Pentecost Season · Proper 14 · Year A
1 Kings 19:9-18
Elijah and the Still Small Voice
August 9, 2026
Overview & Insights
"And after the fire a sound of sheer silence." (1 Kings 19:12)
Fleeing to Horeb, the discouraged Elijah meets the Lord not in wind, earthquake, or fire but in a sound of sheer silence, and is recommissioned and told that seven thousand have not bowed to Baal.
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Commentary
Working Preacher: Commentary on 1 Kings 19:9-18 Working Preacher
Lutheran lectionary commentary on Elijah at Horeb for the complementary track.
Enduring Word: 1 Kings 19 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.
Precept Austin: 1 Kings 19 Commentary Precept Austin
Study page gathering many conservative commentators on Elijah at Horeb.
StudyLight: 1 Kings 19 Commentaries StudyLight
Many complete commentaries on 1 Kings 19 gathered on one passage page.
BibleHub: Commentaries on 1 Kings 19:9 BibleHub
Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the theophany at the cave.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: 1 Kings Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's scholarly introduction to the books of Kings.
BibleProject: 1-2 Kings Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of the story and themes of the books of Kings.
Sefaria: I Kings 19 (Hebrew) Sefaria
Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.
BibleHub: 1 Kings 19 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.
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