1 Kgs 19:11-15
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Questions
Verse 11
Why does the LORD tell Elijah to leave the cave and "stand upon the mount"? Why didn't the LORD just talk to him from the cave?
If the "great and strong wind" and the earthquake clearly went "before the LORD", what does it mean to say that the LORD was not in the wind or the earthquake?
Verse 13
After the LORD passes by, why does Elijah wrap his face in his mantle? Was he afraid to see the face of the LORD?
Lexical notes
Still
The word translated as "still" in verse 12 is the Hebrew dem-aw-maw', which can be translated as calm or whisper. It is also found in Job 4:16 and Ps 107:29.
Small
The word translated as "small" in verse 12 is the Hebrew dak, which is the same word which is translated as "thin" when used to describe the scrawny ears of grain that Pharoah saw in the dream interpreted by Joseph in Gen 41:6-7, 23-24, as well as the word used to describe mannah in Ex 16:14.
Exegesis
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Related links
Verse 12
- A still small voice. See "The Sound of Sheer Silence" by Mogget at the FPR blog for a discussion of a possible meaning and significance of this phrase (and the build-up in previous verses).
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