1|Kings 19:1a| Jezebel| 1|Kings 16:31;| Rev. 2:20
1|Kings 19:1b| slain| 1|Kings 18:40
1|Kings 19:4a| It| cf. Num. 11:15;| Jonah 4:3, 8
1|Kings 19:7a| angel| 1|Kings 19:5;| Acts 12:7
1|Kings 19:8a| forty| cf. Exo. 24:18;| 34:28;| Deut. 9:9, 18;| Matt. 4:2;| Mark 1:13;| Luke 4:2
1|Kings 19:8b| Horeb| Exo. 3:1;| Deut. 4:10
1|Kings 19:9a| cave| Heb. 11:38
1|Kings 19:10a| jealous| 1|Kings 19:14;| 2|Kings 10:16
1|Kings 19:10b| slain| 1|Kings 18:4;| Rom. 11:3
1|Kings 19:10c| left| 1|Kings 18:22
1|Kings 19:11a| mountain| Exo. 24:12;| 34:2
1|Kings 19:11b| wind| Ezek. 1:4
1|Kings 19:11c| earthquake| Ezek. 37:7
1|Kings 19:121| a
| The fact that God spoke to Elijah in a gentle, quiet voice indicates that God was ushering Elijah into the New Testament age, in which God speaks to His people not by thundering but gently and quietly (cf. 1|John 2:27).
1|Kings 19:12a| voice| cf. Job 4:12, 16
1|Kings 19:13a| face| Exo. 3:6
1|Kings 19:14a| jealous| 1|Kings 19:10
1|Kings 19:16a| Jehu| 2|Kings 9:1-6
1|Kings 19:16b| Elisha| 2|Kings 2:9, 15;| cf. 1|Kings 19:19-21
1|Kings 19:17a| Hazael| 2|Kings 8:12;| 13:3, 22
1|Kings 19:17b| Jehu| cf. 2|Kings 9–10
1|Kings 19:181| seven
| These faithful ones, the overcomers, were still standing with God. Eventually, God punished Israel by sending Israel away from their fathers’ land as captives (2|Kings 24—25). Later, it was the overcomers among the captives who brought Israel back. One of these overcomers, Daniel, prayed with his window open toward Jerusalem (Dan. 6:10). Through his gracious prayer God brought Israel back to their fathers’ land.
1|Kings 19:19a| mantle| 2|Kings 2:8, 13
1|Kings 19:20a| Let| cf. Matt. 8:21;| Luke 9:61
1|Kings 19:21a| implements| cf. 2|Sam. 24:22
1|Kings 19:21b| ministered| 2|Kings 3:11