Passage Research
1 Kings 19 — Sermon Preparation
Elijah flees from Jezebel to Horeb, where God speaks to him in a still small voice, renews his commission, and directs him to anoint Elisha. Below is a research summary for 1 Kings 19, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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1 Kings 19 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵלִיָּה | ʼÊlîyâh | H452 | 8 | Elijah |
| נֶפֶשׁ | nephesh | H5315 | 7 | breathing creature, animal |
| יָלַךְ | yâlak | H3212 | 7 | walk, carry |
| קָנָא | qânâʼ | H7065 | 4 | be, make |
| חֶרֶב | chereb | H2719 | 5 | drought, cutting |
| קוּם | qûwm | H6965 | 5 | rise |
| רַעַשׁ | raʻash | H7494 | 3 | vibration, bounding |
How preachers through history handled this text
14 public-domain excerpts on 1 Kings 19, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Elijah found Elisha by Divine direction, not in the schools of the prophets, but in the field; not reading, or praying, or sacrificing, but ploughing. Idleness is no man's honour, nor is husbandry any man's disgrace. An honest calling in the world, does not put us out of the way of our heavenly calling, any more than it did Elisha. His heart was touched by the Holy Spirit, and he was ready to leave all to attend Elijah. It is in a day of power that Christ's subjects are made willing; nor would any come to Christ unless they were thus drawn. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Kings 19:19–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Damascus— 1 Kgs 19:15
- Syria 1— 1 Kgs 19:15
- Abel-meholah— 1 Kgs 19:16
- Beersheba 1— 1 Kgs 19:3
- Mount Horeb— 1 Kgs 19:8
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