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1 Kings 19:9-18

Elijah and the Still Small Voice

August 9, 2026

Landscape with Elijah and the Angel, Gaspard Dughet
Landscape with Elijah and the Angel, Gaspard Dughet, about 1663The National Gallery, London
A storm tears through a wooded mountain landscape; in the clearing below, the angel points the small figure of Elijah on toward the mountain of God.There was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind … and after the fire a sound of sheer silence.Gaspard DughetPoussin’s brother-in-law, a painter of wild Roman landscapes.The National Gallery, LondonThe National Gallery, London.The National Gallery, London
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMatt. 14:22-33Mt 14:22-33
EpistleRom. 10:5-15Rom 10:5-15
Old TestamentGen. 37:1-4, 12-28Gn 37:1-4, 12-28Alt. OT1 Kings 19:9-181 Kgs 19:9-18
PsalterPs. 105:1-6, 16-22, 45bPs 105:1-6, 16-22, 45bAlt. PsalmPs. 85:8-13Ps 85:8-13

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 19:9-18Working Preacher: Commentary on 1 Kgs 19:9-18 Working Preacher

Lutheran lectionary commentary on Elijah at Horeb for the complementary track.

Enduring Word: 1 Kings 19Enduring Word: 1 Kgs 19 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

Precept Austin: 1 Kings 19 CommentaryPrecept Austin: 1 Kgs 19 Commentary Precept Austin

Study page gathering many conservative commentators on Elijah at Horeb.

StudyLight: 1 Kings 19 CommentariesStudyLight: 1 Kgs 19 Commentaries StudyLight

Many complete commentaries on 1 Kings 19 gathered on one passage page.

BibleHub: Commentaries on 1 Kings 19:9BibleHub: Commentaries on 1 Kgs 19:9 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the theophany at the cave.

Background & Word Study

BibleProject: 1-2 Kings OverviewBibleProject: 1-2 Kgs 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 InterlinearBibleHub: 1 Kgs 19 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.

The Church Fathers

Catena: 1 Kings 19Catena: 1 Kgs 19 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on 1 Kings 19.

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