zec 14:5 Mt 24:7 27:51-54 28:2 Heb 12:26 Re 11:19 16:18

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

a fire 1Ki 18:38 Ge 15:17 Ex 3:2 De 4:11,12,33 2Ki 1:10 2:11 Heb 12:29

a still Ex 34:6 Job 4:16 33:7 Zec 4:6 Ac 2:2,36,37

13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

he wrapped his face This he did to signify his reverence; for covering the face was a token of respect among the Asiatics, as uncovering the head is among Europeans. 1Ki 18:42 Ex 3:5,6 33:23 Isa 6:2,5

What doest 1Ki 19:9 Ge 16:8 Joh 21:15-17

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, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

I have been 1Ki 19:9,10 Isa 62:1,6,7

forsaken De 29:25 31:20 Ps 78:37 Isa 1:4 Jer 22:9 Da 11:30 Ho 6:7 Heb 8:9

15 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:

wilderness of Damascus. The wilderness of Damascus seems to have been that part of Arabia Deserta which lay on the south-east of that city, and east of the Trachonites, or the Djebel haouran and El Ledja; at which the prophet could arrive without meeting Jezebel or any of his enemies. Ge 14:15 2Ki 8:7 Ac 9:2,3

anoint Isa 45:1 Jer 1:10 27:2

Hazael 2Ki 8:8-15,28 9:14 Am 1:4

16 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.

Jehu 2Ki 9:1-3,6-14

Elisha 1Ki 19:19-21 Lu 4:27

Eliseus
Abel-meholah 1Ki 4:12 Jud 7:22

17 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.

him that escapeth Isa 24:17,18 Am 2:14 5:19

the sword of Hazael 2Ki 8:12 10:32 13:3,22

the sword of Jehu 2Ki 2:23,24 Isa 11:4 Jer 1:10 Ho 6:5 Re 19:21

18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

Yet I have left. or, Yet I will leave Isa 1:9 10:20-22 Ro 11:4,5

the knees Ex 20:5 Isa 49:23 Ro 14:10-12 Php 2:10

every mouth Idolaters often {kissed their} hand in honour of their idols; and hence the origin of {adoration} from {ad, to} and {os, oris mouth} Cicero mentions a statue of Hercules, the chin and lips of which were considerably {worn} by the {kissing} of his worshippers. Job 31:27 Ps 2:12 Ho 13:2

19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

Elisha 1Ki 19:16

he with Ex 3:1 Jud 6:11 Ps 78:70-72 Am 7:14 Zec 13:5 Mt 4:18,19

his mantle 1Ki 19:13 1Sa 28:14 2Ki 2:8,13,14

20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

he left Mt 4:20,22 9:9 19:27

Let me, I pray Mt 8:21,22 Lu 9:61,62 Ac 20:37

Go back again [heb] Go, return

21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

boiled their flesh 2Sa 24:22

gave unto Lu 5:28,29

ministered 1Ki 18:43 Ex 24:13 Nu 27:18-20 2Ki 2:3 3:11 Ac 13:5 2Ti 4:11 Phm 1:13