1 Kings 19:12 (BSB)

After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.

From 1 Kings 19. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on 1 Kings 19:12

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on 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 which Moses was hidden when the Lord passed by before him and proclaimed his name, Exo 33:22.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 1 Kings 19:12: 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 appearances of angels, and not amiss; the wind, of an host of angels of wind; the earthquake, of an host of angels of commotion; the fire, of an...
  • Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on 1 Kings 19:12: 1Ki 19:12 After God had commanded him to come out of the cave and stand upon the mountain (that part of the mountain which was in front of the cave) before Him, “behold Jehovah went by (the participle עבר is used to give a more vivid representation of the scene); and a great and strong tempest, rending mountains and breaking rocks in pieces, before Jehovah...