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Pentecost Season · Proper 7 · Year C

1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a

Elijah at Horeb

June 25, 2028

Elijah in the Wilderness, Frederic, Lord Leighton
Elijah in the Wilderness, Frederic, Lord Leighton, 1878Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Leighton's prophet is sprawled asleep on the ground, exhausted, with the angel bending over him and the food already set beside his head.Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you: the reading is a man too tired to go on, being fed before being argued with.Walker Art Gallery, LiverpoolLiverpool's civic gallery, given by a brewer in 1877, with a strong Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite collection.Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelLuke 8:26-39Lk 8:26-39
EpistleGal. 3:23-29Gal 3:23-29
Old Testament1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a1 Kgs 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15aAlt. OTIsa. 65:1-9Is 65:1-9
PsalterPs. 42 and 43Ps 42 and 43Alt. PsalmPs. 22:19-28Ps 22:19-28

Overview & Insights

"After the fire a sound of sheer silence." (1 Kings 19:12)

Fleeing Jezebel's threat after the Mount Carmel contest, an exhausted and despairing Elijah is fed by an angel and travels forty days to Horeb, where God meets him not in wind, earthquake, or fire but in a sound of sheer silence. God then recommissions him for further work.

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Commentary

Commentary on 1 Kings 19:1-4 [5-7] 8-15aCommentary on 1 Kgs 19:1-4 [5-7] 8-15a Working Preacher

Ties Elijah's Horeb journey to Moses' earlier encounter at the same mountain.

1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a Commentary1 Kgs 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

A preaching-focused look at Elijah's burnout and God's gentle response to it.

1 Kings 19 Commentary1 Kgs 19 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse notes on Elijah's despair, the angel's care, and the still small voice.

1 Kings 19 Commentary1 Kgs 19 Commentary Precept Austin

A detailed evangelical verse-by-verse walk through the chapter.

1 Kings 19:1 Commentaries1 Kgs 19:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentators on Jezebel's threat and Elijah's flight.

Background & Word Study

I Kings 19:1-15 Sefaria

The Hebrew text alongside translation, useful for the qol demamah daqqah (thin silence) phrase.

The Church Fathers

1 Kings 19 Catena1 Kgs 19 Catena Catena

Patristic comments on Elijah's flight and the theophany at Horeb.

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