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A Still Small Voice
1 Kings 19:1-21
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This song belongs to the 1 Kings collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.
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Named in this songAhabJezebelElijahBeershebaElisha
About the passage
1 Kings 19: Beyond the fire, a voice and unfinished work
The triumph at Carmel is followed immediately by a royal death threat. Jezebel’s message drives Elijah south until he is alone in the wilderness asking to die. The first answer is physical rather than argumentative: sleep, food, water, then more food for a journey too great for him. At Horeb, Elijah describes covenant abandonment, murdered prophets, and his own isolation. Wind, earthquake, and fire pass before the “still small voice,” but the quiet encounter does not end in private consolation. Elijah repeats his complaint and receives instructions involving Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha, along with the correction that seven thousand in Israel have not bowed to Baal. His field of vision has been too small for the full account. The chapter ends at a plow. Elijah casts his mantle on Elisha, and Elisha turns the equipment of his former work into the means of a farewell meal before following.
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