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The divided kingdom

Elijah at Horeb: the still small voice

907 BCApproximate date

1 Kings 19

Threatened by Jezebel, Elijah fled to Mount Horeb, where God met him not in the wind, earthquake, or fire, but in a still small voice, and sent him back to work.

After the earthquake a fire passed; but Yahweh was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a still small voice.

1 Kings 19:12 (World English Bible)

Exhausted and discouraged, Elijah asked to die. God fed him, let him rest, and then questioned him gently. God told him he was not alone: 7,000 in Israel had not bowed to Baal. Elijah was to anoint new kings and his own successor, Elisha.

Places

SyriaDamascusBeershebaMount HorebAbel-meholah

Dating notes

Soon after Mount Carmel. The date shown is an estimate.

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