...of " scripture " is most distinctly and expressly given to the book of Kings is the following — " The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left, and they seek my life, to take it away." " Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every...

...in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? 14 ash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, 1 5 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus : and when thou...

...awfulness. Fear changes not the tenor of Elijah's answer. He hath not left one word behind him in the cave : I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts...am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away. I hear not a direct answer from the prophet, to the demand of God : then he had said, " I run away...

...Fear changes not the tenor of Elijah's answer. He hath not left one word behind him in the cave : / have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts ;...am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away. I hear not a direct answer from the prophet, to the demand of God : then he had said, " I run away...

...Church of Judea was so complete—that in the bitterest desolation of soul before God he exclaims, " the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...only am left, and they seek my life to take it away." But what is the answer of God to this sad and faithful representation of his chosen people ?— " I...

...docst thou here, Elijah ? 10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : for aven : and he burned them without Jerusalem in the...Beth-el. And he "put down 10lhe idolatrous priests, 11 to take it away. And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the...

...when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering of the cave ; and behold there came a voice unto him...only am left, and they seek my life to take it away." (I Kings, xix.) I know not, my dear friend, whether it has ever been the lot of any of those scholars...

...fear will cling to very jealous for the LORD 'ho most faithful servants of God. God of hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away. » As on this mount Horeb God had 1 And he said, Go forth, and delivered his law with all the awful...

...when, in similar circumstances, he said, " I have been VERY JEALOUS for the Lord God of Hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...only am left, and they seek my life to take it away." Weaknesses or excesses are often mingled with the best and most pious feelings — the exercise of...

...of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah ? 14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD...only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest,...