And ahab told jezebel all that elijah had done, also how he had executed all the prophets with the sword. Ackroyd, an interpretation of the babylonian exile. The prophet warns ahab to be on his guard, for the syrians would return next year, 22. Aug 10, 2014 as gloomy as it may sound, 1 kings 19 is the story of elijahs decommissioning, and of gods choice to use another more willing servant. We have enlisted hundreds of friends biblical scholars, theologians, homileticians and pastors dedicated to the craft of biblical preaching to provide you timely, compelling and trustworthy content. Read commentary on this popular bible verse and understand the real meaning behind gods word using john gills exposition of the bible. Elisha the son of shaphat most probably he belonged to a family distinguished for piety, and for their opposition to the prevailing calfworship. Now l ord, take my life, for i am no better than my fathers. Read and study 1 kings, including book summary, with the versebyverse bible commentary hi, sign out. Old testament student study guide the church of jesus. However, some mistakes are more serious than others because of. We see at least four sources of despair in elijahs life that are often found in our lives today.
While pitying himself, elijah asks for death, saying, it is enough. And all of these topics are certainly still relevant for us today. As the illustrious life of king david draws to a close, only some quick thinking by the prophet nathan and solomons mom bathsheba prevents adonijah from stealing the throne from solomon, the rightful king. Read 1 kings 19 commentary using matthew henry commentary on the whole bible complete. He leaves jezreel, and comes to beersheba, and thence to the wilderness, where he is fed and encouraged by an angel, 1 kings 19. Study the bible online using commentary on 1 kings 19 and more.
His situation reveals several problems that can fatigue and erode our attitudes. Commentaries for 1 kings chapter 19 elijah flees to the wilderness. Idleness is no mans honour, nor is husbandry any mans disgrace. The syrians are discomfited, and benhadad scarcely escapes, 20, 21. He presumes the outcome, focuses on the problem and himself, and becomes physically exhausted. Verses 1921 elisha was named last in the orders god gave to elijah, but he was first called, for by him the other two were to be called. Those eight books are now combined into the onevolume bridgeway bible commentary, which is a companion in size, style and format to the bridgeway bible dictionary, an a. We will not try to cover all of his life, but we want to take one of the incidents from his career. The working preacher team believes that god uses good biblical preaching to change lives. The mighty prophet of god is discouraged and depressed.
On may 14, 1988, near carrolton, kentucky, a church youth group and their sponsors were heading home from an outing. A prophet comes to ahab, and promises him victory, and gives him directions how he should order the battle, 19. May 07, 2003 please turn to 1 kings 19 and follow along as i read. Click pdf for introductory notes not found in notes below. They went to besiege samaria, the capital of israel, and launched attacks against it. Elijah was really pumped up after the amazing victory on mount carmel. Benhadad attacks samaria ow benhadad king of aram mustered his entire army. Verse 21 tells us that elisha ministered to or served elijah. He left the oxen and ran after elijah being powerfully moved to follow him, and wholly give himself up to his function. Listen to pastor robert furrow as he continues his commentary on 1 kings picking up today in chapter 20, verse 1. A study of 2 kings 20, isaiah 389, scottish journal of theology 27 1974.
Montgomery, a critical and exegetical commentary on the books of kings, pp. Solomon and adonijah, journal for the study of the old testament 19 february. Those that are most secure, are commonly least courageous. Elisha went after elijah, and served him 19 so he departed there, and found elisha the son of shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. Verses 712 then the king of israel called all the elders of the land, and said, mark, i pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief. However, the jewish canon classified them as the fifth and sixth books of the former prophets which. A drunken driver wandered onto the wrong side of the interstate and struck the bus head on. In our last message, we were forced to leave elijah in the depths of despair.
The latin vulgate appears to qualify and amplify the ambiguous meaning of the masoretic text. Solomon has adonijah executed along with the rest of his enemies, and gets to work building an empire. It will help us to understand the full impact of this story if we invest a few minutes and go back to tell the whole story again. And the king of israel answered and said, tell him, let not him that girds on his harness boast himself as he that puts it off. Recognizing the structure of the text brings the purpose of the whole story into clearer focus and. The orders of the proud, drunken king disordered his troops, and prevented them from attacking the israelites.
Some commentators assert that 1 kings 19 is a composite text containing awkward interpolations and repetitions. One of these tasks was to anoint elisha has his successor. Introduction to 1 2 kings christian readers today usually classify 1 2 kings as books of old testament history, reflecting the fact that they include a good deal of history and read like history accounts. After killing jezebels prophets in chapter 18, elijah catches wind of the queens ire. And he left the oxen, and ran after elijah, and said, let me, i pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then i will follow you. Thiele, the mysterious numbers of the hebrew kings. Isaiah 39 is to a large extent rendered in 2 kings 18. Wiseman, 1 and 2 kings tyndale old testament commentary. All of us make them whether we want to admit it or not. Israel had 20 kings, and judah had 20, including one female who usurped. The basic meaning of discernment diakrisis, discretio is separation.
This advertising phrase was first uttered in 1987 by phil simms, the quarterback of the super bowl champions new york giants. See appendix 1 at the end of these notes for a chart of the dates of the rulers of judah and israel. When you arrive there, anoint hazael to be king of aram. Elijahs great victory and deep depression 1 kings 1719. These 6 chapters can all be found on slideshare under the life of elijah. We last saw the prophet sitting under a juniper tree, asking god to take his life. The context ahab succeeded his father omri, a king who did that which was evil in the sight of yahweh and who was wickedly above all who were before him 1 kings 16. Working preacher is a ministry brought to you by luther seminary. What is the meaning of elijahs reply to elisha in 1 kings 19. It appeared to be that he had difficulty accepting the reality of his failure to do what he had hoped to do in bringing israel back to the true faith, and there seemed to be, on his part, a resignation to the fact of its. The question god put, what doest thou here, elijah.
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