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1 Kings 19:12

1 Kings 19:12
And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire,.... As he was when he descended on this mount, and spake to Moses, Exo 19:1, the Targum, and so Jarchi, interpret all these…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

A still small voice - literally, “a sound of soft stillness.” The teaching is a condemnation of that “zeal” which Elijah had gloried in, a zeal exhibiting itself in fierce and terrible vengeances, and…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Kings 19:9-18

Here is, I. Elijah housed in a cave at Mount Horeb, which is called the mount of God, because on it God had formerly manifested his glory. And perhaps this was the same cave, or cleft of a rock, in…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

a still small voice Literally, as in the margin of R.V. -a sound of gentle stillness." There is nothing to indicate to us whether the sound was articulate or not, nor is it said that the Lord was now…